Applications are accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Services (ERAS®). The Fellowship Program participates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP®) Specialties Matching Service (SMS).
To find the pediatric palliative care fellowship in ERAS, look for the following identifying information:
Sponsoring Institution: Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical Center Program [5402412049]
Specialty: Hospice and palliative medicine
Program ID: 45896
Requirements
- Applicants must have completed an ACGME-accredited residency program, an AOA-approved residency program, a program with ACGME International (ACGME-I) Advanced Specialty Accreditation, or a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)-accredited or College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)-accredited residency program located in Canada.
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Prerequisite education must be completed in an accredited residency program in child neurology, family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, or radiation oncology; or, at least three clinical years in residency program in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, radiology, or surgery.
- Applicants for the pediatric fellowship must be board-certified in pediatrics or board eligible with demonstration of active pursuit of certification.
Application requirements
- Pediatric: Applicants must be board-certified in pediatrics or board eligible with demonstration of active pursuit of certification
- Curriculum vitae
- A personal statement describing the applicant's interest in and commitment to an academic career in palliative care
- Three letters of recommendation, one of which should be from the applicant's department head, program director, or division chief
- USMLE transcript
For more information about the Match process, please visit the NRMP® website.