Among Those Disrupted By COVID-19: The Nation’s Newest Doctors

Quarantine requirements, restricted interview opportunities, and other restrictions upend the path to residency

Third year medical students at The Gordon Center for Research In Medical Education, University of Miami, cardiopulmonary patient simulator in this file photo. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

July 1 is traditionally the day newly minted doctors start their first year of residency. But this year is different. Getting from here to there—from medical school to residency training sites—has been complicated by the COVID-19.