![[Fourth-year medical students collect gift bags before learning where they will spend the next several years in residency training programs.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/comt_match_day_2024_02.15.24-img_272_hero.jpg "Fourth-year medical students collect gift bags before learning where they will spend the next several years in residency training programs. (Photo by Mitchell Masilun, BioCommunications, U of A Health Sciences)")
Fourth-year medical students collect gift bags before learning where they will spend the next several years in residency training programs. (Photo by Mitchell Masilun, BioCommunications, U of A Health Sciences)
![[Laura Tran, a graduating University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson student hoping to match into an internal medicine residency program to train as a new physician this summer after receiving her medical degree.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/comt-match-day_laura-tran_02.04.25_ac-img-9096_225x150px.jpg "Laura Tran, a graduating University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson student hoping to match into an internal medicine residency program to train as a new physician this summer after receiving her medical degree. (Photo by Anna C. Christensen, U of A College of Medicine – Tucson)")
This Friday, 123 medical students from the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson will learn where they will pursue the next phase of their medical training as physicians in training. A large chunk of them will pick primary care as their focus including internal medicine residency programs across the country. Many will train in Arizona, including Laura Tran, a Phoenix native who is a recipient of a Primary Care Physician Scholarship which commits her to serving in underserved communities. Find out why she’s chosen this path.