Education & Training

Child Neurology Residency Application Requirements

All applications are considered without regard to race, religion, gender, or national origin. However, applicants must satisfy certain technical requirements congruent with Duke University School of Medicine standards to be eligible for admission. Please review these requirements before submitting an application.

The following materials are required for a completed application to the Department of Pediatrics' Residency Program:

Application through the SF Matching Service at www.sfmatch.org
Dean's Letter
Letter of recommendation from the Chair of Pediatrics (or the clerkship director) at your medical school
Three or more letters of recommendation from other faculty with whom you have worked
Official Medical School Transcript
Passing score on USMLE Steps I and II

All applications must be received through the SF Matching Service by November 1.

An interview is an important part of the application process. Applicants will be invited to interview after review of the preliminary application material. Interviews are conducted from mid-November through January.

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. 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. We sponsor J-1 visas for international child neurology residents.

If you decide to pursue training in the United States, you should know that U.S. students must complete the following education:

Undergraduate: eight years of grade school, four years of high school, four years of college
Graduate: four years of medical school
Postgraduate: two years of internship, also known as post-graduate years 1 and 2 or PGY 1 & 2. After this training, you can obtain a license to practice.
Subspecialty: three, four, or more years of subspecialty training. After this training, you can sit for the board examination for each subspecialty. Board certification is not a requirement for practice but will enhance your changes of being accepted into a practice panel.
Residency: three years of subspecialty training. This training is optional.

To provide direct patient care, physicians in the United States are required to complete a three-to-seven-year graduate medical program -- accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) -- in one of the recognized medical specialties.

For information about the ECFMG and US-MLE rules and regulations, visit the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates website at www.ecfmg.org.

Further information about the Child Neurology Residency Program may be obtained from:

Terry Hales

Training Program Coordinator

919-681-4658

terry.hales@duke.edu

Physical Address:
Children's Health Center

Room T915H
Durham, NC 27705

Postal Address:
Box 3499 DUMC
Durham, NC 27710