Frequently Asked Questions

1. How many PGY-1 positions do you have?
2. How many beds are there at GBMC?  
3. How many admissions are there to the medical service annually?
4. What is the average daily census on the medical service?
5. What types of careers do the program's graduates pursue?
6. How often are residents on call?
7. What will my employment contract look like?
8. What kind of visas do you accept for graduates of foreign medical schools?
9. Do you require clinical experience in the United States?
10. Do you have a cut off for USMLE scores, or time since medical school?
11. Do you accept applicants from international medical schools?
12. Do you have medical student clerkships, externships or observerships?
13. Where can I find out information about living in Baltimore?
     

1. How many PGY-1 positions do you have? 

There are 20 PGY-1 positions available:

12 categorical Primary Care:NRMP#1241140PO
8 preliminary:NRMP #1241140MO

2. How many beds are there at GBMC?

There are a total of 323 beds, of which 163 beds are on the medical service. Approximately 70 beds are on the teaching service and 93 beds are non-teaching.

3. How many admissions are there to the medical service annually?

10,000; 50% to the teaching service.

4. What is the average daily census on the medical service?

Interns typically admit 3-5 patients with up to an additional 2 transfers.  Average intern census is 4 patients. Average resident census is 10-15 patients.

5. What types of careers do the program's graduates pursue?

In the past five years our graduates have pursued the following career paths:

• 26% pursued careers as primary care physicians in Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, California, Florida, and Ohio.

•  36% entered fellowship training ( Cardiology, Hematology/Oncology, Gastroenterology,  Nephrology, Pulmonary/Critical Care, Sleep Medicine, and Geriatrics ) at various institutions, including Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland,  Harvard University, University of Pittsburgh, Case Western Reserve University, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Rush University, Norwalk Hospital, and University of Texas.  Click here for more detailed information. 

• 38% practice as Hospitalist physicians.

6. How often are residents on call?

PGY-1 residents are on-call every fourth night during inpatient general medicine months.  Critical Care interns follow a rotating shift schedule.  For PGY-2 and PGY-3 residents, a night float system is used during the week (Monday - Friday) to eliminate resident call during general medicine rotations. This allows the resident more time for patient care and to teach and run the team. General medicine residents are on call two weekends a month.  Critical Care residents work twelve hour shifts.

7.     What will my employment contract look like?

For the actual contract used for the 2008 academic year residents, click here.  We are expecting no significant changes for next year's residents.

8.     What kind of visas do you accept for graduates of foreign medical schools?

Given the complexity of the current immigration process, we give some preference to United States citizens and permanent residents.  We do, however, encourage applications from outstanding applicants of any background.  Historically we have supported applications for J-1 visas for a couple applicants each year.  We have not needed to resort to the H-1 process and are unlikely to do so this year.

9.     Do you require clinical experience in the United States?

Externships and medical school rotations in American hospitals are invaluable in helping us identify extraordinary candidates.  We do not require such experience.

10.     Do you have a cut off for USMLE scores?In general our residents score well over our official cut off of a USLME score over 206 (Either step I or step II.)   Unless an applicant has a particularly superb record, we discourage applicants who have graduated more than 10 years ago.

11. Do you  accept applications from international medical graduates? Our goal is to matriculate the highest quality intern class possible.  We frequently have excellent candidates from overseas institutions.

12.Do you have medical student clerkships, externships, or observerships?                       We often have medical clerks from all levels from Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland.  Because of administrative issues, we discourage externships and observerships.