Education & Training

International & Visiting Students

International Medical Graduates

We invite highly qualified individuals from medical schools outside the United States and Canada to apply for pediatric residency at Duke University.

To be considered, the applicant must have completed at least one rotation of no less than one month's duration on an in-patient service at a major teaching hospital in the United States or Canada. The applicant must have direct patient responsibility during this rotation, in the role of an "acting intern." Time spent on consultant services and observerships do not fulfill this requirement.

One of the three required letters of recommendation must be from the physician supervising the internal medicine or pediatric clerkship in the United States or Canada. Other letters of recommendation should be from individuals familiar with the applicant's work.

The applicant must also have passed all three steps of the USMLE, including both the clinical knowledge and clinical skills tests in Step II. There is no minimum USMLE score, but we do require a passing score to be accepted into the program. There is no maximum number of years since medical school graduation.

Pediatric applicants must be ECFMG certified prior to the match and Med/Peds applicants must be certified before they will be offered an interview.

We sponsor J-1 visas for international residents in Pediatrics and H-1 visas for internationals in the Med/Peds program. Approximately 10% of the doctors in our program are IMGs.

Visiting Student Program

Students from other medical schools are welcome to come to Duke for fourth year clinical electives. All arrangements for this are handled by the Visiting Student Coordinator in the Registrar's Office in the Duke University School of Medicine.

Further information and the application are available via the Visiting Student Program site. The Visiting Student Program can be also reached at 919-684-8042.