March 16, 2022

By Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science staff

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Match Day 2022 will look rather different for Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine on the Florida campus as the first full cohort of students opens their envelopes simultaneously with other Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine students across the nation.

Instead of completing all four years of medical school on a single campus, this group is the first full cohort to complete the Florida track within Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. They started with two years at either the Minnesota or Arizona campus, and then concluded their education with two years at the Florida campus. On Friday, March 18, 2022, they will learn where they're headed next for their residency training.

Gerardo Colon-Otero, M.D., vice dean of Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and the school's dean in Florida, shared the following comments at the time the first group of Florida students arrived — "Our staff are excited to have full-time students on our campus and be involved in training the next generation of physician colleagues. As somebody who has met all of the students, I can attest to their character and great potential to bring hope and healing to our future patients. I am excited for our institution to reach this major education milestone that will ultimately have a great impact for our Jacksonville community and its future medical workforce needs."

Nationwide expansion

Mayo Medical School, now known as Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, first opened its doors to a class of 40 students in 1972. The school expanded its reach nationwide with a four-year track on Mayo Clinic's Arizona campus in 2017 and the combined Minnesota/Florida and Arizona/Florida tracks in 2018.

By the summer of 2020, the first group of students embarked from Minnesota and Arizona to start their final two years of education on the Florida campus. The medical school also doubled in size that year to more than 400 students.