|
From Our Residents' Viewpoint
Application
Only electronic applications received from
the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)
are accepted. Interviews are by invitation only.
International Medical Graduates (IMGs) must
have a valid ECFMG certificate and be a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent
resident, or obtain a J-1 Exchange Visitor Visa. Please refer to the
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates web site for
certification details:
www.ecfmg.org. An H-1B1 will be
considered if the IMG holds an H-1B1 visa through another institution,
or is a graduate of a U.S. medical school. U.S. clinical experience is
preferred. Women and Infants
Hospital does not offer observerships. IMGs must provide
certified copies of their medical school diploma, dean's letter, and
medical school transcript with transl ations, if needed. IMG
applicants must be recent graduates (within the last five years). IMGs should also provide documentation of internships/residencies
already served.
A passing grade on the USMLE Step 1 is
required as part of the application. The application must be completed
by the deadline of November 7. The following will be needed in
order for your file to be complete:
-
An ERAS Common Application Form
-
Completed NRMP application with NRMP
number
-
A copy of Step1, and when available, Step
2 USMLE scores
-
IMGs only – ECFMG Certificate
-
A copy of medical school transcript
-
Dean's Letter
-
Three letters of recommendation (1 from
Ob/Gyn)
-
A personal statement
-
A head and shoulders photograph if not
included in ERAS
It is your responsibility to follow-up to
ensure your file is complete. ERAS should verify that your application
has been received and when it is complete.
Interviews
The program selects about 80 candidates for
interview. Selection criteria include Medical Student Performance
Evaluation (Dean’s Letter), successful performance on USMLE exams
including the CSA, letters of recommendation, and personal statement.
Research, volunteerism and work experience are also considered.
Interviews will be held on Monday and Tuesday
beginning November 23 through January 5. Two groups of
applicants are interviewed each day and share a luncheon with the
residents and attendings. A social evening for the applicants and residents is
held on Monday night to facilitate a more casual discussion about the
residency.
Want to Compare Residency Programs in Obstetrics and Gynecology?
APGO Website
Policy On Resident Recruitment, Appointment, And Reappointment
Recruitment
All Women & Infants
postgraduate training programs follow ethical guidelines (e.g., NRMP
rules) in recruiting qualified applicants to their programs. If
applicants are recruited through a match, the match guidelines regarding
recruitment are followed.
Appointments, reappointments
1. All contract letters are for one year and
each resident must be reappointed for each subsequent year of training,
contingent upon satisfactory completion of the current post-graduate
year. Women & Infants will honor the full term of the contract
letter except when a resident’s performance justifies termination.
2.
Recommendations for the appointment and reappointment of residents will
be initiated by programs. Each program will send a copy of the
signed resident agreement to the department of medical education.
3. A resident whose performance has failed to
meet the level of competence for reappointment to a subsequent year
shall be notified by his/her department in writing. Specific
guidelines for decisions on termination or non-reappointment are found
in the disciplinary procedures in the program’s handbook.
4. Residents are
expected to notify their department sufficiently in advance (preferably
by March 1st) if they do not intend to return the following
year.
Appointment and/or
reappointment do not constitute an assurance of successful completion of
a residency program or post-graduate year. Successful completion
is based on performance as measured by individual departmental
standards.
Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode
Island Institutional Policies for Eligibility, Selection, Evaluation,
Promotion, Dismissal, and Supervision of Residents and Fellows*
1. Eligibility: Applicants with one of the
following qualifications are eligible to apply to Women and Infants
Hospital accredited graduate medical education programs: 1) Graduates of
medical schools in the United States and Canada accredited by the
Liaison committee on Medical Education (LCME), 2) Graduates of
osteopathic medicine in the United States accredited by the American
Osteopathic Association (AOA), 3) Graduates of medical schools outside
the United States and Canada who meet one of the following
qualifications: a) Have received a currently valid certificate from the
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates or b) Have a full
and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a U.S. licensing
jurisdiction 4) Graduates of medical schools outside the United States
who have completed a Fifth Pathway program provided by an LCME-accredited
medical school. Applicants that do not meet the above criteria are not
eligible for enrollment in ACGME approved graduate medical education
programs at Women and Infants Hospital.
