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| Q. | How
do I submit an application? |
| A. | New
Jersey Medical School accepts all applications through the Electronic Residency
Application Service (ERAS). Applications submitted in any other form will
not be reviewed. |
| Q. |
How
many categorical and preliminary positions do you expect to offer? |
| A. | We
expect to have 25 categorical and 8 preliminary internal medicine positions
next year. |
| Q. | Where
will I spend most of my time? |
| A. | The
Internal Medicine residency utilizes numerous clinical settings throughout
the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School system in order to give our housestaff
the most diverse educational experience. Residents will spend time in the
following sites: University Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center
and the VA Healthcare System as well as various local community internal
medicine teaching practice sites. |
| Q. | What
is the call schedule like? |
| A. | Call
on regular floor rotations is every fourth night until 7:00 p.m. Floor residents
go home and do not stay overnight in the hospital. Call in the intensive
care units is every fourth night and if you leave at 1:00 p.m. on every
post-call day. Attendings in the Department of Medicine are available at
night to assist and teach night float and ICU on call residents. |
| Q. | Will
NJMS make sure I have one day off per week? |
| A. | Residents
have one day off per week. This is usually a weekday (i.e., precall day
off) but occasionally may be a weekend day. |
| Q. | What
facilities are available to residents? |
| A. | Just
to name a few of the facilities: |
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Access to computer systems throughout the university and hospital. |
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Computerized retrieval of labs, radiographic studies, and outpatient records;
inpatient computerized system already available at VA; inpatient system
expected in July 2004 at University Hospital. |
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Access to a state-of-the-art library open seven days a week. Full-text journals
available on line. |
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Call Rooms: Residents will have access to private call rooms while
taking call on ICU or Night Float rotations. Additionally, meals are provided
free of charge for residents on call. |
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Parking: NJMS parking is available at all affiliated hospitals. We
also offer a "pre-tax" payroll deduction for parking expenses. |
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As
University employees, NJMS residents have access to many university facilities
(for a fee) including daycare. |
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All interns receive white coats, with laundry service available. |
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| Q. | Does
New Jersey Medical School allow moonlighting opportunities for residents? |
| A. |
Moonlighting
is permitted for residents in the PGY2 and PGY3 years with the approval
of the Dean of Graduate Medical Eduation. |
| Q. | Are
there USMLE score requirements? |
| A. | Although
scores on USMLE examinations are an important factor in our selection process,
there are no official score requirements for applying to our program. We
prefer to evaluate each applicant on his or her own individual merits. |
| Q. | Does
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School accept applications from graduates of international
medical schools? |
| A. |
Graduates from any medical school are invited to submit applications and will be subject to our usual application procedure. We prefer, however, that graduates of international medical schools be recent graduates (< 3 years), have U.S. citizenship or permanent residency status.
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