Once the student identifies
a career choice early in the M4 year, the process of application to
residency programs begins. The Directory of Accredited Residencies
("The Green Book") is useful, as is the new computerized version "FREIDA"
(available in the Library).
EVMS Resources for Residency Program Selection
There are many resources available within the school to help you in
your residency searching process:
Workshops are held in April of M3, with department chairs and M4
students providing information on applying and interviewing for
residencies.
Letters of Recommendation
Requests for Dean's letters should be made to the Office of Student
Affairs (446-5805), with a list of names and addresses of residency
program directors you wish to receive a letter.
Requests for letters of recommendation from department chairmen
should be made to the departmental secretary and from other faculty
members via their secretaries. Most letter writers will request a
personal meeting with the student.
Transcripts
A transcript request form must be completed for each residency
application. These forms are available in the Student Records Office,
Lewis Hall.
Residency Interviewing Time
It is recommended that most students schedule one "vacation" month in
the fall or January of the fourth year for residency interviews. Any
additional time taken off from an elective for residency interviews must
have the approval of the elective supervisor at the beginning of the
rotation, with the exception of family practice, to which students must
give notice two weeks prior to the beginning of the rotation.
Students may not take more than three (3) days off from any four-week
elective for the purpose of residency interviews. Time off for residency
interviews may not be taken during the first week of any rotation.
During the last week of the rotation, students must be present for any
examination. Notice of leave must be given to the Office of Education,
rotation supervisor and supervising resident.
National Resident Matching Program
(NRMP)
For the past 26 years, over 90 percent of the programs approved for
such training have participated in the National Resident Matching
Program. The NRMP offers the student and the residency program a way to
rank their choices confidentially. The NRMP "matches" the students'
choices to the programs' choices with subsequent uniform confidential
notification by mail in March of the year of graduation. (Note: Army,
Navy and Air Force installations participate in separate ranking
procedures.) The Office of Student Affairs (OSA) distributes information
about NRMP.
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National
Residency Matching Program Schedule |
|
mid-May |
NRMP student
agreement forms and uniform application forms are made available
to M3 students |
|
mid-July |
Student agreement
forms are returned to NRMP by the Office of Student Affairs |
|
Nov 1
|
Dean's Letters are
sent to residency programs |
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Dec 1
|
Applications and
letters of recommendation should be received by residency
programs by this date |
|
late Jan - early
Feb |
Submit rank order
list of residency program choices via the
NRMP Web site |
|
mid-March
|
Match results
announced |
Links to Other Websites
-
Careers in Medicine,
from the AAMC - Includes a 4-phase course designed to assist
students in understanding options for choosing a specialty and
selecting and applying to a residency program. New information has
been compiled for the following specialties: Anesthesiology,
dermatology, emergency medicine, family practice, internal medicine,
ob-gyn, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology, pathology, pediatrics,
physical medicine and rehabilitation, plastic surgery, psychiatry,
radiology, surgery and urology.
- ERAS Residency and
Osteopathic Applicants - Information from AAMC about their
Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).
