RESIDENCY/FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM: Application Requirements

 

 

The Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency/Fellowship Program is a two-year training program which seeks to train physicians for leadership roles in the practice and teaching of clinical occupational and environmental medicine and occupational health research. The program is a joint venture between the Departments of Medicine and Environmental Health at the University of Washington. Course work for completion of the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree is designed into the academic curriculum of the two-year program.

Once you have gone through our application process and you are accepted into the Residency/Fellowship program, you will also need to apply to the University of Washington Graduate School. Please click the link for information and requirements. Note - if you are a graduate from a foreign medical school, a passing TOEFL score is required within the past two years.

Basic requirements for the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency/Fellowship Program include:

• Graduation from a Class A medical school (United States, Canada or equivalent)
• Completion of one year of approved internship, three years training in primary care specialty is encouraged.
• US Citizenship or Permanent Resident Status
• Eligibility for a Full Washington State Medical License

The fellowship program is approved by the Liaison Committee for Graduate Medical Education and is recognized by the American College for Preventative Medicine for specialty training in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Fellows who successfully complete the program will have satisfied the didactic and practicum years for board-eligibility in Occupational Medicine.

All applications must be accompanied by four letters of recommendation, one of which must be written by either the department chair, the head of the applicant's residency program, or the applicant’s internship director. After applications are received, the admissions committee will review them and invite qualified applicants for on-campus interviews. Interviews are strongly encouraged for all invited applicants. Deadline for applications is October 15. Please direct application materials to:

Victor C. Van Hee, MD, MPH
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Residency/Fellowship Program
University of Washington
Harborview Medical Center
325 Ninth Avenue, Box# 359739
Seattle, Washington 98104-2499

You may apply to our program on-line at http://www.aamc.org/audienceeras.htm

• Click on the Residency Applicants
• Click on Application Process Guideline, this page will provide you with instructions of how to continue

Inquiries about the program or requests for information may be directed to the Residency Program Coordinator at (206) 744-9380.

Applicants who wish to be considered for joint training in Occupational and Environmental Medicine and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine must be board eligible in internal medicine and should request applications from both programs. A letter indicating that application to both programs is being made must accompany each application. Inquiries and requests for applications to the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Residency may be directed to:

Mark R. Tonelli, MD, MA
Professor
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
UWMC, BB 1253 Health Sciences Building B
Box 356522
Seattle, Washington 98195
(206) 543-9670 telephone
(206) 685-8673 fax
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