resource for IMGs

The Society for Teachers of Family Medicine has a new course to assist IMGs in preparing for Family Medicine Residency application and training programs. STFM programs are always high quality and I encourage all of our international medical graduates to consider attending this course.

If you do complete the course, please be sure to mention it in your ERAS application.

Interview Season for 2008 Match

We will begin our interview season for the 2008 Match on October 22. We anticipate finishing interviews by January 30. Interview days will be Mondays and Wednesdays.

ERAS open for Osteopathic applications

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR OUR OSTEOPATHIC APPLICANTS

We are currently accepting applications via ERAS from Osteopathic applicants. We will have two PGY-1 positions in the Osteopathic Match this year, which will be tracked positions in the Family Medicine Residency.

Due to changes at the AOA and ACOFP levels as well as that we are currently in the AOA/ACOFP application process for our PGY-2 and PGY-3, you may see some conflicting information in the posting of our positions for this year. As of now, we are approved for transitional internship, PGY-1. Concurrent with our application for years 2 and 3 of the FM Residency, we have applied to transfer our transitional positions to PGY-1 FM. At some point during this Match cycle, we anticipate approval of our application. Therefore, we will be seeking to fill our two positions this year with applicants who plan to complete the FM Residency.

Osteopathic students may also apply through the ACGME Match, however you will be applying for an ACGME position via that route, and NOT the dual certified AOA/ACGME positions.

Please call if you have any questions... 409.772.6245

We look forward to hosting you for your interview!

alumni news

We received news of a former graduate, Luis Benavides (Jan '07), by way of a relative with a family member in his new community of Whitney/Hillsboro, TX. Below is an exerpt of the email:

...my Mother (in Whitney, TX) tells me that there is a new physician in the
area (with hospital privileges in Hillsboro) who the whole town in thrilled
with. She is thinking of going to him because he has such a good
reputation.

I'm always thrilled to hear good things about our graduates! Kudos to Luis!

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Info for applicants

Dear Applicant,

Thank you for your interest in our residency training program.

We have no open positions for 2007-08.

Our basic requirements for consideration for interview include:

• graduation from medical school within the past five years (not flexible).
• passage of USMLE I and II, including CSA (preferably on first attempt). Obviously, the better your scores, the stronger will be your application. Osteopathic students need not take USMLE. Similar expectations apply for the COMLEX exams.
• 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.

We will be participating in the Osteopathic Match this year. 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 2008 in October 2007 and hope to conclude interviews by mid-February at the latest. 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

Orientation underway

The Class of 2010 is having a successful Orientation month so far. We only had one visa/passport issue, which is thankfully resolved and we're happy to have everyone together and completing their Orientation activities.

From talking with them, there is a little stress over ACLS, BLS, PALS and NRP. But overall, things seem to be going well. Yesterday we had our mini-ALSO workshop and that was a lot of fun. We reviewed Electronic Fetal Monitoring, Postpartum Hemorrhage and Shoulder Dystocia and taught the ALSO mnemonics for those. We pulled out the mannikins and practice the shoulder dystocia drill. After it was over, I realized I should've had someone take pictures. Sorry!

I had Ruthie with me yesterday in clinic and that was fun. We worked through some notes on the EMR so she got a little practice before starting in her own clinic next week. She saw a couple of patients on her own and we finished them up together. Half the class was shadowing faculty in clinic and the other half was shadowing on the hospital service.

They are all anxious about the first rotation and I think ready to get on with that, so they can be into it and be done with all the anticipation. It's normal. They are a GREAT group and I'm really looking forward to working with them.