VA does not sponsor Graduate Medical Education. The Office of Academic Affiliations and VA Central Office DO NOT accept applications for residency training programs.

• For all applications contact either: ERAS (see link below),  the program director or the GME Office of the sponsoring institution to which you wish to apply
• Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)* - For medical school graduates and residents applying for physician resident positions
• National Resident Match Program (NRMP)*  - For VA-affiliated and VA-sponsored programs or...
• Matching Program* - Some specialty training programs participate in the "Match" (e.g., ophthalmology, plastic surgery, and neurosurgery).

Search for Accredited Physician Residency Training Programs

• Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education*
• American Medical Association*
• Doctors of Osteopathy- Online*

Dental Residency Training Programs
Must be accredited by the Commission on Dental Education (CODA) of the American Dental Association.

• American Dental Association*
• American Dental Association* - Post-graduate programs
• American Dental Education Association*

Graduate Medical Education References

• American Board of Medical Specialties* - All specialty board requirements
• Association of American Medical Colleges* - Undergraduate GME, workforce issues, continuing education
• Council on Graduate Medical Education* - Reports to Congress and Dept. of  Health & Human Services on GME issues
• American Medical Association Medical School & Residency *
• Educational Commission for Foreign Medial Graduates (ECFMG) * - All international medical graduates must be ECFMG certified to train in VA-affiliated or VA-sponsored programs.
• VA Facilities Locator
• VA Human Resources

Phase 3 GME Enhancement Request for Proposals are closed for the 2008 application cycle for AY 2009-10. The RFPs below are provided to assist in preparation of applications in the spring of 2009 for AY 2010-11. Note that there may be minor changes in the RFPs when published in early 2009.

• GME Enhancement: Critical Needs and Emerging Specialties
• GME Enhancement: New Affiliations and New VA Sites of Care
• GME Enhancement: Educational Innovation

AY 2007-08 was the first of a multi-year expansion in order to address the recommendations of the Federally Chartered External Advisory Committee on VHA Resident Education. The Advisory Committee was charged with an examination of the philosophy and deployment of VA's residency training positions. The Advisory Committee affirmed the critical role that VA plays in provision of high-quality graduate medical education (GME) and recommended that VA increase its proportional support of the national GME enterprise. In this third year of expansion, the VA Office of Academic Affiliations developed three Requests for Proposals (RFPs) which will create about 400 new, permanent resident positions nationwide in AY 2009-2010 (residents start July 1, 2009). In phases 1 through 3 of the GME Enhancement initiative, 967 physician resident positions were awarded to 72 facilities in 66 specialty training programs. Resources permitting, VA facilities will continue to have the opportunity to apply for additional new ('base' or permanent) positions over the next two to three years.

• GME Enhancement: Critical Needs and Emerging Specialties. These positions will be used to encourage VA sites (that currently have greater than 40 resident positions), in collaboration with their affiliates, to offer new or expanded residency programs in specialties critically needed for veterans' care, either in existing or in new and emerging specialties. Wherever appropriate, innovative interdisciplinary or inter-professional training opportunities are strongly encouraged (see the Educational Innovations RFP). Applications for positions in mental health and rehabilitation specialties are particularly encouraged under this RFP. Proposals will be accepted for positions in accredited allopathic or osteopathic programs.
• GME Enhancement: New Affiliations and New VA Sites of Care. Over the past several years, VHA has opened a number of new healthcare delivery sites that may provide additional opportunities for trainee education. New or expanded facilities planned through implementation of the CARES (Capital Assets Realignment for Enhanced Services) recommendations provide increased opportunities for training, especially in community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) and in new or replacement hospitals. Moreover, at selected VA facilities, opportunities exist for new affiliations with previously unaffiliated sponsors of GME or expanding affiliations in VA facilities with limited current involvement in GME. Again, wherever appropriate, innovative interdisciplinary or inter-professional training opportunities are strongly encouraged. Proposals will be accepted for positions in accredited allopathic or osteopathic programs. We welcome proposals that increase training opportunities in rural sites of VA care.
• GME Enhancement: Educational Innovation. This RFP allows VA facilities to request new physician resident positions to enhance their ability to care for veteran patients by transforming established systems of education and patient care. It is expected that such changes will require concomitant redesign of clinical care processes, and only GME programs and VA facilities willing to enhance existing educational and clinical infrastructure to support the proposed innovation(s) should apply. Applicants are expected to demonstrate creative approaches to redesigning educational processes for one or more specific GME programs. This RFP is limited to ACGME-accredited programs with exemplary accreditation histories and may include ACGME-accredited training years (i.e., both general and sub-specialty training time). Close collaboration with academic affiliates and open communication with the ACGME Residency Review Committees (RRCs) will be necessary for these applications to succeed.

VA facilities with appropriate programs and affiliations are encouraged to apply for additional positions under these RFPs.

Deadlines

• Application submission for all RFPs: July 2, 2008 (CLOSED for 2008)

Please refer to the RFPs for complete application instructions and further details. The Office of Academic Affiliations urges sites to begin planning now for applications in 2009.