Application Process

Family Medicine Spokane (FMS) and Family Medicine Spokane Rural Training Track (FMSRTT) join medical schools across the United States in participation with the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). All applications, letters of recommendation, Dean's letters, transcripts, and other supporting credentials and documents will be electronically transmitted from medical schools to the residency program. Contact your Dean's Office for information.

FMS and FMSRTT Application Requirements:

• Completed ERAS Application
• Personal Statement which must include:
  • What areas of Family Medicine interest you most?
  • How do you envision FMS or FMSRTT fulfilling your career goals as a Family Physician?
• Three Letters of Recommendation, one must be from a Family Physician or community doctor
• Academically competitive USMLE and COMLEX Scores (Pass on 1st Attempt)
• Official Medical School Transcript
• Dean's Letter
• Medical School Graduation and/or Post Graduate Medical Education within five (5) years
• Valid ECFMG certificate by May 2010
• Citizenship or Permanent Resident (We do not sponsor any visas.)

The Application Information, Personal Statement, and Letters of Recommendation are used in selecting individuals to interview whose goals and interests seem compatible with these two programs. Applicants may apply to one or both of these programs. All applicants for FMSRTT interview in Spokane. Applicants interested in interviewing with the FMSRTT program in Colville, Washington will then interview the following Tuesday in Colville. Please contact Barbara Cottrell, Residency Coordinator to arrange interview dates.

Please apply early in September when ERAS opens to allow ample time for travel arrangements for an interview. We review applications immediately upon the transmittal through ERAS.  Encourage those individuals writing your letters of recommendation to send them early enough to your Dean's Office that they can be transmitted before the end of October. Interviews are usually scheduled in November, December, and early January. Seven residents per year are accepted through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) for FMS and one resident is accepted through the NRMP for FMSRTT in Colville, WA. We do not sponsor any visas.

  (We work individually with applicants to accommodate schedules.)

If you have any questions, please contact:
Barbara Cottrell, Residency Coordinator
Phone: (509) 624-2313
E-mail: info@fammedspokane.org