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 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