Residency Programs — Residency Programs Accepting Lower USMLE Step 2 Scores for Older Graduates
Explore residency programs open to candidates with lower USMLE Step 2 scores and those with several years of postgraduate experience.
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University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Sioux City) Program
Sioux City, IA |
Family medicine
YOG 5STEP 200DO FriendlyIMG FriendlyJ1H1BMD 63%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 25%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 12%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
University of Louisville School of Medicine (Owensboro) Program
Owensboro, KY |
Family medicine
YOG 5STEP 215 Research Focused DO FriendlyIMG FriendlyMD 41%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 47%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 12%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Tulane University Program
New Orleans, LA |
Psychiatry
YOG 5STEP 210 Research Focused DO FriendlyIMG FriendlyJ1MD 75%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 7%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 18%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Southern Illinois University Program
Springfield, IL |
Internal medicine
YOG 3STEP 220 Research Focused DO FriendlyIMG FriendlyJ1F1MD 30%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 10%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 60%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program
San Antonio, TX |
Radiology-diagnostic
YOG 5STEP 220DO FriendlyIMG FriendlyJ1MD 60%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 24%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 17%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Adventist Health Glendale Program
Glendale, CA |
Family medicine
YOG 5STEP 210DO FriendlyMD 17%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 71%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 13%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Detroit Wayne County Health Authority (Authority Health) GME Consortium Program
Detroit, MI |
Family medicine
YOG 3STEP 200DO FriendlyIMG FriendlyMD 17%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 50%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 34%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University Program
Detroit, MI |
Psychiatry
YOG 5STEP 220DO FriendlyIMG FriendlyJ1MD 65%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 18%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 18%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
HCA Florida JFK Hospital/University of Miami Miller School of Medicine GME Consortium Program
Atlantis, FL |
Surgery
YOG 5STEP 225 Research Focused IMG FriendlyJ1MD 59%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 0%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 42%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Christ Hospital Program
Cincinnati, OH |
Internal medicine
YOG 3STEP 225 Research Focused DO FriendlyIMG FriendlyJ1H1BF1MD 36%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 48%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 15%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program
Richmond, VA |
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
YOG 4STEP 200 Research Focused DO FriendlyJ1MD 56%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 39%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 6%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Flushing Hospital Medical Center Program
Flushing, NY |
Obstetrics and gynecology
YOG 5STEP 225 Research Focused DO FriendlyJ1MD 67%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 8%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 25%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Mather Hospital Program
Port Jefferson, NY |
Internal medicine
YOG 5STEP 214 Research Focused DO FriendlyIMG FriendlyJ1MD 2%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 21%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 77%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Mount Carmel Health System Program
Westerville, OH |
Family medicine
YOG 3STEP 214DO FriendlyMD 35%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 45%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 20%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital Program
Camden, NJ |
Psychiatry
YOG 5STEP 208 Research Focused DO FriendlyJ1MD 33%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 40%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 27%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Hackensack University Medical Center Program
Hackensack, NJ |
Surgery
YOG 4STEP 225 Research Focused DO FriendlyJ1MD 36%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 14%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 50%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Ellis Hospital of Schenectady Program
Schenectady, NY |
Family medicine
YOG 5STEP 215DO FriendlyIMG FriendlyJ1MD 10%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 27%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 64%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Harlem Hospital Center Program
New York, NY |
Surgery
YOG 10STEP 220 Research Focused IMG FriendlyJ1MD 14%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 0%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 86%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Rutgers Health/Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Program
Newark, NJ |
Pediatrics
YOG 3STEP 215DO FriendlyIMG FriendlyJ1MD 13%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 16%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 72%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals Program
Galveston, TX |
Pathology-anatomic and clinical
YOG 5STEP 220 Research Focused DO FriendlyIMG FriendlyJ1MD 38%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 10%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 52%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.