Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must meet one of the following qualifications to be eligible for appointment to ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship programs at DHMC:
- Graduates of medical schools in the United States and Canada accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) and successful completion of any pre-requisite accredited training specified by ACGME Residency Review Committees. Some programs require successful passage of board exams (or good faith effort to pass) for promotion through subsequent years of fellowship.
- Graduates of colleges of osteopathic medicine in the United States accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and successful completion of any pre-requisite accredited training specified by ACGME Residency Review Committees.
- Graduates of medical schools outside the United States and Canada who meet one of the following qualifications:
- Have a currently valid certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates prior to appointment, or
- Have a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a US licensing jurisdiction in which they are in training, and
- Successful completion of any pre-requisite accredited training specified by ACGME Residency Review Committees.
- Graduates of medical schools outside the United States who have completed a Fifth Pathway program* provided by an LCME-accredited medical school and successful completion of any pre-requisite accredited training.
* A Fifth Pathway program is an academic year of supervised clinical education provided by an LCME-accredited medical school to students who meet the following conditions: (1) have completed, in an accredited college or university in the United States, undergraduate premedical education of the quality acceptable for matriculation in an accredited United States medical school; (2) have studied at a medical school outside the United States and Canada but listed in the World Health Organization Directory of Medical Schools; (3) have completed all of the formal requirements of the foreign medical school except internship and/or social service; (4) have attained a score satisfactory to the sponsoring medical school on a screening examination; and (5) have passed either Parts I and II of the examination of the National Board of Medical Examiners or Steps 1 and 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE).
Additionally, upon matching with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, applicants must meet all of the following requirements:
- Applicant must consent to a criminal background check.
- Applicant must pass a pre-employment drug screening.
- Applicant must meet eligibility requirements to obtain and maintain a training license in the State of New Hampshire.
The New Hampshire Board of Medicine requires demonstration of passing scores on one of the following sets of examinations:- USMLE Steps 1 and 2 CK, CS
- COMLEX Level 1 and 2 CE, PE
- NBME Parts 1 and 2
- FLEX Parts I and II
- NBOE Parts I and II
- LMCC
Foreign medical graduates must also supply proof of ECFMG certification.
It is recommended that you have passed these examinations and/or obtained ECFMG certification no later than January 1st of the year in which there is an anticipated June or July residency start date. It is imperative that applicants meet these requirements in order to be appointed and begin training on time.
Note: New Hampshire training licenses shall be confined to activities performed in the course of the qualifying residency or graduate fellowship training program, shall expire automatically upon the licensee's separation from the residency or graduate fellowship training program for any reason, and may be issued on a restricted or conditional basis. - Non-citizens must have Permanent Resident Status, current Employment Authorization Card or be eligible to obtain the appropriate visa as outlined in the DHMC Graduate Medical Education Visa Policy no later than the date of hire.
- Applicant must be fully competent in written and oral English.
