The University of Queensland (UQ) – Ochsner Clinical School 2017 graduating class celebrated Match Day results with a 95 percent Match Rate through the National Residency Match Program (NRMP), which is comparable to other medical schools in the Unitedd States.
Students matched into residency training programs at many prestigious institutions across the country such as Ochsner Medical Center, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Emory University, University of Chicago, Dartmouth University, St. Louis University, Loma Linda University, and Icahn SOM at Mount Sinai, as well as the in-state programs at Tulane University and LSU New Orleans and Shreveport.
“We had 87 students enter the Match, our largest class to date; 37 percent of our Matched graduates have chosen to remain in Louisiana for residency training, with 23 percent staying in the Ochsner Health System. The data demonstrates that physicians tend to practice in the state in which they train. We are proud to train future physicians in the ‘Ochsner Way’ who will care for us and our families while addressing the physician shortage in our state,” said Leonardo Seoane, MD, regional dean of the University of Queensland -Ochsner Clinical School.
“The Ochsner Department of Graduate Medical Education is pleased to have filled 100 percent of the positions offered in this year’s match,” said Ronald Amedee, MD, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Designated Institutional Official, Ochsner Health System.
The class of 2017 UQ – Ochsner Clinical School students graduated in December of 2017 and will begin their residencies in July of 2018.