Thank you for you interest in our Neurology Residency Training Program at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. To be a candidate for application to our program, we require the following:
1. The applicant must have graduated from an accredited medical school within five years of application or is in a US postgraduate training program.
2. The applicant must have
an excellent documented command of the
English language.
3. The applicant must have the appropriate physical and mental health to be responsible for patients in a rigorous training environment.
4. The applicant must not have had significant academic difficulty during his/her undergraduate medical education; for example, failing or marginal grades in a significant portion of the curriculum or a failure to pass USMLE, Parts I and II.
5. If the applicant will not or has not graduated from an ACGME accredited institution, he/she needs to have demonstrated that he/she has performed significant and supervised clinical work in the United States preferably in an academic setting, i.e., need to have at least one year’s training in a supervised setting in the United States.
6. The applicant must be a US citizen, possess a green card or possess a J-1 Visa prior to initiation of training.
If you meet the above requirements, please apply through ERAS. After we have had an opportunity to review your completed application packet, we will contact you regarding interview at which time we will send out a brochure describing our program in more detail.
At the present time, we at least one position for 2009 (PGY II level – must have completed your preliminary year) and we have four openings for the PGY II level beginning July 1, 2010. We also have two preliminary positions in the Department of Medicine beginning July 1, 2009. We are obligated to go through the NMRP and you must be signed up with them. We begin reviewing applications at the beginning of September and start interviews around the end of October or beginning of November, continuing until the end of December or beginning of January.
