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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Application Process

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Our residency program accepts applications from the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Please include the following items with your ERAS application:

  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Personal Statement
  • Official Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE)
  • Official Medical School Transcript
  • USMLE/COMLEX Scores
  • Photograph
  • Letters of Recommendation (3)

Our program will be solely conducting virtual interviews for the 2022-23 residency NRMP Match cycle, based off of national guidelines.

Deadline
Applications will be accepted through ERAS until December 1st.

Interviews
Applicants are invited to interview using Interview Broker. 
Virtual Interviews will begin on October 18th.

Couples Match
The Department of Pediatrics encourages couples match applications.  We will work in conjunction with the corresponding department to attempt to streamline interview dates and times for both applications.  More information on couples matching can be found on the NRMP website.

Criteria for Candidacy

U.S. Medical Graduates

  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Personal Statement
  • Official Dean's Letter
  • Official Transcript
  • USMLE Scores/COMLEX
  • Photograph
  • Letters of Recommendation (3)

Foreign Medical Graduates

  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Personal Statement
  • Official Dean's Letter
  • Official Transcript
  • USMLE Scores
  • Photograph
  • Letters of Recommendation (3)

Applicants must have graduated medical school in the past 5 years. ECFMG certification is not required for application but is required to be ranked.

We do not have a cut‐off for USMLE board scores but will generally not consider anyone who did not pass the knowledge steps after 2 attempts or Step 2 Clinical Skills on the first attempt.

We sponsor a J‐1 visa.