UW School of Medicine Spokane Students Meet Their Match

Graduating UWSOM students
May 01, 2025
UW-GU Health Partnership

Each Spring graduating UW School of Medicine (UWSOM) Spokane students join their peers from medical schools across the country in learning where they “matched” and will be spending the next three to seven years in U.S. residency training programs.

Inforgraphic that states 20 Spokane graduates staying in Washington, 50 Spokane students matched, 247 UW School of Medicine students matched, 78 matched in Washington, 26 Primary Care Residence Spokane students matched, 24 Non-primary Care Residence students matched.

University of Washington medical students typically do very well in the annual Match Day event and this year was no exception. 50 UWSOM Spokane students matched into 13 specialties in 16 states. More than half matched into primary care specialties (Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics), and nine students matched into Psychiatry residencies—a much needed specialty in Washington and across the U.S.

Six of the Spokane students matched into Spokane-based residencies, along with four additional students from the WWAMI region. 20 Spokane students in total matched into Washington State-based residency programs.

Students apply to residency programs at the beginning of their last year of medical school. In turn, residency program directors rank applicants. A match occurs when a program accepts a student’s application.

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