{"id":70428,"date":"2026-03-23T10:03:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=70428"},"modified":"2026-03-23T10:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:03:33","slug":"internal-medicine-residency-match-day-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/internal-medicine-residency-match-day-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Internal Medicine Residency Match Day 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Years of hard work and dreams were folded into envelopes. On March 20th, medical students discovered where their career journey would take them for residency.<\/p>\n<p>The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u2019s Internal Medicine Residency Program paired 31 categorical residents, 8 preliminary residents, and 7 Medicine\/Pediatrics residents.<\/p>\n<p>This curriculum teaches internists how to provide compassionate, team-based care while incorporating the ideals of life-long learning and teaching into clinical decisions. 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