UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences to present Doctor of Medicine degrees
Published 1:01 pm Sunday, May 8, 2016
GRAND FORKS, N.D.— David Larson of Austin will graduate from the the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences will earn the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree during commencement at 2:30 p.m. on May 15 at the Chester Fritz Auditorium on the school’s campus in Grand Forks.
Larson has been a otolaryngology residency at the Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education in Rochester. Seventy-two degree candidates will participate in the May 15 ceremony. The graduates have completed four years of medical education, beginning with two years of instruction at the UND campus in Grand Forks, followed by two years learning and working with practicing physicians who volunteer to serve as their teachers in hospitals and clinics.
Upon graduating, the doctors will complete their residencies, a period of advanced intensive training in their chosen medical specialty before independent practice as a physician. Depending on the medical specialty, medical school graduates complete anywhere from three to seven years of residency training after medical school.