Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) eighth residency class has been announced and brings to 232 physician learners among the Northeast Georgia Health System’s (NGHS) network of hospitals in the area. The new class increases the total number of residents in each specialty to:
- 34 General Surgery
- 60 Internal Medicine
- 12 Primary Care Trac
- 36 Family Medicine
- 36 Emergency Medicine
- 24 Psychiatry
- 12 Transitional Year
NGMC also has 18 Cardiovascular Disease fellows working and training. All new residents and fellows begin work on July 1.
In the months leading up to Match Day, medical students participating in the National Resident Matching Program applied to residency programs and interviewed at hospitals across the nation. After those interviews, residency programs ranked the students – and students ranked the programs. Both rank lists were plugged into a national database which crunches the numbers to determine which of the students match with NGMC. Those results are released on Match Day, which was March 20.
“Reaching our eighth Match Day is an incredible milestone for our health system and our community” says Donna Brown, PhD, interim designated institutional official for NGMC. “The sense of excitement never gets old, and it feels just as meaningful today as it did when we celebrated our inaugural class in 2019. I’m especially proud that more than 60% of our incoming residents have strong connections to Georgia, increasing the likelihood they’ll build their careers right here in our region. That long-term impact is exactly what our Graduate Medical Education program was designed to achieve, and it’s inspiring to see the vision coming to life.”
Resident physicians are licensed doctors training in a specialty. They train for three to 10 years after medical school, providing patient care and performing procedures under appropriate supervision. They can write orders and prescribe medication. Residents also have educational, testing and evaluation requirements. Their training is overseen by Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.