Check out our program's description at the EMRA website
(Emergency Medicine Residency Association) - www.emramatch.org

We interview from mid-November until mid-February. We interview by invitation only and due to the overwhelming number of worthy applicants who apply to our program, you will be encouraged to contact us as soon as possible after receipt of your invitation to schedule your interview.

Grand Rapids' Gerald R. Ford International Airport http://www.grr.org/index.php provides direct or connecting service to and from hundred of cites each day. Distance from the airport to downtown Grand Rapids is 15 minutes.

Distance to surrounding airports:

• Capital City Airport, Lansing http://www.flylansing.com/home/
  60 minutes
• Bishop International Airport, Flint http://www.bishopairport.org/
  1 hour 40 minutes
• Chicago Midway International Airport http://www.chicago-mdw.com/
  3 hours
• Chicago O'Hare International Airport http://www.ohare.com/
  3 hours 15 minutes

Transportation options in Grand Rapids:

• Calder City Taxi phone: 616-454-8080
• Airporter http://www.grandrapidsairporter.com/
• RAPID http://www.ridetherapid.org/

Other Michigan Travel sites:
Take advantage of your time in Grand Rapids by seeing the sites that the city has to offer.

• http://www.visitgrandrapids.org/
• http://www.michiganswestcoast.com/

We interview on Thursday mornings beginning at 7:50 a.m. We do ask you to meet us prior to that in the main lobby of the Spectrum Health - Butterworth Campus hospital so we have time to walk to the residency offices.

The day begins with a PowerPoint presentation that provides information about the program and should answer a lot of questions you may have about the program. We then divide the applicants into two groups. One group will tour the hospital, Meijer Heart Center and emergency department with one of our residents. The other group will stay in the residency offices to interview one-on-one with the Program Director, Associate Program Director, one of our core faculty members and one of our residents. Once interviews and tours are complete, the groups switch places. After lunch, you have the option of staying to shadow in the department or leaving for your next destination.

We offer lodging for the night before interviews at one of the downtown hotels and a get-together with the residents at one of the local restaurants for dinner. The dinner is optional for applicants.

Each year ten new resident positions are available.

We only accept applications through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Include your Dean's letter and three letters of recommendation from faculty who have worked with you in a clinical setting. If you have research experience, a letter from your mentor would be helpful. We also require a personal statement, medical school transcript and a score from your USMLE Step I to complete your application. A USMLE Step II score is preferred. Application deadline is November 15.

Please be aware that the State of Michigan requires all osteopathic students to complete a general internship year prior to joining an allopathic residency program.

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