Recruiting update

Total Applications = 585

Scheduled to Interview (48)
USMD = 16
DO = 14
IMG = 18

Invited but not yet scheduled: 20

Recruiting Update

Total Applications = 527

Scheduled to Interview (34)
USMD = 13
DO = 9
IMG = 12

Invited but not yet scheduled: 20

October interview dates are FULL, so please contact us ASAP to schedule if you are in the "invited but not yet scheduled" category!

ACGME site visit

Putting the last touches on our preparations for our ACGME site visit scheduled for Wednesday. Countless hours of hard work have gone into the documents preparation. Thanks to all - staff, faculty, residents and others - who have helped!

Applications for the 2010 Match are being reviewed through ERAS. Although the site visit preparations have taken some of the time I would have otherwise devoted to the Match, we have been able to screen many applications and have begun inviting applicants for interviews. I still have roughly 100 unscreened applications, so be patient! After the site visit this week, we will get caught up. If you have already received an invitation to interview, please contact Louis right away to schedule your preferred date, as the October dates in particular are filling up fast!

What does our interview day look like?

Group 1
8:00 – 8:30 Applicants meet with Dr. Nash as a group
8:30 – 9:00 Individual Interviews with Fac/Res
9:00 – 9:30 Individual Interviews with Fac/Res
9:30 – 10:00 Individual Interviews with Fac/Res
10:00 – 10:30 Applicants meet with Behavioral Medicine faculty as a group

Groups 1 & 2
10:30 – 11:30 Applicants tour the university with Louis Johnston
11:30 – 11:45 Break
11:45 – 12:00 Applicants meet with Dr. Thompson as a group
12:00 – 1:00 Applicants have lunch with the Interns
1:00 – 1:30 Applicants meet with Residency Staff as a group

Group 2
1:30 – 2:00 Applicants meet with Dr. Nash as a group
2:00 – 2:30 Individual Interviews with Fac/Res
2:30 – 3:00 Individual Interviews with Fac/Res
3:00 – 3:30 Individual Interviews with Fac/Res
3:30 – 4:00 Applicants meet with Behavioral Medicine faculty as a group

Special Info for DOs re: the Match Process

UTMB Family Medicine Residency will be participating in BOTH the ACGME and AOA Matches in 2010.

We will offer two positions in the AOA Match. These are the “dual-certified” positions that will allow you to sit for both the American Osteopathic Board of Family Medicine (AOA) and the American Board of Family Medicine (ACGME) exams upon successful completion of the 3 year program.

We will also be offering six positions in the ACGME Match. We welcome applications from Osteopathic students for these positions, in addition to the two positions we will offer in the AOA Match. However, if we fill our two positions in the AOA Match and you subsequently match with our program through the ACGME Match, you will not be in a “dual certified” position. You will be eligible to sit only for the American Board of Family Medicine exam and not the AOBFM exam.

You may apply to our program through either or both Matches. The AOA Match essentially offers you an “early decision” and also guarantees you the “dual certified” position. If you participate in both Matches, in the event you do not match in the AOA Match, you will then have a second opportunity to match with our program through the ACGME Match.

Not matching with us in the AOA Match does not mean we didn’t value you highly as an applicant. We simply have a very limited number of positions in the AOA Match. As Program Director, I am happy to match you through either Match process. I do want you to understand the differences however, thus the purpose of this information.

See our Residency website at TX OPTI here.

We’re looking forward to two great Matches in 2010!

Info for Applicants - 2010 Match

Dear Applicant,

Thank you for your interest in our residency training program.Our basic requirements for consideration for interview include:

• graduation from medical school within the past five years (not flexible)
• your medical school MUST be ON the approved Texas Medical Board list (scroll down for link to "substantial equivalence") and NOT on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board list of disapproved schools (no exceptions)
• passage of USMLE I and II, including CSA (preferably on first attempt) OR COMLEX for Osteopathic students. Obviously, the better your scores, the stronger will be your application
• some U.S. clinical experience
• three letters of recommendation, at least two of which MUST be from family doctors

We accept applications only through ERAS. Please do not email me long attachments in an attempt to circumvent the process because I will not read them. If you meet our criteria outlined above, then apply through ERAS. This will ensure that your application is reviewed.

Osteopathic students may apply to our program through either or both Match processes, however you will only be guaranteed a dual-accredited slot by matching through the AOA Match.

We will begin our interview season for the class entering in 2010 in September 2009 for Osteopathic students and October 2009 for all. We hope to conclude interviews by end of January 2010. We will begin screening applications immediately as they become available through ERAS. We will schedule interviews until we have interviewed sufficient candidates to fill our class, so you are encouraged to apply early.

Our program does sponsor J1 visas. Our program does NOT sponsor H-1 visas.UTMB does NOT sponsor externships or observerships for persons who have already graduated from medical school.

Please see our Residency website for more detailed information regarding our program. For specific questions that may not be covered, please contact our recruiter, Mr. Louis Johnston. His contact information is listed on the webpage.

Lisa R. Nash, D.O.

Program Director

UTMB Family Medicine Residency