Pennsylvania Hospital’s Internal Medicine Residency Program only accepts applications through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). We cannot process applications received through any other electronic or paper medium. In addition, we strongly encourage applicants to complete the supplemental ERAS application offered through the AAMC’s ERAS program. The additional information in the supplemental application will help our program learn more about your medical education journey, including more meaningful information about work, volunteer, and research experiences, and help us better identify applicants who fit our program environment and mission. The information in the supplemental application, such as preference signaling, will be used to prioritize interview invitations, but will not have a bearing on ultimate ranking.
Applications must be submitted by October 1st and applications submitted earlier will be prioritized for comprehensive review. Selections for interviews will be communicated via ERAS in late-October/early-November, and 8 interview days will be held from mid-November through December.
Interviews for the Internal Medicine Residency program at Pennsylvania Hospital will be held virtually. This decision is in accordance with guidelines from the American Association of Internal Medicine to ensure a safe and equitable process for all applicants. Our program is still considering the possibility of an in-person open house event; a final decision has not been made, and additional information will be provided as this decision evolves. We are excited to host virtual group social events for interviewees to meet current residents outside of the interview day, and will provide more information around the time of your interview.
Preliminary Application
A subset of our preliminary positions are linked our affiliated Penn Neurology and Penn Ophthalmology programs. If you are interested in applying to the combined preliminary year affiliated with either of these advanced programs, please apply only to the advanced program; additional information will be provided at the advanced program’s interview day. Please apply to our preliminary program directly if you would like to be considered for a preliminary position independent of your match to the linked advanced program, or if you are applying to an advanced specialty other than Neurology or Ophthalmology.
Application Requirements
Important Notes:
- Dean’s Letter / MSPE
- A minimum of three (3) total letters of recommendation (including the MSPE), with one letter being written by an internal medicine faculty member who is able to comment on your clinical performance
- Medical school transcript
- Personal Statement
- Curriculum Vitae in ERAS format
- USMLE Step 2 and/or COMLEX Level 2 should be taken by the time of application, although scores may be pending. We do not use hard score cut-offs in recruitment decisions.
- International applicants must provide ECFMG certification
- International applicants must show recent US clinical experience, ideally six months or more. Observerships and virtual rotations are not counted, but post-graduate training in other countries may be substituted in select circumstances.
- Graduation within the last 3 years is preferred but not required
- We sponsor J1 visas
- The first day of intern clinical duties will be 6/18, and mandatory intern orientation will start during the week of 6/10. If you match to the program, it is expected you can participate fully in orientation and start clinical duties on time.
- The University of Pennsylvania Health System is a tobacco-free employer. When you are invited for an interview, you will be asked to sign an attestation that you do not use tobacco products.
- The University of Pennsylvania Health System requires COVID vaccination for all employees, and annual influenza vaccination. When you are invited to interview, you will be asked to sign an attestation that you
will demonstrate vaccination against COVID before starting residency, or agree to obtain approval from Penn Medicine for a religious/medical exemption prior to submitting a rank list.
For Additional Information about the Internal Medicine residency training program, please contact:
Lejla Arnautovic
Medical Education Manager, Department of Medicine
Lejla.Arnautovic@pennmedicin.upenn.edu
Pennsylvania Hospital
Department of Medicine
800 Spruce Street, 1 Pine West
Philadelphia, PA 19107