Applications for Residency in Internal Medicine are submitted exclusively through ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service). www.aamc.org
Only electronically submitted applications are considered. The application criteria are established by the resident's selection committee. Suggested criteria include but are not limited to the following:
a.
Graduation from US/ Canada medical School
b.
Score of 85 and above on first attempt of the USMLE I and USMLE II.
c.
Valid ECFMG certificate by the NRMP match date.
d.
Graduation from medical school in the past 10 years.
If you are graduating or have graduated from a U.S. Medical School, you must contact your medical school's student affairs office or other designated dean's office. Your dean's office will provide you with the information and the software for ERAS. The ERAS Web Site can be located at www.aamc.org
If you are a Canadian Medical Student, please contact the Canadian Resident Matching Service, 151 Slater Street, Suite 802, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P-5H3 Canada, or call (613) 237-0075 for ERAS processing information.
If you are a graduate of a foreign medical school interested in applying to this program you must contact the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) for application materials and eligibility requirement. Write to: ECFMG-ERAS Program, P.O. box 13467, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3467, U.S.A., or visit: www.ecfmg.org
Applicants are screened based on their USMLE scores, letters of recommendation and personal statement. Prior experience in USA is not required.
Selected applicants are invited for interview. Interviews are generally scheduled from November through January. Every applicant invited for interview meets at least two of the members of the resident selection committee. The applicants are given a tour of the hospital and meet with members of the housestaff. Once the interviews are conducted, the department prepares a rank order list and the latter is submitted to the NRMP.
Most of the available positions are filled through the NRMP. In rare instances applicants may be offered a pre-match position in accordance with the rules and requirements established by the NRMP.
For the candidates who match at Lincoln Medical Center and are not American citizens, the hospital sponsors H1 visas, ECFMG provides sponsorship for J1 visa. Applicants looking for H1 visa must pass USMLE III to be eligible for this particular type of visa.
All selected and matched residents receive contract letter, a copy of which is returned to the department. The incoming housestaff receives mandatory orientation organized by the GME 10-14 days before the official beginning of their training. The employment contract is in accordance with the agreement between the CIR (Committee of Interns and Residents) and the HHC (Health and Hospital Corporation).
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