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A new Match season is officially underway and potential new resident physicians are being welcomed during visits to Oxford, MS, throughout the coming months. The program received over 3,000 applications since the opening of the application portal in late September. Faculty recruitment committee members are reviewing the candidates’ packets, and interview offers are being made in waves throughout the coming weeks. The first recruitment seasons resulted in stellar classes that make up a diverse, strong, and caring team. Once again, the program seeks to fill 12 PGY1 positions in the National National Residency Matching Program’s (NRMP) Main Residency Match. Applications are being taken exclusively via the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).
The next group of 12 interns will begin their training in the summer of 2024. Once again, the program will conduct in-person interviews during the recruitment period. Applicants are able to experience all that the town, hospital, and surrounding areas have to offer during these visits throughout the fall and winter. On the evening before interview days, a group of resident physicians host a dinner event to get to know their potential co-residents in a casual setting. On interview days, the prospective resident physicians spend the day in the hospital and in the Baptist Medical Group – Oxford Internal Medicine Clinic learning about day-to-day flow, curriculum, attending didactics, and interviewing with program faculty and leadership. After a welcome breakfast and Town Hall session, they break into groups to progress through their schedule that rotates between interviews, hospital and clinic tours, and resident physician roundtables. The goal for a typical interview day is to bring in 20 candidates per day. After the visit and interview days conclude, programs and applicants will submit their rank order lists to the National Residency Match Program (NRMP) by February 28, 2024. Match Week begins Monday, March 11, culminating in Match Day on Friday, March 15 |
