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PGY-1 Internship
Applicants for the PGY-1 Internship must meet the following requirements:
- Graduation from an accredited American medical school. For international medical school
graduates, a complete and current ECFMG certificate and appropriate visa status are required.
Documentation of graduation from medical school and a transcript are required.
- Complete application on ERAS. Hard copies or faxed applications will not be accepted.
- Current ECFMG Certification
- USMLE Step 1 and Step 2: minimum score criteria may apply. (Step 3, if available)
- Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA) passed
- TOEFL (English exam) scores
- If not a U.S. citizen or holder of a green card (permanent resident), the applicant must be
able/willing to obtain a J-1 Clinical Visa (only visa accepted at the VCU HealthSystem’s MCV
Hospitals).
- Either documented enrollment in medical school or involvement in direct patient care activity
within the past four years.
- Letter from the dean of your medical school (Dean’s letter) and an official copy of your
transcripts.
- At least one letter of recommendation from a supervising psychiatrist, e.g., Department of
Psychiatry Chair, program director, medical student clerkship director or attending physician.
- A minimum of three months of medical school rotations inU.S. or Canadian hospitals OR direct
patient care activity in the United States or Canada. Direct patient care may include
externships, but not observerships or pure clinical research.
- The above-mentioned direct patient care activity in theUnited States or Canada must be
documented by a minimum of three (3) letters of recommendation from U.S. or Canadian physicians
who observed your clinical work and can comment on your academic, professional and personal
performance.
At the discretion of the Residency Admissions Committee, the applicant may be invited for
interviews with members of the committee and faculty. The Residency Admissions Committee
carefully will review interviewed applicants for acceptance; the department chair approves the
final decision.
PGY-2, PGY-3 and PGY-4
All applicants, including those transferring from another psychiatry training program changing
to psychiatry from another medical specialty or resuming training after a hiatus must ful-fill
requirements given above for PGY-I admission. In addition, advanced-level applicants must have
completed internship requirements of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Credit also
may be given for further residency training if it meets requirements of the Board and of this
program. In each case of transfer, the director of the applicant's previous training program
will be contacted.
GME Policy on Resident Eligibility and Selection
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Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Dept of Psychiatry
Last Update: February, 2008 according to departmental policy
1200 East Broad Street, P.O. Box 980710, Richmond, VA 23298-0710
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