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McGovern Medical School Class of 2020 celebrates first virtual Match Day

McGovern Medical School fourth-year student Sandra Coker opened her Match Day email to find out where she’d take the next step on her journey to become a physician. (Photo credit: Sandra Coker)

March 30, 2020

Traditionally on Match Day, crowds of medical students can be seen holding their envelopes up to the sun to sneak a peek at their match before ripping them open. But this year, future physicians sat with their eyes glued to their inboxes as their fates were delivered via email.


In Their Shoes

In Their Shoes

September 30, 2019

Some students stole to pay bills. Others begged. Still others deliberated whether to buy their child’s medication or pay the mortgage. These acts—part of a simulated poverty experience for students at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth—illuminate the circumstances some of their future patients may face.


Gaining skills and understanding

(Photo by Getty Images)

May 9, 2019

When Allison Edwards, DrPH, RN, took undergraduate nursing students to clinical sites that serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, she observed that the students acted awkwardly.




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