COVID-19.
WHO ARE THESE FUTURE PHYSICIANS?
WE RETURNED TO WORCESTER TO FIND OUT -- WORCESTER -- WOOSTER TO
FIND OUT.
THE CLASS THAT UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL IS 100 D8 -- 168 STRONG.
>> AND THE FIRST TWO ARE DUAL DEGREES OF MD AND MVA -- M BA.
OF GRADUATING FROM UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL
IS HERE.
>> MY PARENTS MET AT UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL.
MY DAD IS A PSYCHIATRIST MY MOM PEDIATRICIAN.
MY OLDER SISTER WAS A STUDENT.
NOW I AM HERE, AND MY OTHER OLDER SISTER IS GOING TO BE IN
THE CLASS OF 2023.
I MATCHED INTO OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY.
>> WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN?
>> ON MY BIRTHDAY I GOT TO DELIVER A BABY THAT THE HOSPITAL
I WAS BORN AT 28 YEARS LATER, WHICH WAS AN AMAZING PERIODS --
AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
THEY DID NOT NAME THE BABY AFTER ME, I TRIED HARD TO GET THEM TO.
>> I TOLD ONE OF BY SCHOOL COUNSELORS I WAS GOING TO BE A
PHYSICIAN.
>> TODAY KEVIN WHITE OF SPRINGFIELD IS NOT ONLY GOING TO
BE A MEDICAL DOCTOR, BUT HEADED TO THE MILITARY CENTER.
>> REALLY EARNING -- I AM REALLY YEARNING TO WEAR THAT UNIFORM.
I FELT PROUD.
MY FAMILY AND MOM ARE EXCITED.
SO’S MY GRANDMOTHER.
>> FINALLY BECAUSE ALL HE A -- A LIHA IS FINALLY DONE AFTER NINE
YEARS OF MEDICAL TRAINING.
>> RESEARCH IS WHAT DREW GONZALEZ TO UMASS FROM RICO.
>> -- FROM PUERTO RICO.
>> I HAD MY MOST CHALLENGING INTERVIEW AT UMASS.
WORCESTER HAS BEEN --OOSTER HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MY
TRAINING.
>> HERE WE ARE AGAIN, IT IS MATCH WEEK.
HOW CAN YOU SHARE WITH US HOW THIS CLASS IS DOING?
STUDENTS KNOW THAT THEY HAVE MATCHED, THEY DON’T KNOW WHERE.
ON FRIDAY THEY FIND OUT WHERE THEY MATCH.
>> A RESULT DETERMINED BY A COMPUTER ALGORITHM.
>> IN A WAY, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WHERE A MATCH WILL REALLY
BE A MATCH.
STUDENTS WERE ONLY ABLE TO DO ROTATIONS AT HOSPITALS
AFFILIATED WITH THEIR MEDICAL SCHOOLS.
THIS MINIMIZED CABLE -- UNANALYZED -- AND MAXIMIZE --
ANATOMIZED CABLE.
-- TABLE.
>> THE FIRST GRADUATE LAST YEAR.
>> CAMPUSWIDE STUDENTS SEIZED THE MOMENT.
THIS STUDENT FORMED A COVID-1 TASK FORCE.
>> AT 1.25 PRODUCT -- PROJECTS WERE VOLUNTEERING FOR HIM
WORKING ON.
-- AT ONE POINT, 25 PROJECTS WHERE STUDENTS WERE VOLUNTEERING
FOR AND WORKING ON.
>> I FEEL LIKE IT ADDED ANOTHER YEAR OF EXPERIENCE IN MEDICINE
IN A WAY THAT SCHOOL COULD NOT TEACH YOU.
>> IS A LONG WAY FOR THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS OF 60’S AND
1974 -- 16 STUDENTS IN 1974.
THE NATION NEEDS 50--- 50,000-60,000 MORE PRIMARY CARE
PHYSICIANS.
UMASS IS GROWING ITS CA