Education

Eligibility Requirements

Dear Applicant:

This letter is in response to inquiries concerning eligibility requirements for the Psychiatry Residency Program at Yale University School of Medicine. In order to be considered for an interview, the applicant must meet the general eligibility requirements as described by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the accreditation agency for residency programs.

"Applicant's with one of the following qualifications are eligible for appointment to accredited residency programs:

1. Graduates of medical schools in the United States and Canada accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME).
2. Graduates of colleges of osteopathic medicine in the United States accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
3. Graduates of medical schools outside the United States and Canada who meet one of the following qualifications:
   • Have received a currently valid certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.
   • Have a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a US licensing jurisdiction.
4. Graduates of medical schools outside the United States who have completed a Fifth Pathway program provided by an LCME-accredited medical school.
   Note: A Fifth Pathway program is an academic year of supervised clinical education provided by an LCME-accredited medical school to students who meet the following conditions:
   • Have completed, in an accredited college or university in the United States, undergraduate premedical education of the quality acceptable for matriculation in an accredited United States medical school.
   • Have studied at a medical school outside the United States and Canada but listed in the World Health Organization Directory of Medical Schools.
   • Have completed all of the formal requirements of the foreign medical school except internship and/or social service.
   • Have attained a score satisfactory to the sponsoring medical school on a screening examination.
   • Have passed either the foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences, Parts I and II of the examination of the National Board of Medical Examiners, or Steps 1 and 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE)."

For applicants interested in entering psychiatry as a PGY-II resident, the following requirements pertain:

"Physicians may enter psychiatry programs at either the first-year or second-year postgraduate level. Physicians may enter programs at the second-year postgraduate level only after successful completion of one of the following:

1. A clinical year of training in an Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)- accredited program in internal medicine, family practice, or pediatrics;
2. An ACGME-accredited transitional year program;
3. One year of an ACGME-accredited residency in a clinical specialty requiring comprehensive and continuous patient care."

The Yale Program expects that entering residents will have taken and passed Steps I & II of USMLE.

Thank you for your interest. I hope this answers your questions.

Sincerely,
Paul Kirwin, M.D.
Residency Program Director

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