Application Review and Interview Process

Application Review

• For the 2024-2025 residency application season, all Internal Medicine applicants will be allotted 3 “Gold” and 12 “Silver” program signals.
• While we will preferentially review applications and extend interviews to qualified applicants who signal our program, we also consider applicants who do not signal us.
• Our selection committee will begin reviewing applications in late September, when ERAS opens.
• We are committed to a holistic review to identify a diverse group of motivated, thoughtful, and conscientious future residents.

Interview Invitations

• We will extend interview invitations via ERAS/Thalamus in batches starting in early October. Invitations will be offered weekdays after 2pm EST.
• We will only extend interviews for the number of slots available, and we will notify all applicants for whom we cannot extend an invitation via ERAS/Thalamus no later than mid-December.
• We use email as our primary method of communicating with applicants. Please check your email regularly.

Interview Logistics

• Interviews will be held from mid-October through mid-January, and all will be conducted virtually, in accordance with national recommendations.
• With your invitation to schedule an interview, we’ll request additional information to help us personalize your experience. You’ll also be provided additional information including residency eligibility criteria, a summary of salary and benefits, a sample contract, and will be asked to complete the Acknowledgement of Documents and Promise attestation, which is a required interview activity.
• You’ll receive a schedule for your interview experience, a Zoom link, and access to a library of informational videos about our program a few days before your interview date.
• Interview experiences for candidates who applied to our categorical, primary care, and preliminary programs occur over a half-day timeframe.
• Candidates for our ABIM Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) participate in 2 consecutive days of interviews, meeting with core residency and fellowship faculty as well as subspecialty clinical and research faculty.

After The Interview

It’s common for questions to arise about residency programs days, weeks, or months after interview days as applicants reflect on their interview experiences. If you have lingering questions about the University of Rochester’s Internal Medicine Residency or a special interest that you’d like to learn more about, please contact us. Our faculty, residents, and administrative staff welcome your questions, and we’d be happy to connect you with the appropriate individuals here at University of Rochester to help you explore.

Optional In-Person Visits

• We will be offering optional in-person visits after our virtual interview season is completed and our rank list has been finalized and certified (i.e. no changes to our rank list can be made.) The sole purpose of these optional visits is to provide internal medicine applicants who are not familiar with our program an opportunity to visit if they feel it would be helpful for their program selection process. The decision to visit or not visit will have NO impact on our rank list.
• Applicants applying to the categorical, physician scientist (PSTP), and primary care programs will be eligible for these visits.
• Additional details, including February visits dates, will be provided to all eligible applicants who interview with our program during the virtual interview process.

Post-Interview Communications Policy

Program Communication

• We will respect the integrity, confidentiality, and autonomy of applicants in the interview and ranking process.
• We will be precise and honest in our communication and not use misleading language.
• We will not make statements about an applicant’s likelihood to match in our programs. Specifically, we will not use terms such as "ranked to match" or coded language implying rank position.
• Post-interview communications from any program representative will be limited to applicant-initiated requests and responses.
• Any program-initiated informational outreach or event invitations from faculty or program representatives will be available to all applicants or all applicants within a specific group (i.e., all PSTP applicants).
• Applicant participation in post-interview events is completely voluntary and will not impact rank status.
   

Applicant Communication

• Applicants are welcome to email program residents, faculty, administrative staff, and leadership with any questions about the program and can expect an individual response, but these responses will not indicate an applicant’s likelihood to match in the program.
• Applicants are not expected to reply to any communications from our program, and a lack of response will not impact their rank status, as post-interview communication has no impact on ranking decisions.
• There is no expectation for applicants to send thank you notes or e-mails. Such communications will have no impact on ranking decisions and may not routinely receive a reply.