Resident Appointments
- III.A. Eligibility Requirements
- III.A.1. An applicant must meet one of the following qualifications to be eligible for appointment to an ACGME-accredited program:
- III.A.1.a) graduation from a medical school in the United States or Canada, accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or graduation from a college of osteopathic medicine in the United States, accredited by the
- American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (AOACOCA); or,
- III.A.1.b) graduation from a medical school outside of the United States or Canada, and meeting one of the following additional qualifications:
- III.A.1.b.(1) holding a currently valid certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) prior to appointment; or,
- III.A.1.b).(2) holding a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the United States licensing jurisdiction in which the ACGME-accredited program is located.
- III.A.2. All prerequisite post-graduate clinical education required for initial entry or transfer into ACGME-accredited residency programs must be completed in ACGME-accredited residency programs, AOA approved residency programs, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)-accredited or College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)-accredited residency programs located in Canada, or in residency programs with ACGME International (ACGME-I) Advanced Specialty Accreditation.
- III.A.2.a) Residency programs must receive verification of each resident’s level of competency in the required clinical field using ACGME, CanMEDS, or ACGME-I Milestones evaluations from the prior training program upon matriculation.
Application Requirements
- Submit your application through the universal application ERAS System (Electronic Residency Application Service) hosted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, AAMC Applying To Residency
- Personal Statement(s)
- Letters of Recommendation (LoRs)
- Note: An LoR cannot be assigned to programs until the LoR author uploads it to the Letter of Recommendation Portal (LoRP).
- Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE or “Dean’s Letter”) (Note: Automatically assigned.)
- Medical School Transcript (Note: Automatically assigned.)
- ECFMG Status Report (IMGs only) (Note: Automatically assigned.)
- Photograph
- Send your USMLE and/or COMLEX-USA Transcripts Note: Instead of uploading your transcript, you must authorize the release of your transcript before you can assign it to programs.
Register with the National Residency Matching Program
The Universal Thoracic Application is available on the NRMP website, NRMP The Match