Our interview season extends from October through January. Interviews are offered to appropriate applicants after review of your ERAS application and supporting materials. No paper applications will be accepted. The number of interview slots is limited, so please submit your application materials as early as possible. Interviews are 1 day with several candidates scheduled at a time.

Please use the following guidelines to complete your application:

• Completed online ERAS application.
• Dean's letter from your medical school.
• At least two letters of recommendation from family physicians. Three letters of recommendation total.
• A recent photograph.
• Personal statement detailing your interest in family medicine as your career specialty.
• Reports of your USMLE scores or COMLEX scores for osteopathic students (requires a fee paid by student).
• Medical school transcript.
• ECFMG certificate, if relevant
• Documentation that can live and work in the United States if not a citizen or permanent resident.
• Volunteer and Research experience in family medicine.

We prefer individuals who have graduated from medical school within the past three years. For any applicant who graduated from medical school more than one year ago, we will want to know that you have been active in significant medical experiences in the intervening years and have kept current in your medical knowledge.

Applications for all UTRGV Graduate Medical Education residency programs will be accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) offered by the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC). We DO NOT accept applications outside of ERAS. For more information regarding the application process please contact your dean's office or visit the ERAS website.

All applicants for any of our UTRGV residency programs must:

• Hold an appropriate degree for educational training from an LCME accredited or AOA medical school in the United States or Canada
• Have a valid certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) if a foreign medical degree is held
• Subject to security background checks before beginning residency training
• Comply with the UTRGV GME Resident Selection and Appointment Policy

In addition to these institutional requirements, each program has specific eligibility requirements that must be satisfied. Questions about the process should be directed to each program. For a list of programs see the GME Program Directory.

Congratulations, you received an invitation to interview!

Our Program would like to make your pre-interview process easy.

Please make sure to review all the resources provided prior to your interview.

Forms to fill and sign before an interview:

• An Acknowledgment Form needs to be signed before your interview (Provided via email once interview day is confirmed)
• A Background Check will be submitted before your interview date. A link will be provided with an Acknowledgment form.
• A virtual Interview Attestation Statement.

Policies to review before your interview:

• Clinical Training Visa Sponsorship
• Resident Selection and Appointment
• GME Training Agreement
• UTRGV GME Institutional Policies
• UTRGV Benefits

Cancellations

If you need to cancel your interview date, please inform the Program Coordinator minimum of 7 days in advance.

How to prepare for virtual Interviews

Need additional information on how to prepare for Virtual Interviews?

Please visit the AFFP.org - Virtual Residency Interviews: Questions and Answers website for additional information.

What to expect during your interview?

Zoom will be the platform to use during your interview.

Interview Format:

• Please login to Zoom from a desktop or laptop computer. Mobile phones and tablets have some issues moving between breakout rooms. Please have your full name and video on.
• The Waiting Room feature will be used. Program Coordinator will be letting you in to the meeting.
• Each faculty has their own breakout room for interviews, and PC will move you around them. PC will send a pop up reminder with a five minutes warning, and a second one prompting you to use the “Leave Room” button on the lower right of Zoom. This will return you to the main room and PC will send you the invitation to your next interview.
• We have scheduled 15–20-minute interviews for you with each of our faculty members of the program.
• There’s a tree minute break between interviews for the faculty to make notes.
• The interviews start and end with a group session with Program Director and Program Coordinator. Feel free to ask questions.
• Please consider dressing appropriately. Business attire recommended.
• Interview schedule will be shared with you the day prior your interview.
• Program Coordinator will open Zoom 5 minutes prior your interview.
• When the final wrap up session is complete, you’re all set.

Thank you for your interest in our program and for interviewing with us, we hope that you will consider Family Medicine Residency Program at Knapp to continue your training.

We appreciate you took the time to join us today and we look forward for you to join our family.

Contact information for faculty will be shared at the end of the interview.

If you have additional questions, please feel free to reach out.

Family Medicine Residency Program
Alexandra Smith, MSH, C-TAGME - Program Coordinator
2810 West Expressway 83, Weslaco, TX 78570