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All applicants must meet the following residency eligibility requirements:

Resident Eligibility
APPOINTMENT TO A UCI-COM TRAINING PROGRAM IS CONTINGENT UPON VERIFICATION OF) THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION:

1.     CURRENT DEAN'S LETTER (within the past 12 months)
2.     3 CURRENT LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION (within the past 12 months)
3.     PROOF OF PASSING USMLE STEP 1 AND STEP 2 (including scores)
4.     PROOF OF LICENSE STATUS:
      
A.     IF APPLICABLE, COPY OF VALID CALIFORNIA MEDICAL LICENSE, (ORIGINAL TO BE RE-COPIED BY STAFF AT ORIENTATION.
B.     IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA, MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT, CHAPTER 2065, ALL TRAINEES WHO HAVE COMPLETED 24 MONTHS OF POSTGRADUATE TRAINING, IN ANY MEDICAL SPECIALTY, IN CALIFORNIA, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT ACADEMIC CREDIT WAS AWARDED, MUST BE LICENSED.
C.     GRADUATES OF U.S. MEDICAL SCHOOLS, WHO HAVE 12 MONTHS OR MORE OF PREVIOUS POSTGRADUATE TRAINING IN AN ACGME PROGRAM IN ANOTHER STATE, IN ANY DISCIPLINE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT ACADEMIC CREDIT WAS AWARDED, HAS 12 MONTHS TO BE LICENSED IN CALIFORNIA.
D.     INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL GRADUATES WHO HAVE 24 MONTHS OF POSTGRADUATE TRAINING IN AN ACGME PROGRAM IN ANOTHER STATE, IN ANY DISCIPLINE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT ACADEMIC CREDIT WAS AWARDED, MUST BE LICENSED IN CALIFORNIA PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF TRAINING. PROOF OF VALID DEA CARD, (ORIGINAL TO BE RE-COPIED BY STAFF AT ORIENTATION.
4.     PROOF OF MOST RECENT ACLS, PALS, ATLS OR BLS CARD.
5.     PROOF OF CURRENT ECFMG CERTIFICATE
      
A.     INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL GRADUATES MUST HAVE A CURRENT ECFMG CERTIFICATE AND MUST HAVE A J-1 VISA OR PROVIDE PROOF OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE STATUS.
6.     VERIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE HEATH SCREENING
7.     VERIFICATION OF ATTENDANCE AT ORIENTATION
8.     VERIFICATION OF BACKGROUND CHECK

Applications for Residency Programs are processed through ERAS (Electronic Resident Application Service), the San Francisco Match or the Urology Match. Fellowship applications are made directly to the appropriate departments. The University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine participates in the National Residency Matching Program for all training programs other than the San Francisco Match and the Urology Match.