Residency Program: Application Process

Applicants must register with the NRMP (National Resident Matching Program) and apply through the Electronic Residency Applications Service (ERAS).

Students should check with their student or academic affairs office and the NRMP office for details. All applicants are required to electronically send an official medical school transcription, Dean's letter, a Department of Medicine Chair's letter (or designated representative), two additional letters of recommendation from Department of Medicine or other Faculty, USMLE Board Scores (Part One), and a personal statement. Applications must be completed by October 15, 2023. 

We have three tracks leading to internal medicine certification—a Categorical track (which houses the Molecular Medicine track) and two Primary Care Tracks. Our Primary Care Tracks include the UCSF Primary Care General Internal Medicine (UCPC-GIM) Track or the ZSFG (SFPC) Primary Care Track. See above for the three program track numbers. Depending upon your particular interests, you are welcome to apply to and be considered by any or all of these tracks. The two primary care options are particularly well suited for individuals who have already decided upon, or are strongly considering, a generalist focus for their training and career. Applicants with an interest in primary care/general medicine should apply to both primary care tracks. If you are interested in the Molecular Medicine track, please apply under the Categorical Track. Applicants invited for an interview are then asked if they wish to be considered for the Molecular Medicine Residency.

Please plan on reserving one to two days for your virtual introduction to the program and your interviews. A core interview day will provide an overview of the program. All applicants for our categorical program will participate in a categorical interview day. Those applicants also applying to Primary Care or Molecular Medicine will have a second separate interview day as well. All interviews for the 2023-24 academic year will be held virtually. Categorical interviews will be held on this first day. Primary Care track interviews and Molecular Medicine track interviews will be held on a second day (if applicable). All interviews for the 2023-2024 academic year will be held virtually. Once you are invited for an interview, we would like to make your virtual time at UCSF as productive as possible. If there are specific faculty members you would like to meet or programs about which you would like to learn more, please let us know and we will do everything possible to accommodate your requests. We look forward to meeting you and having you see the most exciting, dynamic training program in the country!

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