Podiatric Surgery at Vallejo
Residency Selection Process
Kaiser North Bay Consortium selects residents through CASPR attending only the West CRIP. We do have an externship program at Vallejo but do not limit candidates to those externs. All applicants are required to maintain a minimum 3.25 GPA and we interview both externs and non-externs at the CRIP. The residency selection committee is made up of first and second year residents as well as attendings from each of the three consortium hospitals: Kaiser Vallejo, Kaiser Santa Rosa and Kaiser San Rafael.
The interview is typically 30 minutes in length and consists of a presentation of a topic of the applicants choice. It should be approximately 10 minutes long and follow a format where there is a case presentation which is then developed into a topical discussion of the diagnosis presented. Include a literature review, current standards of care, and any relevant classification schemes and/or treatment controversies. Once CRIP interviews are completed, the residency selection committee discusses the applicants then each member ranks the candidates individually. Those rankings are tabulated and averaged to give a final ranking of the candidates. The program director notifies each interviewee of their general rank by e-mail in accordance with CASPR guidelines.