Requirements for Preventive 
Medicine Residencies

• Entering residents must have completed at least one year of U.S. medical training in an ACGME-accredited clinical residency with a minimum of 6 months of direct patient care
• Must have completed Steps 1 and 2 of the USMLE or COMLEX (if D.O.)
• Complete application and submit required documents (must be either post-marked by or received in our office by October 31st)
• Current ECFMG certification is required for all international graduates
• If you are an international graduate, only J1 and H1-B visas will be accepted / sponsored*
• Must not have been away from clinical medicine longer than 2 years
• Must meet all admission requirements for UTMB's Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

* Applicants for the Aerospace Medicine Residency must be U.S. Citizens.  This residency is U.S. government funded.

 Combined Internal Medicine/Preventive Medicine Program Requirements:
(Applicants must apply to both programs separately)

Internal Medicine-

• All applications are processed through ERAS- no paper applications will be accepted
• Current ECFMG certification is required for all international graduates
• If you are an international graduate, only J1 and H1-B visas will be sponsored (does not apply to the combined Internal Medicine/Aerospace Medicine Residency)
• Must not have been away from clinical medicine longer than 2 years
• A minimum score of 90 is required on the USMLE Part 2
• No U.S. clinical experience is required at this time
• Additional information:  http://intmed.utmb.edu/resident/application-info.shtm

Preventive Medicine-

• Application must be submitted either online or mailed along with the required documents directly to the program by the required deadline **
• Current ECFMG certification is required for all international graduates
• If you are an international graduate, only J1 and H1-B visas will be sponsored (applies only to the combined Internal Medicine/General Preventive Medicine and Internal Medicine/Occupational Medicine Residencies)
• Must not have been away from clinical medicine longer than 2 years
• A minimum score of 90 is required on the USMLE Part 2
• No U.S. clinical experience is required at this time
• Must meet all admission requirements for UTMB's Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

** Not part of the ERAS/NRMP application system

Foreign Medical Graduates

Benefits and Conditions of Appointment 

Competencies: