More than half of UND’s 59 members of the Doctor of Medicine (MD) Class of ’09 are going on for training in primary care fields. 31 graduates (52.5 percent of the class) will train in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics and obstetrics-gynecology residency programs this summer.

Senior medical students at UND joined other medical students throughout the country in simultaneously opening their envelopes on March 19 to find out where they had matched for residency training.  The matches include 12 medical/surgical specialties in programs in 22 states and the District of Columbia, according to Judy DeMers, associate dean for student affairs and admissions, Grand Forks.

Visit www.med.und.nodak.edu/studentaffairs/ and click on residency match in the left column for a complete listing.

A total of 24 students (40.7 percent) matched to the primary care specialties of family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics, DeMers said. 

Family medicine and general surgery each matched nine seniors, followed by eight in internal medicine, and seven each in obstetrics-gynecology and pediatrics.  Four students chose residencies each in emergency medicine, neurology and radiology while two matched to anesthesiology and two to psychiatry.  Orthopedic surgery, pathology and a transitional program each had one match.

North Dakota has about one-fourth of the class members (15) remaining in-state for the first year of residency. Minnesota with six matches and Florida, Michigan and Nebraska with four each were the next most popular. California and Utah with three each, and Iowa, New Mexico and South Dakota with two each followed.