Application Process

Residency applications are submitted via Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)
The Emergency Medicine Residency Program at UVM Medical Center participates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP)
We encourage submission prior to the ERAS application opening date, as we start to review applications immediately. We require complete applications by October 15 to allow us time to give all applications full review. If there is a delay in obtaining your application materials, such as letters of recommendation, you should email our Program Administrator after October 16, so that your application can be reviewed again with complete information.
Invitations to interview are emailed via Thalamus on a rolling basis through December.
When interview invitations are sent, unless otherwise noted, applicants will have 72 hours to accept or decline.
All interviews will be conducted virtually again this year.

Application through ERAS
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Statement
Dean's Letter, or MSPE
Transcripts
A minimum of three (3) recent letters of reference from direct supervisors. At least one SLOE is required, but two is preferred.
Applicants must have successfully passed USMLE Step 1 prior to applying. Results for either USMLE Step 2 or COMLEX Level 2 are required to be complete before January 1.

All applications are reviewed by our Program Leadership and our Application Review Committee, and this committee together selects applicants to invite for interviews. All members participate voluntarily in training on Mitigating Bias through our Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Our program adheres to the best practices outlined in the Council of Residency Directors Application and Interview Best practices. Resources for applicants are available here: https://www.cordem.org/involved/Committees/application-process-improvement-taskforce The UVM EM Residency Program will participate in Program Signaling for the interview season.
We ask that students please keep in mind that Program Signals will only be used during the application review process to help allocate limited interview slots to applicants most interested in our program.
Program Signals will not be used in ranking applicants for the match at the UVM EM Residency Program.
In prior years, all applicants to our program who have rotated with us and successfully completed the expectations of the rotation have been granted an interview with our program.

Have a J-1 Visa or have a U.S. citizen Permanent Resident status. No other Visas will be accepted. (H1B are not accepted.)
Have graduated from medical school within the last two years.
Have a current certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduate (ECFMG).
Successfully completed the Clinical Skills requirement.
Provide a SLOE from an emergency medicine rotation in the United States within the last two years
NOTE: an observership does not fulfill this requirement.

Interviews are generally scheduled on Wednesdays and Fridays from October to December. Space is limited so please respond as soon as possible to emails regarding interview scheduling and accept or decline invitation in Thalamus.
We will have morning and afternoon sessions on interview days with each lasting about 4-5 hours. The day will include a welcome session with our Program Leadership and a combination of individual interviews with faculty and panel interviews with residents and staff.
Our chief residents will host a series of virtual “happy hours” for applicants who are invited to interview at our program to provide an opportunity to get to know our incredible group of residents and ask questions.
We will hold “second look” (first look for some) events in the greater Burlington area in January or February after our rank list has been submitted through the NRMP. Location and dates TBD, but info will be sent to those applicants who interview at our program.

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