Program Outcomes 

MD program graduates typically continue their training in Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited residencies and fellowships in all disciplines of medicine throughout the United States. Following residency, graduates enter careers in academic medicine, private practice, research and industry. 

Temple graduates secure impressive residencies, attributable to our school’s reputation for providing superior clinical training. Of recent graduating classes, most seniors chose university hospitals or major affiliates of a university hospital for residencies. 

About 40% of Temple graduates pursue residencies in internal medicine, family medicine or pediatrics, which can lead to primary care careers. The remainder of students pursue specialties and subspecialties. Graduate residencies span from coast-to-coast and border-to-border.  

2023 Residency Match Results 

Top Specialties 

• 41: Internal medicine 

• 19: Emergency medicine 

• 17: Surgery 

• 13 : Psychiatry 

• 11: Anesthesiology 

• 11: Pediatrics

• 10 : Family medicine 

• 9: Obstetrics and gynecology

• 7: Orthopedic surgery

• 6: Diagnostic radiology

• 5: Physical medicine and rehabilitation

• 4: Neurology 

Top Institutions 

• 21: Temple University Hospital 

• 12: St. Luke’s Hospital, Bethlehem 

• 9: Thomas Jefferson University 

• 7: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 

• 6: CMSRU/Cooper University Hospital  

• 5: Johns Hopkins Hospital 

• 5: Rush University Medical Center 

• 4: Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai Hospital 

• 4: Montefiore Medical Center, Einstein 

• 4: St. Luke's Hospital, Anderson

• 4: University of North Carolina Hospitals

• 4: University of Chicago Medical Center  

Global Medicine Program 

This comprehensive, hands-on enrichment program provides students with global clinical and research opportunities, which can be life changing and career inspiring. Experiences include 

• primary preventative healthcare, 

• emergency disaster care, 

• early clinical exposure to global medicine leaders, and 

• international service and research experiences 

Program participants fulfill their personal and professional dreams by developing

• incredible life and professional skills, 

• augmented residency match possibilities, 

• research presentation at regional symposiums,  

• future niches in international emergency and disaster care, 

• experience with challenges faced with both disaster and global medicine, and

• expanded language skills (typically Spanish) as well as cultural literacy for international locations. 

First- and second-year students may take disaster and global medicine electives to prepare them for service experiences both domestically and abroad. Electives include workshops, lectures, clinical skill sessions and an interactive field wilderness medicine experience.  

The first international clinical experience often occurs the summer following the first year of medical school. They work abroad with attending physicians in Africa, Asia, Central America and South America. Experiences include 

• caring directly for international patients, 

• participating in observational research studies, and 

• exploring the culture and natural environment. 

Third- and fourth-year medical students interested in a wide range of clinical and research-related goals can undertake clinical rotations at more than a dozen affiliated medical schools on five continents and at other institutions, if they so desire.  

During these experiences abroad, students develop medical skills in a treatment environment that is quite different from ours, including areas with limited available medical resources. They gain a broader understanding of medical operations internationally and expand their language skills (typically Spanish), as well as enhancing their teaching and leadership skills by assisting with first- and second-year student projects. 

Community Engagement

The Katz School of Medicine  encourages and supports broad service involvement through more than 50 student-run groups, including the Student Government Association.