So the new program at UF-Gainesville offered me an interview. Not sure yet if I'm going to take it, but here is the letter if anyone is curious. For a previous poster who asked, it does sound like they are taking PGY 2 and 3 residents from other programs.
Letter from program follows:
Dear Emergency Medicine Candidate:
I have reviewed your application and Im impressed with your credentials. It is an honor to offer you an interview for one of our Emergency Residency positions. The interview season here at UF is from December until early February. During that time, we interview on Fridays except around the December holidays. The following dates are available: December 16th, January 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th. Because of the deadlines for those involved in the match we will preferentially schedule current students in December and January slots and post-graduate candidates in January and the first week of February. To arrange an interview, please call Mary Anne Randall at 352-265-5911 between the hours of 8:00am and 4:00pm EST Monday through Friday.
Attached you will find a copy of our Resident Benefits letter, area hotel list and directions to our office. We are easy to find, just 2-1/2 miles east of I-75 off exit 284 (Archer Road). There is a campus map at:
http://campusmap.ufl.edu/files/map.html.
You may also visit our website at:
http://emergency.med.ufl.edu.
The evening before your interview day, there will be an informal dinner with some of our faculty and residents at a local restaurant. Please be in the lobby of the hotel at 6:30pm. If you are traveling with a spouse or significant other, they, too, are invited to dinner. Please let us know whether or not you will be able to attend the dinner so we can better plan the evening.
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The interview day will have a morning and an afternoon session with all candidates together for lunch. The morning interview group will begin in the Dept of Emergency Medicine office where you will have breakfast with the residents and the Program Directors followed by your interviews. We will provide lunch, a tour of the ED and Shands.
The afternoon group will begin with lunch in Shands, the tour and then the interviews. If you are driving to Gainesville be advised that parking is very difficult. We recommend using the valet parking in the front of the hospital. You will be given a Valet Parking voucher at your interview. If you are arranging other interviews with Florida programs, please inform us if morning or afternoon interviews work best with your travel plans when you call.
If you have further questions, please feel free to contact Mary Anne Randall, our Program Coordinator, by any of the following means:
Email:
[email protected]
Telephone: 352-265-5911, Fax: 352-265-5606.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
Kevin L. Ferguson, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Residency Program Director &
Director Graduate Medical Education
