Interview Process

Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center’s Emergency Medicine Residency Program participates in the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) from the Association of American Medical Colleges. We take US citizens or green card applicants and sponsor J-1 VISA applicants.

The Emergency Medicine program(s) will be participating in program signals. Applicants will be given a maximum of five signals to use. Applicants can signal any program in which they are genuinely interested in training, regardless of whether they have performed a rotation there or not.  

Once the candidate's application and credentials have been reviewed and/or approved, the Program Coordinator will invite the candidate for an interview with the Program Director and faculty members. All interview will be conducted through ZOOM. Candidates will also join current residents for a ZOOM meet/greet the night before. Interviews are by invitation only and required for acceptance to the program. 

Application Requirements

• • • Personal Statement
    • Photo
    • Curriculum Vitae
    • Official medical school transcript
    • Dean's letter - MSPE
    • COMLEX scores Part I and II or USMLE Part 1 & 2 (DO students are not required to take USLME)
    • Two Letters of Recommendation
    • Fourth year medical students are encourage to submit 1-2 Standardized Letters of Evaluation (SLOEs)   

Application Review Process

• • • All applications are reviewed holistically over the first few weeks after ERAS opens
    • Applicants who do not initially receive an interview will be placed on a waitlist that is frequently re-evaluated for consideration
    • We continue to review new applications for consideration throughout interview season
    • We do not have any board cutoffs or use filters to screen out applicants prior to review
    • DO candidates are not required to take USMLE in order to apply
      
      
    • In accordance with the universal release date for EM programs, we intend to release our initial round of interviews for students that have not rotated with our program on the afternoon of October 16, 2024.  Interview signups will begin the next day on October 17^th so applicants have time to decide if you intend to accept or decline the interview.  
    • We will not invite more candidates than open spots, so students can rest assured that you can take your time in deciding whether to accept or reject the offer extended.  For all invites extended, we will give students at least 72 hours to decide to accept or decline the invitation unless the invite is to specifically to fill a very short-notice cancellation by another candidate that occurs during an interview week.
    • To minimize short notice invites, we ask candidates who decide to cancel to please give us the courtesy of canceling their interviews at least a week prior so we have ample time to allow students to accept/reject offers.  
    • We intend to update all applicants of their status (withdrawn, waitlist, or invited) by mid-November at the latest.  
      
      
    • Follow us on twitter/x for up-to-date details of our interview timeline each year

Virtual Interview Itinerary

• • • ZOOM Meet and Greet the night before the scheduled interview
    • ZOOM Interview with the Program Director, Associate Program Director and a Faculty Member