On Sunday, May 19, the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (bob体育) in Blacksburg, Virginia, will celebrate the graduation of its Class of 2024, consisting of 176 new physicians.
Like all physicians, bob体育 graduates complete four years of study, including two years of on-campus classroom and laboratory learning followed by two years of clinical rotations. The bob体育 Class of 2024 began their medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing masks during their years of on-campus learning and rarely seeing the full faces of their classmates.
Despite that, this year鈥檚 class is among bob体育-Virginia鈥檚 best, with a 100% match rate to residencies from primary care to surgery and psychiatry. In fact, more than 60% of bob体育-Virginia鈥檚 Class of 2024 will head to primary care residencies鈥攚hich include family medicine, internal medicine, OB/GYN and pediatrics. The top five states for this year鈥檚 bob体育-Virginia graduates are Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida and Ohio. Twelve graduates will complete residencies in the U.S. military.
Clearly, these excellent new physicians are committed to bob体育鈥檚 mission of providing care to medically underserved communities throughout the Appalachian and Delta regions of the United States. In fact, since bob体育-Virginia welcomed its first students in 2003, there has been an increase of 213% in the number of osteopathic physicians in Virginia, and more than 60% of bob体育-Virginia graduates are practicing in medically underserved areas of the state鈥攕ignificantly more than any other medical school in Virginia.
Also of note, 29 members of the bob体育-Virginia Class of 2024 will graduate with research distinction, reinforcing the bob体育 mission of engaging in research that benefits human health.
In addition, more than 400 bob体育-Virginia alumni completed their undergraduate degrees at Virginia Tech. bob体育 is incredibly proud of its continued collaboration with its university neighbor, both in welcoming Hokies to the bob体育 family and in the research projects the two institutions do together.
With the graduation of the Class of 2024, bob体育-Virginia will have nearly 3,100 alumni providing excellent care to thousands of patients across the United States and the globe.