2. Selection: Women and Infants Hospital has
as its policy to consider all candidates for graduate medical education
regardless of sex, age, religion, color, national origin, disability, or
veteran status. Programs select from eligible applicants on the basis of
their preparedness, ability, aptitude, academic credentials,
communication skills, and personal qualities such as motivation and
integrity. Women and Infants graduate medical education programs
strongly support the use of organized matching programs wherever
possible. The ACGME accredited residency program in obstetrics and
gynecology participates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP)
and accepts applications through ERAS.
3. Evaluation: Residents are evaluated in
writing at intervals determined by the program requirements and meet
face-to-face with the program director to review their performance. The
evaluation will consider scientific knowledge, clinical practice and
judgment, technical skills, performance on examinations (if applicable),
professional behavior, teaching skills and behavior, and achievement in
mastering the learning objectives of the program. The program will
maintain a permanent record of evaluation for each resident and have it
accessible to the resident and other authorized personnel. Residents
will also have the opportunity to submit to the program director at
least annually, anonymous written evaluations of the faculty and the
educational experiences. Residents are encouraged to discuss educational
issues with their program director, the director of medical education,
or through the organizational outlets described in the program handbook.
Residents must perform satisfactorily (at or above the 25th percentile)
on the CREOG In-Training Examination.
4. Promotion: In general, residents are
eligible for promotion from one year of training to the next based upon
satisfactory completion of the learning objectives of the rotations,
performance on examinations, technical achievement, professional
behavior, teaching skills and performance, clinical practice, judgment,
and performance.
5. USMLE: Applicants accepted for
residency positions at the postgraduate year one level are required to
take USMLE Step 2 before beginning residency training. Applicants who
fail to pass the exam before the beginning of the academic year will be
allowed to begin residency training, with the stipulation that they take
and pass USMLE Step 2 within three months of entering the program.
Should the resident fail to pass USMLE Step 2 within three months of
entering the program, his or her appointment as a resident will be
revoked. Residents that are graduates of LCME-accredited medical schools
are expected to take and pass USMLE Step 3 within six months of
completing their first postgraduate year. Graduates of foreign medical
schools must take and pass USMLE Step 3 within six months of completing
the third postgraduate year. Any resident who does not take, or fails to
pass, USMLE Step 3 within the appropriate time frame is subject to
suspension or revocation of his or her appointment as a resident.
6. Dismissal: Residents and the programs
will follow the hospital policies on due process and disciplinary
procedures described in the program handbook. The basis for dismissal
may be failure to achieve the learning objectives of the program,
unprofessional behavior, substandard clinical practice and judgment,
failure to demonstrate an adequate knowledge base, failure to develop
sufficient technical skills, failure to develop sufficient teaching
skills, unprofessional teaching behavior, or substandard performance.
When appropriate, attempts at remedial action must have been made and
been unsuccessful. A resident may be suspended at any time, if the event
is of such magnitude that in the opinion of the program director such
action is warranted. The program director would follow the policy on due
process and disciplinary procedures in such actions.
7. Supervision: Faculty are ultimately
responsible for the clinical care given to patients. Supervision of
residents may be provided by a combination of upper level residents,
fellows, and faculty. Each program provides supervisory faculty to its
residents. Each program maintains a backup system of supervisory faculty
member that residents may also contact. Lines of supervision are
described in a program's resident handbook.
___________
* "Resident" is used here to designate both residents and fellows as
ACGME or Board Approved Program trainees. Reviewed, Revised, and
Approved by the WIH GMEC
Direct all inquiries about the residency
program to:
Gary Frishman, MD
Residency Program Director
Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
101 Dudley Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02905
Email:
Gary_Frishman@Brown.edu
|
