Senior medical students in the graduating Class of 2017 at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine received results from the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) on Friday, March 17, at the same time other U.S. medical students learned their matches to postgraduate training programs. Sixty-two SIU seniors have secured residency positions. Eleven students (18%) will begin residency training in internal medicine. Ten students (16%) will enter pediatrics, nine (15%) will enter family medicine, seven (11%) will enter emergency medicine and five (8%) will specialize in psychiatry
