Family Medicine Residency of Idaho
 
 Applicants

The application process allows the faculty and residents of the Family Medicine Residency of Idaho to thoroughly review each applicant's credentials prior to extending an invitation to interview. Applications will only be accepted through the ERAS system. Interviews will be scheduled during the fall/winter. The interview allows the applicant an opportunity to discuss the program with the faculty and residents, meet with staff members and examine the facilities and hospitals. Spouse or significant other is welcome to come for the interviews. Arrangements for them to meet the spouses of current residents will be made. A short tour of Boise is scheduled on the drive to each hospital for the hospital tours.

Deadline for receiving applications is November 1.

After all applicants have been interviewed, the faculty and residents rank applicants in order of preference and submit the list of names to the National Resident Matching Program.

 Criteria
  1. Only ERAS applications are accepted; applicants must contact their medical schools.  (ERAS website: www.aamc.org)
  2. Deadline for receiving applications is November 1.
  3. Applicants must have an USMLE score of 200 and have not failed USMLE step 1 more than once and no failed attempts on USMLE step 2.  Foreign medical graduates must have completed USMLE step 2. 
  4. Applicant must not be more than three years out of medical school.
  5. Applicants are required to submit three letters of recommendation and one must be a letter from a family medicine physician you have worked with.
  6. Foreign applicants must be fluent in both written and oral English.  FMRI does not support or sponsor VISAs of any kind.
  7. Foreign applicants must have US clinical experience and have a letter of recommendation from a US family medicine physician you have worked with.
  8. If foreign medical graduate; please contact the Idaho State Board of Medicine to make sure your medical school is an approved school for licensure in Idaho.  (208) 327-7000.  If not approved, FMRI cannot accept your application.
 Direct Inquiries:

Holly Taniguchi
Residency Coordinator
Family Medicine Residency of Idaho
(208) 367-6040
holly.taniguchi@fmridaho.org

 
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