Graduate Medical Education
The Office of Graduate Medical Education (GME) was established to promote and increase primary care residency programs in Mississippi and the Gulf South. The Office of GME is available to provide assistance to developing and existing residency programs in the region through the provision of faculty development, didactic lecture presentations, continuing medical education (CME), and support for research and other scholarly activities. The Office of GME also strives to promote osteopathic principles and practice at the graduate medical education level through a commitment to helping ACGME-accredited residency programs achieve osteopathic recognition.
Match Resources
- Tools and Worksheets for Residency Applicants
- Strolling Through the Match (AAFP) Produced annually by the AAFP
- AAMC: Don't Forget to Ask: Advice from Residents on What to Ask During the Residency Interview
- AACOM Match Resources
- Residency Explorer
- Residency Electronic Interactive Database Access System
- Career Planning
National Professional and Student Organizations
Military Resources
NRMP Match Information
Annual Residency Fair
We offer students and GME programs the opportunity to participate in an annual residency fair organized by the Office of Graduate Medical Education. Students are able to meet with representatives from a wide variety of GME programs representing diverse specialties to explore issues such as training requirements, professional responsibilities, and work-life balance.
Mock Interviews
Mock interviewing is available to our OMS4s preparing for the upcoming Match application cycle. Interviews are 30 minutes and include a feedback session aimed at increasing your readiness and confidence before an actual residency interview.
We are pleased to offer you a free training system that features a new and innovative way to help you prepare more effectively for a residency interview. Given the challenges of COVID-19 and the use of online interviews, Big Interview medical offers a step-by-step system combining expert video lessons and an interactive interview practice tool to help students interview with confidence.
Big Interview Medical is an online system that combines training AND practice to help improve your online interview technique and build your confidence.
HOW TO REGISTER
Here’s how to set up your Big Interview Medical account:
STEP 1: Go to https://wmcarey.biginterviewmedical.com/and click "Register".
STEP 2: Enter your school email address, name, and password, and click “Create my Account”
STEP 3: Log in and start using Big Interview Medical! The system includes videos to guide you through each feature of the platform, including interview preparation content as well as creating your practice interviews. It is highly intuitive and you can go through the content at your own pace.
If you have any technical problems, contact support@biginterview.com.
Available Support for GME Programs
- Faculty Development
- Didactic Lecture Presentations
- Continuing Medical Education
- Research and Scholarly Activity Support
- Support for Osteopathic Recognition
- Osteopathic Recognition Requirements
Osteopathic Recognition
Osteopathic Recognition is a designation conferred by the ACGME’s Osteopathic Principles Committee upon ACGME-accredited programs that demonstrate, through a formal application process, the commitment to teaching and assessing Osteopathic Principles and Practice (OPP) at the graduate medical education level.
Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce
Created in 2012 by the state legislature, the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce (OMPW) monitors and evaluates the composition and distribution of Mississippi’s physician workforce and provides assistance and recommendations to the state’s leadership on current and future workforce needs. Initiatives include policy development that improves graduate medical education and physician training, retention and distribution, physician workforce projections, and data and research.
The mission of OMPW is to develop strategies that attract, educate and sustain a well-trained and appropriately distributed physician workforce in Mississippi, so as to ensure health care access for ALL Mississippians.
Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce (OMPW)
OMPW brochure: https://www.ompw.org/OMPW/files/OMPW-Brochure.pdf
GME Programs in Mississippi
- Baptist Desoto, Southaven, Family Medicine
- Baptist North Mississippi, Oxford, Internal Medicine.
- MeHarry Medical College/A.E Henry Community Health Center Clarksdale, Family Medicine. - Developing Program
- Mississippi Medical Education and Research Consortium, Greenville, Family Medicine.
- Mississippi State Hospital, Whitfield, Psychiatry.
- Southwest Regional Medical Center, McComb, Family Medicine. - Developing Program
- Memorial Hospital Gulfport, Gulfport, Family Medicine.
- Monroe Regional Hospital, Aberdeen, Family Medicine. - Developing Program
- Magnolia Regional Health Center, Corinth, Emergency Medicine.
- Magnolia Regional Health Center, Corinth, Internal Medicine.
- North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo, Internal Medicine.
- North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo, Family Medicine.
- Baptist Golden Triangle, Columbus, Internal Medicine.
- EC Healthnet, Meridian, Family Medicine.
- University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Multiple programs.
- Merit Health-Wesley, Hattiesburg, Transitional Year
- Merit Health-Wesley, Hattiesburg, Emergency Medicine
- Forrest General Hospital, Hattiesburg, Family Medicine.
- Keesler Medical Center, Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Internal Medicine, General Surgery.
Year |
Seeking GME |
Successfully Matched |
Match Rate |
2017 |
93 |
92 |
99% |
2018 |
86 |
83 |
97% |
2019 |
93 |
90 |
97% |
2020 |
100* |
98 |
98% |
2021 |
90* |
89 |
99% |
2022 |
84* |
83 |
99% |
2023 |
85 |
85 |
100% |
2024 |
150 |
148 |
99% |
*Number of DO Seniors determined by the medical school to be on schedule for graduation and eligible to enter graduate medical education (GME) on July 1 in the year of the Match.
ERAS MIDUS for Fellowship
Please enroll with ERAS using the Medical Institution Document Upload Service (MIDUS). ERAS will in turn send the medical school two emails that contain specific links for the transcript and MSPE for the alumni. Once the documents are uploaded, ERAS will automatically send a confirmation email.
Please note that the Medical Education Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) is only via MIDUS or emailed as a secure pdf to a requesting institution. It cannot be faxed nor given directly to the student/alumni.
How to Submit MIDUS Requests
- Log in to MyERAS.
- Select “Additional Documents” from the Documents section.
- Click "EFDO On-line Services" at the bottom of the Additional Documents page.
- When the next page loads, click "MIDUS Request" at the top.
- Once you have carefully read the disclosures, check the box next to “I have read and accept the above disclosures.” and click "Continue."
- Read the instructions and click "New Document Request."
- Select which document type you are requesting (MSPE and/or medical school transcript). Please note: You must submit a separate request for each document type you would like uploaded through MIDUS.
- Enter the following contact information for your medical institution:
Rosemary Kitchens
Assistant to the Registrar
RKitchens@wmcarey.edu
Phone: 601.318.6061
- Carefully check the information you supplied and click "Submit". This will send the email request to your medical school.
- Complete these steps for each document type you would like to request.
ERAS Token Request for Residency
Alumni who are participating in the NRMP and/or the Supplemental Offers and Acceptance Program (SOAP) need to fill out a Token Request Form and submit to the Office of Graduate Medical Education. The office will reply with the token.
Credentialing & Degree Verification
Requests for State Board Licensing, program directors, hospital staff offices, and credentialing agencies for verification of medical degree may be mailed or e-mailed to the Office of Student Affairs along with the required information and signature.
William Carey University COM
710 William Carey Parkway
WCU Box 207
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
Requests through email: RKitchens@wmcarey.edu
All forms that require pertinent information regarding school attendance and graduate, school seal, dean or registrar signature, should be included along with the request form. The medical school reserves the right to withhold all information on the record of any student who has not fulfilled financial and other responsibilities to the school, including payment of student loans, and exit interviews.
Hattiesburg
WCU Box #207 | 710 William Carey Parkway | Hattiesburg, MS 39401
com@wmcarey.edu | (601) 318 - 6235