1. ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA E.R.A.S. (Electronic Residency Application Service)
   PLEASE NOTE: The basic components of your application (the common application form, transcript and Dean's Letter) MUST BE RECEIVED by us by November 15, 2007.
2. LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION
   ERAS allows four letters of recommendation to be sent to our program in addition to the required Medical Student Performance Evaluation Letter (MSPE or Dean's Letter). Additional letters of recommendation should be from faculty members who have worked with you in a clinical setting, who know you well from research or other scholarly projects, from community involvement experiences, etc. We encourage you to submit letters of recommendation that give our selection committee the broadest possible view of your qualifications and attributes, from as many different perspectives as is possible.
   We require three letters of recommendation in addition to the Dean's letter; you may submit an optional, preferred fourth letter of recommendation without penalty.
3. USMLE SCORES
   There are no minimum USMLE score requirements for application to the residency program. Candidates must have passed the USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 on their first attempt.
4. PHOTOGRAPHS
   Photographs are NOT required to complete your ERAS application. However, since considerable evaluation of your entire application packet occurs for many weeks after your visit and interview on "Applicant Day", a photograph greatly assists us in specifically recalling the details of your visit here. If you choose to submit a photograph, you can do so at any point in the application process timeline, since you will submit the (scanned) photograph to ERAS, and it will then be forwarded to us. Please be aware that ERAS does not allow the photograph to be viewed by the training program UNTIL you are invited for an interview.
5. INTERVIEW SCHEDULING AND "APPLICANT DAY"
   Interviews will be scheduled only after our selection committee reviews applications. We will send interview invitations to you by email, so be sure to indicate your preferred and accurate email address on your ERAS application. The Department of Medicine conducts a one to two day program from approximately 7am to 5pm. The "Applicant Day" program provides an overview of the clinical rotations, individual interviews with faculty members, lunch with housestaff and tours of the training sites. An optional dinner with current residents is held on the interview day from 7-9pm. Please take this timeline into account when considering travel arrangements such as airline connections.

IMPORTANT
If you are a graduate of a medical school other than those in the US or Canada, you must follow different procedures first before applying to the program. Your application will be discarded without first following those outlined steps.