How to Apply
Thank you for your interest in internal medicine residency at UT Southwestern Medical Center and its affiliated hospitals: Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and UT Southwestern University Hospitals.
The Department of Internal Medicine offers both categorical (three years) and preliminary (one year) residency training programs. Be sure to indicate on your application the program(s) to which you are applying.
We accept applications through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) offered by the American Association of Medical Colleges.
Be sure to include anything you would like us to know about your academic achievements, scholastic honors, research experience, publications, occupational history, extracurricular activities, outside interests, family, etc.
We require the following documentation with your application:
- The dean's letter
- Three letters of recommendation. Two must be from full-time members of your Department of Medicine regarding your performance during your clinical clerkship in medicine. We do not require a chairman's letter.
- An official medical school transcript, including all grades for required clerkships
- Your scores on part I and, if available, part II of the United States Medical Licensure Examination (USMLE)
- Your personal statement
Please be aware that the UT Southwestern Graduate Medical Education Committee recently adopted a requirement effective July 2011 for successful completion of USMLE Step 1, 2CK and 2CS prior to employment by the residency programs.
In light of that fact, you must provide us your score reports for each exam before beginning your internship. If you have indicated in ERAS a date that you planned to take the exam, we need to know if you did not take the exam as planned. The Parkland GME office will also request these score reports as they are often requested by hospitals within our system prior to your clinical rotations. If you have not provided this information by the date your employment begins in the last week of June, you cannot begin work.
In addition, we are particularly interested in letters of recommendation from your attending physician during any medicine subinternship or externship performed during your senior year.
If you have further questions, please feel free to contact us any time.
Phone: 214-648-2287
Fax: 214-648-7550
resident.interviews@utsouthwestern.edu
International Applicants
The UT Southwestern affiliated hospitals participate in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). Before an application is accepted, all requirements specified by the NRMP must be met. If you have not done so, please contact the NRMP office:
National Resident Matching Program
2450 N. Street, NW, Suite 201
Washington, DC 20037-1141
We also participate in the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Contact ERAS at 215-386-5900 for further information.
WE WILL NOT ACCEPT APPLICATIONS OUTSIDE THE ERAS PROGRAM. It is important to note that UT Southwestern's Department of Internal Medicine only accepts permanent residents or J-1 ECFMG sponsored visas. We do NOT offer H1-B visas.
In order for us to consider your application, you must have scored 205 or above on Parts I and II of the United States Medical Licensure Examination (USMLE). You must also hold the standard Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certificate.
If you have further questions, please feel free to contact us any time.
Phone: 214-648-2287
Fax: 214-648-7550
resident.interviews@utsouthwestern.edu