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2023 Match Day Results

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Fillingim spread out a puzzle on the table at Match Day for the children in her family to assemble. On the back was a yellow mark showing the location, about three and a half hours away, where the family will be relocating. “We will be able to make trips back here easily,” she said.

Fillingim said she chose to pursue medicine after working in environmental health and safety for a few years. “I wanted to serve people in a way that I am passionate about, and to show my children that their dreams can be attained through hard work and God’s grace,” she said.

Fillingim reflected on the highs and lows of the past four years, during which time she and her husband welcomed a third child, Emmy, to the family. “Every step has seemed hard at the time; but looking back, I realize just how each step was growing and maturing me,” she said. “The easiest part, taking time for vacation and somewhat resting in the knowledge of what is to come, is just now starting for me.”

73 USA medical students 24 states represented

70% matched out of state

30% matched in Alabama tal beds, while others connected from a classroom setting. Players signed footballs that hospital staff delivered to the kids they met virtually. A few former patients met the players in person at the stadium as part of Special Spectators, a nonprofit program that matches sick and injured children with VIP athletic experiences surrounding events such as the Senior Bowl.

USA Health seeks spiritual care volunteers

To better serve patients and their families, USA Health has created a new volunteer role within the Spiritual Care Department to provide emotional and spiritual support for people of all faiths. All spiritual care extenders must complete a 48-hour Pastoral Care Education program through the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education,

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