How to Apply

Medical Residency Applicants

Applications are accepted through ERAS (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) with which you would like to match. The ECFMG (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates) has an excellent FAQ that describes the entire application processfor 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.

2009 Main Match Schedule

August 15, 2008 Applicant registration begins at 12:00 noon eastern time.
September 1, 2008 Institution / program registration begins at 12:00 noon eastern time.
November 30, 2008 Applicant registration deadline
Note: Applicants may register after this deadline by paying an additional late registration fee of $50.00 when registering after 11:59 p.m. eastern time.
January 15, 2009 Rank order list entry begins.
Applicants and programs may start entering their rank order lists at 12:00 noon eastern time.
January 31, 2009 Quota change deadline
Programs must submit final information on quotas and withdrawals by 11:59 p.m. eastern time.
February 25, 2009 Late registration deadline
Rank order list certification deadline
Applicants and programs must certify their rank order lists by 9:00 PM eastern time. Staff will be available to answer your questions during the final deadline hours. CERTIFIED applicant and program rank order lists and any other information pertinent to the Match must be entered in the R3 System by this date and time.
March 16, 2009 Applicant matched and unmatched information posted to the Web site at 12:00 noon eastern time.
March 17, 2009

Filled and unfilled results for individual programs posted to the Web site at 11:30 a.m. 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 19, 2009 Match Day! Match results for applicants are posted to Web site at 1:00 pm eastern time.
March 20, 2009 Hospitals send letters of appointment to matched applicants after this date.

These dates are subject to change. To verify the dates above, updated information can be obtained at the NRMP 2009 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/Index.html). 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 Central Application Service for Podiatric Residencies(CRIP) and interview potential residents at the Centralized Residency Interview Program.

The 2008 - 2009 CRIP schedule is as follows:

East CRIP: January 9 -11,2009
Scheduling opens December 1, 2008
Hotel Information

West CRIP: January 16 -18, 2009
Scheduling opens December 8, 2008
Hotel Information

Central CRIP: January 23 – 25, 2009
Scheduling opens December 15, 2008
Hotel Information

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 (pdf).

For the 2009 CASPR/CRIP Schedule, please click here (pdf).
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