Get the answers to some frequently asked questions about the Champlain Valley Family Medicine Residency Program in Plattsburgh, NY.
We combine the proximity of an academic medical center with a community hospital and family medicine center to create a robust, hands-on training experience.
December 1st.
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In addition to the required materials for application, you will need to have:
- A current, valid certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG). If you do not have this certificate, you will need to contact the ECFMG directly and arrange to take the USMLE.
- You must have graduated from medical school within the last 2 years.
- You must have successfully completed the Clinical Skills Assessment of the USMLE.
- You must have U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident status and a current ECFMG or a J-1 Visa.
- Current students must receive their ECFMG certificates prior to the start of your residency training.
- Your J1 status will require you to live in the US.
- J1 residents must arrive to the program at least 21 days prior to the orientation start date, but not sooner than 30 days prior. Arriving less than 21 days prior to the orientation start date may result in a voided contract.
Your application will not be considered unless you are able to fulfill all of the above criteria.
Please note: Graduates from schools outside of the US are ineligible for residency training in New York State if more than 12 weeks of clerkship training (during 3rd and 4th years of medical school) occurred outside of the country in which the medical school is located unless the New York State Education Department has approved that school's curriculum, as configured. A list of those schools currently approved is listed on the New York State Education Department's website.
Yes! Contact fmrapplications@cvph.org for more information.
Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital provides care for a large geographic portion of upstate New York and southern Quebec. This is a largely rural area and encompasses a diverse socioeconomic population.
Yes, our program has a family medicine inpatient service for the adult patients of our Family Medicine Center. Residents are supervised by internal medicine and family medicine faculty. Residents care for patients on general medicine floors and in the progressive care units during this rotation. There are also regular teaching topics and scheduled simulation activities in our simulation center during the inpatient rotation.
Our goal is to train physicians to feel prepared to practice family medicine in any community that they land. We are proud to report that approximately 70 percent of our residents have remained in Upstate New York and the surrounding area. Our graduates have gone on to practice as hospitalists, ambulatory practitioners and several have gone on to complete fellowships.
We offer the maximum allowed number of electives in our curriculum. Membership in the AAFP is paid for all residents. Some benefits include free parking, meal card allowance, continuing medical education funds and days, funding for USMLE Step 3 and three weeks of vacation.