Palliative Medicine Information for Applicants
Application Process
We recognize that the COVID pandemic has imposed travel restrictions on applicants. We will be offering virtual video interviews for the upcoming 2022-23 interview season.
Application Prerequisites:
- Applicants must have completed an ACGME-accredited residency program, an AOA-approved residency program, a program with ACGME International (ACGME-I) Advanced Specialty Accreditation, or a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)-accredited or College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)-accredited residency program located in Canada.
- Education must be completed in an accredited residency program in child neurology, family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, or radiation oncology; or, at least three clinical years in residency program in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, radiology, or surgery.
Application requirements
- Curriculum vitae
- A personal statement describing the applicant's interest in and commitment to an academic career in palliative care
- Three letters of recommendation, one of which should be from the applicant's department head, program director, or division chief
- USMLE transcript
Application Process
- Applications are accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Services (ERAS®). The Fellowship Program participates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP®) Specialties Matching Service (SMS).
Timeline
We strongly encourage you to review the timelines below to optimize your planning and success though the process.
Date |
Activity |
June 9, 2021 |
ERAS 2021 season begins |
June 10, 2021 |
EFDO begins to generate and distribute MyERAS tokens. |
July 7, 2020 |
Fellowship applicants may begin submitting applications to July cycle fellowship programs. |
July 21, 2020 |
Applications accepted via ERAS® July cycle fellowship programs start review of applications. |
September 18: |
VUMC Application deadline (we do not review applications submitted after this date) |
August -October 2021 |
Virtual interviews will occur |
Early December: |
Match results released |