>> IT IS NATURALLY HERE AT UMASS -- IT IS MATCH WEEK HERE AT
UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL.
THE THIRD WEEK IN MARCH SINCE 1952.
MEDICAL STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY COLLECTIVELY FIND OUT IF
THEY HAVE MATCHED INTO A RESIDENT PROGRAM -- RESIDENCY
PROGRAM.
WHERE?
THAT REMAINS SEALED IN AN ENVELOPE UNTIL FRIDAY.
THIS IS NOT HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE, WHITE ALWAYS, CLOSED
CLASSROOMS, EMPTY LECTURE HALLS.
UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL, THE STATES FIRST AND ONLY PUBLIC MEDICAL
SCHOOL IS ABOUT TO ACTUATE ITS LARGEST -- GRADUATE ITS LARGEST
CLASS IN 50 YEARS.
>> WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT OUR STUDENTS NEED TO ACCOMPLISH,
THEY ARE ALL ON TRACK AND THE STUDENTS FEEL THEY HAD A UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE IN A TIME LIKE NO OTHER.
>> WHAT AWAITS THESE STUDENTS ON THE VERGE OF LAUNCHING YOUR
MEDICAL READERS -- LAUNCHING THEIR MEDICAL CAREERS?
WHO BETTER TO ASK?
AND WE WITNESS THEIR MATCH DAY -- WITNESSED THEIR MATCH
DAY.
>> YOU CANNOT OPEN THE ENVELOPES UNTIL I COUNT THEM DOWN.
>> FROM DUKE TO THE MAYO CLINIC IN MINNESOTA, WHERE DR. IS
FINISHING A FELLOWSHIP.
>> THIS BLEW ME AWAY.
I ASKED MY WIFE WHO IS IN TRAINING WITH ME IN NORTH
CAROLINA IF WE COULD PACK UP AND MOVE TO MINNESOTA, AND SHE IS A
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN IN MINNESOTA.
WE WELCOMED OUR SON MILES.
WE WILL BE MOVING TO TENNESSEE IN A FEW MONTHS TO DO THE NEXT
STEPS IN OUR TRAINING AT VANDERBILT.
>> WE ARE A WEEK BEFORE WE START OUR RESIDENCIES WE ARE MOVING TO
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.
>> PROBABLY.
>> 3, 2, 1.
>> JOSH AND MCKENZIE DID MOVE TO PROVIDENCE.
>> IT WAS A GREAT FIT, WE HAD GREAT TRAINING.
WE HAD OUR DECK -- OUR DAUGHTER, REAGAN, IN THE SECOND YEAR OF
OUR RESIDENT -- RESIDENCY.
>> DR. BARTLETT IS A PURE HATCHERY -- APR ETTRICK -- A
PEDIATRIC HOSPITALIST.
>> WE WERE LOOKING FOR NEW ENGLAND AREA JOBS AFTER OUR
RESIDENTS.
THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY HOSPITALS THAT ADMIT KIDS.
>> THE ORGANIZATION WAS A GREAT FIT.
I WORKED WITH SPECIALISTS AND IT FELT LIKE A GREAT FIRST STEP AT
A RESIDENCY BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS I FORMED.
>>’S DESIRE TO BE A DOCTOR RUNS DEEP.
IN HIGH SCHOOL HE PARTICIPATED IN THE PIPELINE PROGRAM, A
PARTNERSHIP WITH UMASS MEDICAL.
>> I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE HOSPITAL BEING SICK WITH A LOT
OF DIFFERENT DISEASES.
BEING SURROUNDED BY PHYSICIANS, NURSES AND SEEING HOW THEY HAD
SO LITTLE RESOURCES BUT WERE ABLE TO DO SO MUCH TO CARE FOR
PATIENTS, I THOUGHT THAT WAS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO DO
WITH MY LIFE.
>> IS MATCH AND ONE STEP CLOSER.
-- HIS MATCH BROUGHT HIM ONE STEP CLOSER.
>> NOW I AM IN NORTH CAROLINA.
I HAVE A WIFE AND AN 18-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER.
>> THEY INTRODUCE YOU TO PATIENT CARE THROUGH STANDARDIZED
PATIENTS AND SHADOWING.
THEY START THAT EXPOSURE EARLY ON, WHICH LED TO A LEVEL OF
COMFORT BY THE TIME RESIDENCY ROLLED AROUND.
I WANT TO BE TAKING CARE OF PATIEN -- ACADEMIC INSTITUTION
THAT WILL GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF
PATIENTS AND TEACH ON THE BOARDS -- THE WARDS.
THAT IS GOING TO BE THE CORNERSTONE.
>> SIX YEARS AGO, NO ONE IMAGINED THEY WOULD BE
PRACTICING MEDICINE IN THE THROES OF A PANDEMIC.
>> BEING MY FRONT LINE AND TRYING TO MANAGE A DISEASE WE
KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT HAS BEEN NICE, I THINK IT HAS CHANGED A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW I REFLECT ON BEING A PHYSICIAN.
>> HOPES AND DREAMS REALIZED AT 12 NOON, THE THIRD FRIDAY IN
MARCH.
>> JOSH AND MCKENZIE WELCOMED THEIR SECOND CHILD, A SON, AFTER
OUR INTERVIEW.
>> DANIEL SINCE YOU MAY RETURN TO MASSACHUSETTS, BUT HIS FUTURE
IS AT THE MERCY OF THE MARKET.
UMASS’S MISSION WAS TO TRAIN DOCTORS -- GRADUATES PRACTICING
IN THEIR HOME STATES.
COMING UP, HAN