Application Information

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West Virginia University's Family Medicine Residency Program participaties in ERAS-Electronic Residency Application Service-from the Association of American Medical Colleges. Please check the ERAS home page for further details.

Foreign Medical graduates must contact the ECFMG for application and eligibility.

We only accept applications through ERAS. No faxed or hand delivered applications will be reviewed. ERAS applications that do not meet our criteria will not be reviewed. 

Due to the number of applications we receive our Application Screening Criteria is as follows:

1. Recent graduation from an accredited medical school. If applicant is not a recent graduate, the applicant must be able to demonstrate clinical practice or experience since medical school graduation. (Recent is considered within five (5) years)
2. Completion of the following documentation:

• Common Application Form
• Medical School Transcripts
• Dean's Letter
• 3 Letters of Recommendation
• Personal Statement
• Curriculum Vitae
• USMLE or COMLEX Transcript (Applicants must have taken and passed both Steps 1 and 2 with a minimum score of 195 in two attempts or less)  
• ECFMG certification for Foreign Medical Graduates.  Only those applications with valid ECFMG certificates will be reviewed.
• Passing Clinical Skills examination on the first attempt.

    3.   If you are not a citizen of the United States, you must have a valid J-1 Visa or Greencard. West Virginia 
          University School of Medicine only sponsors the J-1 Visa.             

Application Process:

1. When the application is received through ERAS, it will be reviewed by the residency program administrator and the director of the residency.
2. Complete applications (applications containing all of the required documentation) that fulfill the eligibility criteria will be forwarded to the Family Medicine Residency Education Committee for review and considerations. The committee will decide to offer interviews to individual applicants based on the following....
   • Eligibilty criteria
   • Letters of recommendations
   • Suitability for Family Medicine
   • Previous experience and exposure to Family Medicine
   • Suitability for rural medicine
   • Familiarity with West Virginia or Appalachian regions.
   • Academic performance in medical school
   • Previous experience in graduate medical education programs.
3. Incomplete applications will be placed on hold until the proper documentation is received through the ERAS program.
4. Applications will be accepted through ERAS until November 30th.