#Match2024 Goes Viral; Medical Training Tab Adds Up; Doc Lost in Insurance Maze

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In a heartwarming viral video, Ana Benevides Tadinac, MD, reacted to matching into residency after not matching last year.

Disney actor and emergency department nurse Jennifer Stone used a social media trend to lament the perceptions of her career path.

Is Gen Z changing the tides in medical training culture? According to this Reddit thread, yes.

Family medicine’s @doctor.chris on the physician’s journey: “Becoming a doctor is not only a long one, but an expensive one.”

In a personal anecdote about not matching into residency, @drlesliegonzalez shared a reminder: “Redirection, not rejection.”

“There is no way ‘regular’ people could do this,” said emergency physician and former HHS regional director Dara Kass, MD, expressing frustration regarding the complexities of health insurance.

Didn’t match into a residency program? Anesthesiology resident Tricia Pendergrast, MD, shared steps that can be taken.

“Orthopedics is still by far the least gender diverse specialty in medicine, but we’re slowly making progress.” For International Women’s Day, orthopedic surgery resident Sarah Pirkle, MD, celebrated women in her specialty.

Ophthalmologist Vicki Chan, MD, impressed audiences with her dance moves while raising awareness about states that don’t limit reproductive rights.

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