UIC GRADS EARN STRONG PLACEMENT RATE T
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This year, the UIC College of Pharmacy again demonstrated the strength of its graduates in an impressive array of residency placements. With graduates heading to Duke, Johns Hopkins, and elsewhere, 2022’s resident class proves that UIC PharmDs are in high demand, leaders said. For the Class of 2022, 81% of PGY1 applicants earned matches, a 15% increase from 2021, while 91% of PGY2 applicants secured matches. Overall, UIC placed sixth nationally for total students placed in PGY1 and PGY2 residencies, including students who committed early. “It’s safe to say that our students are well sought after from [residency] programs, and I think that’s why our numbers reflect what they do,” said Dr. Kevin Rynn, vice dean for UIC’s Rockford campus. One of the top programs accepting residents, of course, is UIC itself, and nine UIC students earned PGY1 or PGY2 spots here this year. Hometown applicants get no special consideration for the college’s residencies—the school takes the best matches. But those best matches often include competitive UIC applicants, said Dr. Kirsten Ohler, PGY1 program director. “We were very
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pleased to get several UIC students that applied to us,” she said. Other matches to UIC’s residency program came from the University of Kentucky; University of California, San Francisco; and more. The college’s placement rate may actually understate the strength of the school’s graduates, said Dr. Glen Schumock, dean of the UIC College of Pharmacy, because more UIC grads seek residencies compared with other schools. “More than half [110 of 175] of our students are interested in residencies . . . That’s a huge number,” Schumock said. “Other schools might have a higher match rate, but it might represent a much smaller percentage of their students.”
91% OF PGY2 APPLICANTS SECURED MATCHES
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