Residency Recruitment

Holistic Residency Review Toolkit

Articles to Refer to

• Matching Our Mission:  A Strategic Plan to Create a Diverse Family Medicine Residency
• Bridging the Gap:  Holistic Review to Increase Diversity in Graduate Medical Education
• A Call to Improve Conditions for Conducting Holistic Review in Graduate Medical Education Recruitment
• Information Collected During the Residency Match Process Does Not Predict Clinical Performance

USMLE Resources           

• Examining Demographics, Poor Academic Performance, and United States Medical Licensing Examination Scores;
• The impact of United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) step 1 cutoff scores on recruitment of underrepresented minorities in medicine:  A retrospective cross - sectional study

Virtual Recruitment Resources

• Making Lemonade Together - How Program Directors, Applicants, and Medical Schools Can Thrive During the Upcoming Interview Season
• Interviewed while Black
• Holistic Review considers the "whole" applicant

Minority Visiting Elective

Underrepresented in Medicine Visiting Elective Program

The Office of Pathway Innovation and Inclusive Excellence is proud to sponsor the Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) Visiting Elective Program in collaboration with UC Health and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. We offer up to 12 funded visiting elective positions for 4th-year medical students from underrepresented medical backgrounds, including Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Native American/Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. These positions, available from July through October (space permitting), provide a stipend of up to $1,500 to assist with costs related to away rotations. Eligible students must be attending a U.S. medical school.

Our program includes a 4-week clinical rotation in the departments of Anesthesia, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Family Medicine-Psychiatry, General Surgery and subspecialties (Cardiothoracic Surgery, Transplantation, Urology, Vascular Surgery), Internal Medicine, Medicine-Pediatrics, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry, Radiation Oncology, Radiology.

Please find the link below to access the minority visiting elective application:
Supporting Programs

Minority Housestaff Association

The University of Cincinnati Minority Housestaff Association was founded by a group of dedicated residents to support the advancement of underrepresented residents and fellows. The organization focuses on providing opportunities for mentorship, networking, recruitment, professional development, and community engagement, helping foster a strong, inclusive community among medical professionals.