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General Psychiatry Application Process-INTERN ELIGIBLITY AND SELECTION

Applications for PGY I positions will only be accepted through applicant pool through the NRMP Specialty Matching Services, ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service, http://www.aamc.org/audienceeras.htm).  . 

Deadline for submission of completed applications is January 31, 2009.

Complete applications through ERAS should include:

• Application form
• Scanned photograph
• Dean's letter
• 3 additional letters of recommendation
• Official Medical School transcripts
• USMLE scores
• Personal statement

All applications are screened by a Review Committee. Interviews are by invitation only and are conducted from October to January each year.

* NOTE: PGY II applicants and above apply directly to the program.

All candidates must meet all the ACGME General Requirements for selection of House Officers.

• Graduates of medical schools in the United States and Canada accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)
• Graduates of colleges of osteopathic medicine in the United States accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
• Graduates of medical schools outside the United States who have received a currently valid certificate from the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates or have a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a United States licensing jurisdiction
• Graduates of medical schools outside the United States who have completed a Fifth Pathway Program by an LCME-accredited medical school. [A Fifth Pathway program is an academic year of supervised clinical education provided by an LCME-accredited medical school to students who a.) have completed, in an accredited college or university in the United States, undergraduate premedical education of the quality acceptable for matriculation in an accredited United States medical school; b.) have studied at a medical school outside the United States and Canada but listed in the World Health Directory of Medical schools; c.) have completed all of the formal requirements of the foreign medical school except internship and/or social service; d.) have attained a score satisfactory to the sponsoring medical school on a screening examination; and e.) have passes either the foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences, Parts I and II of the examination of the National Board of Medical Examiners, or Steps 1 and 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USLME).]

All House Officer trainees must have a valid license or permit to practice medicine in the State of Louisiana.  Requirements for medical licensure change from time to time. Beginning with graduates of 1992, all Louisiana licensure examination is through the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) three-step pathway. The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners will confer unlimited licensure only after the candidate successfully completes the post-graduate year I level and passes the USMLE Step examinations 1 through 3.  The examination of the LMCC Canada examination are not currently accepted by the Louisiana licensing Board.

The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners issues temporary training permits to qualified post-graduate year I level trainees.  Foreign citizen trainees must have standard Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certification.