Apply to Our Program

All applications to the UCSF Psychiatry Residency Training Program are accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Our NRMP Program Categorical Code is 1062400C0.

Application Checklist

To complete our application process all of the following materials must be completed and submitted:


Please supply the following documents through ERAS:

- Medical/osteopathic school transcript
- MSPE (Dean’s Letter) from medical/osteopathic school
- Personal Statement
- Curriculum Vitae
- USMLE Transcript: Applicants are required to have passing scores on USMLE Step I, USMLE Step II CK, and USMLE Step II CS by February 15, 2010. During the first year of this new policy, exceptions may be made for students unable to take the tests in time for this deadline. All interested students are strongly encouraged to apply. Please continue to check for openings in USMLE test availability as slots become available through the fall. All incoming interns must have passed the exams prior to starting internship.
- Four letters of recommendation: two from faculty psychiatrists and two from physician faculty members (other than psychiatry)

- In addition, please complete and submit the Supplemental Application (PDF)

The supplemental application can be sent via regular mail (address below), fax (415-476-7722) or email to rtpadm@lppi.ucsf.edu  

Mailing Address:
Residency Training Program in General Adult Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco
401 Parnassus Avenue, Box RTP-0984
San Francisco, CA 94143-0984

Interviews

Interviews will not be scheduled until all requested documents have been received. It is the responsibility of each applicant to ensure that their application is complete.  All complete applications will be screened, and approximately 70 candidates will be invited to interview for 16 PGY-1 positions.  We interview applicants on Fridays, beginning at 8:00 AM.  If invited to interview, applicants are invited to first have dinner with a group of current residents on Thursday evenings at 6:00 PM.  In addition to interviewing on Friday mornings, applicants will visit all three of the program’s main training sites over the course of the day, will have ample opportunity to meet with current residents (including over lunch) and then will close the day by meeting as a group with the Chair of the Department and Residency Training Director.  The day will end at around 4:30 PM. 

The goals of the interview day are:

• for you to meet 1:1 with several faculty and residents,
• for you to get answers to any questions you may have about the program,
• for us to get to know you as well

In addition, at your interview, you will be given written materials about the program and about UCSF, and you will have an opportunity to review a sample contract (pdf).

So that we may schedule a time that is convenient for you, please select at least two Fridays on the Applicant's Choice of Interview Dates form (part of the supplemental application), one in the October 23 to December 11, 2009 time period and one in the January 8 to February 5, 2010 time period.

Deadline

The application deadline for Match 2010 is November 1, 2009.

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