Today we celebrate 214 of our remarkable students taking the next step in their careers as physicians, including 177 from MCG in Augusta and 37 from the AU/UGA Medical Partnership in Athens. These soon-to-be MCG graduates have been educated in all four corners of our state, including our campuses in Albany, Rome/Dalton, and Savannah/Brunswick.
As of Match day, 99% of MCG’s graduates have a residency position! This achievement will be widely celebrated by classmates, family, and faculty members. Our students’ personal and academic accomplishments have placed them at top-tier residency programs across the country, including programs at the Medical College of Georgia. It comes as no surprise that we regularly hear from colleagues all over the United States how well our students are doing in their residency programs. We expect to hear great things about this year’s matched students.
Such Match Day success is something we should all be proud of, and it is due in large part to not only our students’ abilities, but the learning, care, mentorship, and support they have received from MCG’s faculty and administrative teams, who are devoted to student success.
The MCG Office of Student Affairs guides the important MSPE (Medical Student Performance Evaluation) process. MSPE letters are used by residency programs as part of the selection process. Associate Deans Dr. Jennifer Tucker (Augusta) and Dr. Robert McClowry (Student Affairs, Athens) lead the MSPE writing process. Assisting them is a team of MSPE authors and student advisors who met with each student this year.
This year we are also celebrating our inaugural group of PGY-1 Pathway Peach State Scholars students. This group of students completed medical school in three years and has a commitment to providing primary care in rural Georgia. All 5 of the inaugural members were admitted to an Augusta University residency program.
2022 Residency List- Augusta, Athens, Rome Savannah & Albany Campuses
In the PGY-1 year of residency, 51 (24%) of our students matched in Georgia! Of those, 29 (14%) will stay at an AUHealth/MCG or MCG-affiliated residency, including the Medical Partnership programs in Athens, and Wellstar/Kennestone in Atlanta.
Of note, 134 (63%) students matched into primary care residency programs *:
Georgia Board for Healthcare Workforce definition of primary care*
|
Next Steps after PGY-1 (Top 10) |
# |
% |
|
Internal Medicine |
31 |
14% |
|
Pediatrics |
28 |
13% |
|
Family Medicine |
26 |
12% |
|
Anesthesiology |
16 |
7% |
|
Psychiatry |
14 |
7% |
|
General Surgery |
13 |
6% |
|
Radiology-Diagnostic |
13 |
6% |
|
Emergency Medicine |
12 |
6% |
|
Obstetrics and Gynecology |
10 |
5% |
|
Orthopaedic Surgery |
8 |
4% |
|
|
# |
% |
|
Georgia |
51 |
24% |
|
Alabama |
18 |
8% |
|
South Carolina |
18 |
8% |
|
Texas |
13 |
6% |
|
Tennessee |
12 |
6% |
|
North Carolina |
9 |
4% |
|
Massachusetts |
9 |
4% |
|
California |
8 |
4% |
