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Application Information Overview
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Welcome
Thank you for your interest in our emergency medicine, emergency medicine/internal medicine,
and/or emergency medicine/pediatrics residency program(s). We look forward to reviewing your application and hope the
following information will help guide you through our interview process. Please contact our residency office if you have
questions that are not answered on this page.
Application Requirements
All applications must be received through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).
The following minimum requirements must be met before your application will be reviewed*:
- Three Letters of Recommendation - At least one letter must be from an emergency medicine faculty member, although we
strongly recommend submitting two. If you are applying to a combined program, you must also have one letter from the
applicable discipline. Letters from United States emergency medicine residency faculty are given the highest weight.
- USMLE Transcript and/or COMLEX Transcript - We do not have a minimum score, but applicants’ scores carry significant
weight in our decision-making process.
- Personal Statement
- Medical School Transcript
- CV
- Common Application
- Medical School Performance Evaluation (MSPE)
- ECFMG Certificate (if applicable)
* MSPEs will be submitted electronically by your medical school on November 1st and do not need to
be received before an interview is scheduled.
Application Review Process
Once your application is complete in ERAS, your information will be reviewed by the program
director, associate program director, and the assistant program directors for the combined programs (if applicable).
The program director will then send out the first round of interview invitations. Our invitation process is on a rolling schedule.
This means we will send out a group of invitations and, based on the response, continue to review applications and send invitations
until all interview dates on the schedule are full. Applications reviewed after that point will be kept on a waiting list;
applicants will be contacted in turn in the event of a cancellation.
Scheduling Your Interview
Once your application has been reviewed and you have been selected for an interview, you
will be contacted by one of our residency coordinators via ERAS email. Interviews are scheduled on a first-come, first-served
basis. Please phone our office in response to this email. If the residency coordinators are unavailable to speak with you at the
time of your call, please leave a message. The date and time will be noted and calls will be returned in the order of which they
were received. Please do not use email to initially schedule your interview because the calendar changes constantly.
Email should be reserved for confirming or cancelling an interview.
Re-scheduling Your Interview
If you need to re-schedule your interview, please contact the residency office via phone.
Your request will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Canceling Your Interview
We understand that your plans may change after you have scheduled an interview with our
program. Please contact our residency office by phone or email as soon as you know you will be unable to attend on your
scheduled date. We typically have several people on the waiting list for any given interview date, and we would like to give as
many applicants as possible the opportunity to interview.
Interview Process
Our program interviews applicants on Tuesdays and Wednesdays beginning the middle of November and
ending in early February (please see the interview calendar for more information). Tuesdays are reserved for categorical
interviews; on Wednesdays, we interview for all three programs. Each year, we typically interview approximately 200 applicants for
our categorical program, 25 applicants for the emergency medicine/internal medicine combined program, and 20 applicants for the
emergency medicine/pediatrics combined program.
Interview Process for Combined Program Applicants
The interview schedule for applicants to our combined program(s) encompasses 2 days. You will
interview with emergency medicine on Wednesday and with the combined program on Tuesday or Thursday. You must interview with
both programs to complete the process. You are not required to interview with both programs in the same week. After you have
scheduled your interview with emergency medicine, contact Pediatrics or internal medicine to complete your combined interview:
- Pediatrics
Pat Schmidt
410-328-6662
- Internal Medicine
Shirley Bell
410-328-2388
Individuals interested in the Combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine/Critical Care Residency program should apply for the Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine Residency Program. A committment to the Critical Care portion of your training does not need to be made until the beginning of your 4th year.
If you have been granted an interview for one of the combined programs, you can also ask to be considered for our categorical
program. You do not need to schedule an additional interview. Prior to your interview, please inform the residency coordinator
of your dual application so that your paperwork can be processed accordingly.
International Medical School Graduates
We welcome applications from graduates of medical schools outside the United States.
In addition to meeting the application requirements listed above, you must also fulfill the following criteria before your
application will be reviewed:
- Must be certified by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)
- Must have completed at least one transitional year of clinical experience in the United States
- Must be a US Citizen or a permanent resident of the United States. Our program does not sponsor visas.
Interview Social Events
All interviewing applicants are invited to a resident-run social event on the Tuesday night
of the week you interview. You will receive details along with your interview confirmation email. The event usually begins at
7:00 pm.
Applicants who interview for the emergency medicine/pediatrics combined program will be invited to dinner the Tuesday night
of the week you interview. This event takes place around 7:30. You will receive more specific information along with your
interview confirmation email.
Where to Stay in Baltimore
You have several options for lodging while visiting Baltimore:
- Our department has negotiated a room rate of $109 per night with the Hampton Inn Camden Yards, located one block from our
office and two blocks from the hospital. If you are interested in securing a reservation at this hotel, please follow this
link and make sure you print out this flyer that must be presented when you check in.
- Several local hotels in the area offer discount rates to University of Maryland visitors. Be sure to mention your
affiliation with the university when making your hotel reservation to ensure you receive the best rate. Visit
http://www.fincsvc.umaryland.edu/travel/hotels.cfm for a list of University of Maryland discount rates.
- Several of our residents have volunteered to open their homes to applicants. If you are interested in staying with one
of them, please navigate to the residency section of this website and view the resident profiles. Residents willing to
host can be identified by the house icon to the right of their name and should be emailed directly.
Parking
Visitor parking is available at the Baltimore Grand Garage located at 5 North Paca Street,
between Baltimore and Fayette Streets. You will be given a parking voucher on the day of your interview for this garage only.
Directions and a campus map can be obtained by clicking on the links at the right of this page.
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