The residency application process actually begins in April with the Strolling Through the Match (STTM) Workshop. This workshop is designed to introduce third year medical students to the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) and the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS), and provide insight into the various specialties. [Review STTM Workshop slide presentation]
Student should use the timeline below as a guide. Click the links to review more detailed information. To return to this page, simply click the "back" button in your browser window. Questions regarding the residency application process should be directed to Debbey Hester at (901) 448-5531.
Abbreviations:
Areas of Interest:
Commonly referred to during application process:
AAMC: Assc of American Med Colleges
ERAS: Electronic Res Application Svc
MSPE: Med Student Performance Eval
NRMP: Nat'l Resident Matching Prg
SFMatch: San Fran Matching Prg
AUA: American Urological Assoc
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Residency Application TimeLine Preparing your application Preparing your credentials: CV Preparing your credentials: PS Med Student Performance Eval Nat'l Resident Matching Prg (NRMP) Electronic Res Application Svc (ERAS)
Sample:
Vice President of Academic Affairs, 1999-present
President of Class Notes, 1999-2001
President of ER Medicine Special Interest Club, 2001
Boys and Girls Club volunteer, 1999-present
Preparing Your Credentials: Personal Statement [Note: When reviewing these samples, students should focus on the articulation of the content and not necessarily the specialty for which the personal statement was written] Sample1 | Sample2
Suggestions
Who you are that is not revealed in your transcript or your CV
Don't describe your life chronologically
This is your own statement; individualize
Make an attempt to reveal who you are on paper
Suggested foramt
One page long
Have others proofread: spelling, proper English, flow and appropriateness of content
Use good paper and attractive, easy to read font
Use humor
Talk about fears, poignant events in life if they are relevant
Be positive about the traits you possess that will help make you a good resident
Who you can choose from to author your MSPE: (All authors write on behalf of the Dean. Although it makes no difference which author you choose, some students may feel more comfortable choosing one author over another. This is perfectly okay!)
Owen Phillips, M.D.
Gerald Presbury, M.D.
David Stockton, M.D. (Knoxville)
What you should bring with you to your appointment:
curriculum vitae (draft)
personal statement (draft)
senior year schedule of classes
(can be handwritten or print out from the Student Information System)
brief statement describing what you believe are your "unique characteristics"
The NRMP Main Match provides an impartial venue for matching applicants' preferences for residency positions with program directors' preferences for applicants. Each year approximately 16,000 U.S. allopathic medical school seniors and 15,000 graduates of osteopathic, Canadian or foreign medical schools compete for approximately 23,000 residency positions. [More]
The Rank Order List
All Rank Order Lists (ROL) for a Match are submitted to NRMP electronically via the NRMP Registration, Ranking, and Results (R3) System. Applicants must certify their ROLs when they are complete to indicate the ROL is ready to be used in the Match.
Applicants indicate their preferences from among the programs they have applied to and wish to attend on Rank Order Lists. The final preferences of program directors and applicants, as reflected on the Rank Order Lists, will determine which positions are offered to which applicants and where the applicants are subsequently placed.1 [More]
The Scramble
Filled and Unfilled results for individual programs posted to the website at 11:30 am EST. Locations of all unfilled positions are released to applicants and programs at 12:00 noon EST. Unmatched applicants begin contacting unfilled programs at 12:00 noon EST.
Match Day!
Match Day, next to graduation, is one of the most exciting days in a medical student's life. Students in the graduating medical school class at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine are among thousands of applicants participating in the National Resident Matching Program who, on this day, learn which residency program they will enter for post graduated training. Match Day is but one day in a week-long celebration with friends and family that is planned and organized by the class' graduation committee.
ERAS is the Electronic Residency Application Service. It is commonly used by medical graduates or medical students in their final year of medical college to apply for specialized graduate training in residency programs in the U.S. [More]
Students and/or sponsored graduates of the University of Tennessee HSC (only) should contact Debbey Hester, (901) 448-5531, regarding "Token" information/distribution. NOTE: Graduates from institutions other than the University of Tennessee Health Science Center wishing to participate in the residency application process should contact their own school of medicine for ERAS information and Token distribution.
Site contains necessary information for all applicants applying for residency and/or fellowship, including the Applicant Info Sheet, Applicant Manual, ERAS Timeline, CAF Worksheet, Equipment Requirements, LoR Cover Sheet, Program Listing, etc.
"The University of Tennessee, College of Medicine has its roots in Nashville as the Nashville Medical College. That college as organized in 1876, and in 1879 was acquired by the University of Tennessee as its medical department. The Memphis Hospital Medical College was also found in 1876 but, because of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, did not actually hold classes until 1880. In 1909 two Nashville schools merged and were operating as the joint Medical department of the University of Nashville and the University of Tennessee. It moved to Memphis in 1911 and merged with the College of Physicians and Surgeons to become the University of Tennessee, College of Medicine... "
