Pediatrics Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical Center Residency Program
Minimum requirements
Notes and additional requirements:
Notes and additional requirements: Applicants must have passed Step 1 by January; submit Step 2CK and Step 3 scores if they are available. MSPE (Dean’s Letter) and three or four letters of reference. At least one should be from someone who worked closely with you on a pediatrics rotation and who writes many letters for students, such as the student clerkship director, the director of inpatient services, a senior clinician, or one of the residency program directors. Letters from physicians at the applicant’s medical school or other training institution(s) who have trained in the US are especially useful. We are more familiar with the USMLE exam than the COMLEX as most of our applicants take the USMLE exam.
Step 2: Absolute Cut-off ---
Step 2: Preferred minimum 230
US clinical experience (months) not specified as a requirement months
Graduation within (years)not specified
Step 1, 2(CK) on first attemptRequired
ECFMG for interview not specified as a requirement
Complete application by
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Notes and additional requirements:
Notes and additional requirements: Applicants must have passed Step 1 by January; submit Step 2CK and Step 3 scores if they are available. MSPE (Dean’s Letter) and three or four letters of reference. At least one should be from someone who worked closely with you on a pediatrics rotation and who writes many letters for students, such as the student clerkship director, the director of inpatient services, a senior clinician, or one of the residency program directors. Letters from physicians at the applicant’s medical school or other training institution(s) who have trained in the US are especially useful. We are more familiar with the USMLE exam than the COMLEX as most of our applicants take the USMLE exam.
Contact information
Program directorTheodore Sectish
Contact personElayne Fournier
Contact phone(617) 355-8241
Contact emailbcrp@childrens.harvard.edu
Program information
Setting typeAccredited lengthPositions by year
University hospital3 years45/45/40
University hospital3 years45/45/40
Main residency Match positions. offered(#unfilled)
1259320C0Peds/Childrens Hosp33
1259320C1Peds/Urban Health Advocacy-BMC11
1259320P2Pediatrics-Preliminary1
Main Match unfilled past 3 yearsNo
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Contact information
Program directorTheodore Sectish
Contact personElayne Fournier
Contact phone(617) 355-8241
Contact emailbcrp@childrens.harvard.edu