Applicant Requirements
Procedure for Selecting Residents
Bismarck
Overview
Our criteria for selecting candidates for a residency position attempts to balance the many competing interests that vie for these spots and the many bodies that govern how they are apportioned including:
- Legislated preference for UND SMHS graduates
- Requirements by the North Dakota Board of Medical Examiners
- Accreditation requirements by the ACGME
- The rules of the Match as dictated by the NRMP
- The interests of our two sponsoring hospitals
- An ethical duty to treat candidates fairly, and above all
- A duty to our patients and the people of North Dakota to choose candidates who will provide excellent and safe patient care
For those still enrolled in medical school:
- Only applications through ERAS are accepted. All applications are screened using preset criteria, and interviews are offered based on this vetting process.
- Interviews with faculty, staff and residents are done.
- Faculty and residents as well as selected staff all develop the rank order list which is entered with the NRMP.
- We will not rank any candidate who has not successfully completed USMLE Step I and Step II including the Clinical Skills portion.
- Two US clinical rotations, at least one in family medicine, are required.
- J-1 Visas are accepted by the program.
For those not currently enrolled in medical school:
- Only applications through ERAS are accepted.
- Applications go through the same screening process as above.
- If the candidate has been out of medical school for more than five years, or has USMLE scores less than 210 (Pass) on either Step I or Step II, they must do an observership to be eligible for an interview.
- All other rules apply as above.
Eligibility for an Observership
The applicant must:
- Have a significant connection to a ND community
- Have already applied through ERAS
- Be eligible for a state of ND medical license
General Information about Observerships
- No more than five observerships are offered per academic year.
- They occur at the discretion of the faculty.
- They are 1-2 weeks in length depending on faculty preference.
- All observers must pass the background checks and other approval processes of the UND and both sponsoring hospitals.
- Observerships are given on a first-come first-served basis.
- All expenses are the responsibility of the observer.
- Observers will be offered an interview at the end of the observership.
Instructions for Obtaining an Observership
- Applicants can contact the Program Coordinator to voice interest after July15.
- All applicants must complete their ERAS application prior to submitting a formal request for an observership.
- After the ERAS application is complete, a letter requesting an observership should be sent to the Program Coordinator. This should be accompanied by a phone call. The Program Coordinator will send the necessary paperwork to the candidate at that time if there is an opening available.
Hettinger
Overview
Our criteria for selecting candidates for a residency position attempts to balance the many competing interests that vie for these spots and the many bodies that govern how they are apportioned including:
- Legislated preference for UND SMHS graduates
- Requirements by the North Dakota Board of Medical Examiners
- Accreditation requirements by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
- The rules of the Match as dictated by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP)
- The interests of our three sponsoring hospitals, 6) an ethical duty to treat candidates fairly, and above all
- Duty to our patients and the people of North Dakota to choose candidates who will provide excellent and safe patient care
For those still enrolled in medical school:
- Only applications through ERAS are accepted. All applications are screened using preset criteria, and interviews are offered based on this vetting process.
- Interviews with faculty, staff and residents are done.
- Faculty and residents as well as selected staff all develop the rank order list which is entered with the NRMP.
- We will not rank any candidate who has not successfully completed USMLE Step I and Step II including the Clinical Skills portion.
For those not currently enrolled in medical school:
- Only applications through ERAS are accepted.
- Applications go through the same screening process as above.
- If the candidate has been out of medical school for more than five years, or has USMLE scores less than 210 on either Step I or Step II, they must do an observership to be eligible for an interview.
- All other rules apply as above.
Eligibility for an Observership
The applicant must:
- Have a significant connection to a ND community
- Have already applied through ERAS
- Be eligible for a state of ND medical license
General Information about Observerships
- No more than five observerships are offered per academic year.
- They occur at the discretion of the faculty.
- They are 1 week in length depending on faculty available.
- All observers must pass the background checks and other approval processes of UND and both sponsoring hospitals.
- Observerships are given on a first-come first-served basis.
- All expenses are the responsibility of the observer.
- Observers will be offered an interview at the end of the observership.
Instructions for Obtaining an Observership
- Applicants can contact the Program Coordinator to voice interest after August 15 of the calendar year.
- All applicants must complete their ERAS application prior to submitting a formal request for an observership.
- After the ERAS application is complete, a letter requesting an observership should be sent to the Program Coordinator. This should be accompanied by a phone call. The Program Coordinator will send the necessary paperwork to the candidate at that time if there is an opening available.