General Information
	Foreign Medical Graduates

St. Clare's Family Practice Residency is an established program offering a pleasant working environment and support educational opportunities. Our graduates are well prepared for practice (including Obstetrics) or academics. We are fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Our program is currently approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) for traditional rotating internship with emphasis in Family Medicine and our residency is pending AOA approval.

The residency is a three year program that commences on July 1 of each year. Off-cycle positions may be offered subject to availability. We invite applications for the Residency & Osteopathic Internship from the first week of September up to December 31 for the upcoming academic year and conduct interviews September through January. We accept paper applications, although we encourage our applicants to apply through  ERAS. We rank potential applicants through the National Residency Matching Program and participate in the post-match scramble should the need arise.

During the 2005-2006 interview period, we interviewed 60 candidates from the 600+ eligible applicants.

Our residents hail from countries all over the world with training backgrounds as diverse as primary care, obstetrics, pathology, anesthesia and radiology. Many of our alumni practice locally and have excelled in their areas of interests.
 

General Information

Primary hospital:
St. Clare's Hospital
600 McClellan St.
Schenectady NY 12304

Setting: Inner-city, urban, suburban

Total number of beds: 200, available in the following services:

	Medicine (including Critical Care)
	Family Practice
	Pediatrics
	Obstetrics
	Surgery
	Newborn Nursery

Outpatient Clinic
Family Health Center
Cushing Center
624 McClellan St.
Suite 101
Schenectady, NY 12304

Medical School Affiliations

	Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
	University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, ME

Affiliated Hospitals for required rotations

	Albany Medical Center
	St. Peter's Hospital

Relevant Links: Program ID 120-35-12-215

	FREIDA Online
	ACGME
	FSMB

Application Packet must include:

	Completed Application Form
	Three Letters of Recommendation
	Personal Statement
	Resume
	Copy of USMLE scores/ ECFMG certificate (if applicable)

Faculty to resident ratio during patient care hours:

	1 physically present faculty to 6 residents in the Family Health Center
	1:4 in first 6 months of academic year

Foreign Medical Graduates

We sponsor both J-1 and H1-B visas. Fees towards processing of the appropriate visas may be partially or completely refunded as per the discretion of the program director. Applicants desirous of obtaining the H1-B visa need to have completed USMLE Step 3 by December 31 of the previous year.