Application Information
All residency applicants must apply through the Electronic Residency Application Services (ERAS). The deadline for receipt of applications is January of each year. Only applications submitted ERAS will be accepted. Our program conducts interviews from October to January, on Mondays and Fridays.
At this time, all interviews will be conducted in a virtual setting, using Zoom video conferencing, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and occasionally on Fridays, beginning in November and concluding in January, secondary to the COVID-19 restrictions.
Applicants selected for interviews with our program will receive notification through ERAS and may be contacted for a virtual “sit-down” dinner to meet some of our residents, during the week prior to your interview date.
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Contacts
CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Internal Medicine Residency Program
701 E. Marshall Ave.
Suite 400
Longview, Texas 75601
903-315-1696
Tiffany Egbe, MD
Program Director
Tammy Mitchell, MBA
Program Coordinator II
Lacie Harvey
Program Coordinator I
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Guidelines
Guidelines
The following guidelines are used by the Residency Selection Committee to identify applicants to be interviews and possibly considered for final ranking and/or eligibility for appointment.
- Applicant must be a graduate of an accredited medical school.
- Passed USMLE Step 1, Step 2 CK and Step 2 CS, preferably on the first attempt with scores of 200 or above.
- USMLE transcripts are required. The Residency Selection Committee will not recommend applicants for interview without score transcripts. For international graduates, Parts 1 and 2 of the USMLE transcripts are required with application submission.
For U.S. graduates, Part 1 transcript is required with application submission with the understanding that Part 2 transcript is required by June 1st.
- For IMGs, ECFMG certification is required at the time of application.
- A Dean’s Letter and three letters of recommendation are required (letters from faculty with whom the applicant has worked clinically).
- Submission of a curriculum vitae and personal statement are required.
- Must be able to meet virtually via Zoom for an interview, with our program in Longview, Texas, due to current COVID-19 restrictions.
- Must be prepared to do three years of residency training in the categorical program.
- Must be able to assume all responsibilities of training on the specified date of contract: all appointees must reports for mandatory orientation during the last two weeks of June.
- Due to the high volume of residency applications, we are unable to respond to every inquiry with regard to acceptance for interviews.