Preventive Medicine Texas Department of State Health Services Residency Program
Minimum requirements
Notes and additional requirements:
Notes and additional requirements: U.S. Medical school graduates are required to have 12 months of ACGME approved clinical training before being eligible to begin our program. Foreign medical school graduates must provide a certificate(s) of training completion as well as the name, and contact information of the Program Director of any Residency program completed. A letter of recommendation must be written by the program director at each residency program you have participated in and must not be more than two years old. Although we do not have set minimum USMLE requirements, the overall score and the number of attempts needed to pass each step will be taken into consideration.
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Notes and additional requirements:
Notes and additional requirements: U.S. Medical school graduates are required to have 12 months of ACGME approved clinical training before being eligible to begin our program. Foreign medical school graduates must provide a certificate(s) of training completion as well as the name, and contact information of the Program Director of any Residency program completed. A letter of recommendation must be written by the program director at each residency program you have participated in and must not be more than two years old. Although we do not have set minimum USMLE requirements, the overall score and the number of attempts needed to pass each step will be taken into consideration.
Contact information
Program directorElizabeth Howard
Contact personCraig Gilden
Contact phone(737) 210-0407
Contact emailprevmed@dshs.texas.gov
Program information
Setting typeAccredited lengthPositions by year
2 years2
2 years2
Main residency Match positions. offered(#unfilled)
1521380R0Public Health & Preventive Med/2yr-MPH2
Main Match unfilled past 3 yearsNo
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Contact information
Program directorElizabeth Howard
Contact personCraig Gilden
Contact phone(737) 210-0407
Contact emailprevmed@dshs.texas.gov