Preventive Medicine Residency Program

Our Mission
To train competent, ethical, and compassionate physicians for careers in academic, administrative, research, and clinical preventive medicine/public health.

•    About Our Program
•    Benefits Summary
•    Sample Appointment Agreement
•    Eligibility Criteria
•    Special Note to Foreign Medical Graduates
•    Application Checklist
•    Preventive Medicine - national organizations and career information
•    Life in Columbia, SC

About Our Program

Our program is a two-year general Preventive Medicine and Public Health residency that combines concurrent academic training with practicum experience (PGY-2 and PGY-3).            The unique geopolitical locale of Columbia, SC and our excellent faculty of research PhD's and multi-disciplinary physicians provide an environment for outstanding resident opportunities.         The two-year residency program combines academic training with practicum experience in preventive medicine and public health. The program design permits great flexibility and choice for individual career plans, providing exceptional faculty consultation and other resources for both clinical and research opportunities.  Our program director is Joshua R. Mann, MD, MPH.

The program offers collaborative interdisciplinary research activities with the Arnold School of Public Health, the CDC-funded Prevention Research Center, and other venues. A full spectrum of preventive medicine and public health rotations are available including state and regional health agencies, managed care, occupational medicine, Medicare, a major military installation, and others. We also provide salary support and travel allowances for elective rotations with the CDC, ODPHP, the NIH, and out-of-state elective rotations designed by residents.

PGY-2 Residents complete a Master in Public Health (MPH) degree through the Arnold School of Public Health. The MPH program includes the core courses of biostatistics, epidemiology, health administration, environmental health sciences, and health promotion and education. For more information on the MPH program, e-mail Student Services at the Arnold School of Public Health or call 803-777-5031.   

Eligibility Criteria

• Before entering the program, applicants must have completed training in an ACGME-accredited PGY-1 clinical year (12 months) with a minimum of 6 months of direct patient care.

• PGY-2 applicants must also be accepted at the Arnold School of Public Health -- go to http://www.sph.sc.edu/futurestudents/ for Admissions information. Foreign Medical Graduates will need to have taken the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) for their ASPH application.  If you are a Foreign Medical Graduate, see note below.

• Applicants must also be eligible for licensure in South Carolina and have passed USMLE steps 1 through 3. (see South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners).

Application Checklist

• Universal Application for Residency
   

• Curriculum Vitae including a chronological account of all educational and work experiences completed since graduation from medical school
   

• Certified transcripts from medical schools and any graduate programs attended -- initially, a copy may be submitted as long as an official transcript follows
   

• USMLE or COMLEX scores (copies) and if applicable, ECFMG certification
   

• Letters of recommendation (3 minimum including one from the program director of every residency program in which you trained during the past five (5) years) and the rest from university faculty, teaching hospital physicians, or senior practitioners, who have recent knowledge of your qualifications/career interests.  

• PGY-1 Verification/Competency Documentation to be completed by current Program Director at your Internship Program

   

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For those applying for a PGY-2 position, a separate application must be also be made to the Arnold School of Public Health for the Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree program. 

Applicants for the general M.P.H. program may submit MCAT scores in lieu of GRE scores. You may apply online at www.gradschool.sc.edu using the general application for graduate school and their supplemental application for Arnold School of Public Health.  For more information, call (803) 777-5031.

Send application materials to:

Lisa Cole
Residency Coordinator
Family and Preventive Medicine
3209 Colonial Drive 
Columbia, SC 29203

phone:  (803) 434-7399
fax: (803) 434-8374

E-mail Lisa Cole if you have any questions or call 803-434-7399.

Related Links

Preventive Medicine - national organizations and career information

• American College of Preventive Medicine

• American Teachers of Preventive Medicine

• American Board of Preventive Medicine

• Careers in Preventive Medicine Slideshow

• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)

• National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)

• American Public Health Association

Life in Columbia, SC

• Columbia Metropolitan Convention & Visitor's Bureau

• Columbia, SC

• USC Visitors

updated on 03/05/08

Comments, problems, questions: contact Lisa Cole (lisa.cole@sc.edu)
Copyright 2006 by the Board of Trustees of the University of South Carolina
URL: http://prevmed.med.sc.edu/