How to Apply

Podiatric Surgery Programs

International Applicants

Medical Residency Applicants

Applications are accepted through (Electronic Residency Application Service) sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges. After you have created your online application on ERAS, you will need to register for the match at NRMP.org (National Resident Matching Program) and look for the individual program(s) you would like to match with. The ECFMG (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates) has an excellent FAQ that describes the entire application process, for both American/Canadian graduates and foreign medical graduates.

In addition to the application, minimum requirements are:

Personal statement/biography
Curriculum Vitae
Medical school transcript
Dean's letter
Letters of reference from three faculty members (clinical years)
USMLE scores

For a sample of our Residency Contract, click here.

2007-2008 Important Match Dates

Mid-June 2007	ERAS 2008 Applicant Manuals will be available for PDF download
Late June 2007	Schools may begin to generate and distribute MyERAS tokens to applicants.
July 1, 2007	MyERAS Web site opens to applicants to begin working on their applications.
August 15, 2007	Applicant registration for NRMP Match begins at 12:00 noon eastern time.
September 1, 2007	Applicants may begin applying to ACGME accredited programs
November 1, 2007	MSPEs are released to ERAS. (Dean's Letters)
November 30, 2007	Applicant registration deadline for NRMP Match.
2008
January 15, 2008	Rank order list entry begins
February 27, 2008	Late registration deadline. Rank order list certification deadline. Applicants and programs must certify their rank order lists by 9:00 PM eastern time.
March 17, 2008	Applicant matched and unmatched information posted to the Web site at 12:00 noon eastern time.
March 18, 2008	Filled and unfilled results for individual programs posted to the Web site at 11:30 am eastern time. Locations of all unfilled positions are released at 12:00 noon eastern time. Unmatched applicants may begin contacting unfilled programs at 12:00 noon eastern time.
March 20, 2008	Match Day! Match results for applicants are posted to Web site at 1:00 pm eastern time.
March 21, 2008	Hospitals send letters of appointment to matched applicants after this date.
May 31, 2008	ERAS PostOffice will close to prepare for the 2009 season.

These dates are subject to change. To verify the dates above, updated information can be obtained at the NRMP 2008 Main Match Schedule and the ERAS 2008 Timeline websites.

International Applicants

Applications are accepted through ECFMG. In addition to the minimum requirements for the PGY 1 applicant, International students are required to submit their Foreign Medical Graduate Certificate and a copy of their California Postgraduate Training Authorization Letter (California Medical Board: http://www.medbd.ca.gov/Applicant.htm). In addition, our Oakland Internal Medicine program has additional application requirements that are listed here.

Podiatric Surgery Applicants

Our podiatric surgery programs accept applications through the Centeral Application Service for Podiatric Residencies and interview potential residents at the Centralized Residency Interview Program (West CRIP). The 2007 West CRIP will take place from November 30 -December 2, 2007 in Los Angeles. Individual programs conduct their own interviews and may have additional selection criteria. For more information, follow this link CASPR/CRIP, or view our individual podiatric surgery program pages.

For a sample of our Podiatric Surgery Residency Contract, click here.

2007 - 2008 CASPR/CRIP Schedule Date

June 15, 2007	Receipt Deadline of Student Application for Class of 2008 and previous graduates
July 27, 2007	Receipt Deadline of Transcripts and Clinical Evaluation Forms from colleges by CASPR
August 1, 2007	Receipt Deadline of Program Designation Forms and Letters of Recommendation by CASPR; Absolute deadline for LATE applications for previous graduates
September 10, 2007	Receipt Deadline for late program designation additions or corrections
October 12, 2007	Applicant Files mailed to Residency Programs
October 19, 2007	Receipt Deadline of Supplemental Fees & Materials from applicants sent directly to Programs
November 13, 2007	First CRIP Scheduling window begins
November 30 - December 16	Centralized Regional Interview Program (CRIP) Dates / Location November 30 – Dec 2, 2007 /West [Los Angeles, CA] December 7 – 9, 2007 / Central [Chicago, IL] December 14 – 16, 2007 / East [Iselin (Newark), NJ] January 4 – 6, 2008 / Snow Date
January 7, 2008	Selection Forms mailed to Residency Programs and Applicants
February 11, 2008	Receipt Deadline of Selection Forms for both applicants and Programs; CRIP fee refund requests to CASPR
March 10, 2008	MATCH DATE Announcement of Match Results mailed to Residency Programs and Applicants