Where a national matching program exists, Swedish Medical Center participates in the match process.
National Resident Matching Program (NRMP): For ACGME-accredited residencies match offered through NRMP is the matching program used by the Family Medicine and Surgery Residency Programs.
Central Application Service for Podiatric Residencies (CASPR). For CPME-accredited residencies match offered through CASPR, the Podiatry Residency Program participates in the CASPR program.
Swedish Medical Center participates with NMR and CASPR to provide the opportunity for both programs and applicants to consider selection options. The residency program directors evaluate the qualifications of all applicants to the programs before deciding who will be offered positions.
Applicants requesting application information from the residency programs are directed to ERAS.
Applicants submit their application with their required letters of recommendation, transcripts, and deans' letters through ERAS for first-year positions.
Swedish Medical Center accepts the universal application and requires all materials to be submitted in full before an interview may be scheduled.
Program directors and the recruiting team determine who will be invited to interview.
Interviews are scheduled from November through January or February of each year. The interview team members then submit their ratings and collectively prepare a rank order.
Program informational packets are distributed during interviews.
The designated staff person then enters the ranking list before the submission deadline.
As soon as match results are received and are appropriate to release, the results are shared with each program director and letters of appointment are mailed or emailed to each new resident member.
Applicants submit their CASPR application with their required letters of recommendation, transcripts, etc.
Applicants forward specific application materials as designated by the residency program on the CASPR website.
As soon as match results are received and are appropriate to release, the results are shared with each program director and letters of appointment are mailed or emailed to each new resident member.
Information submitted to the NRMP or CASPR on the rank-order lists is confidential. It will not be released, nor revealed in any manner that permits individual identification of either applicants or programs during the process.
Swedish Medical Center sponsors three family medicine residencies. - The First Hill program matches eleven positions each year. Six of the positions are based at the Swedish First Hill campus, two at the Swedish Ballard campus, and three at King County's Downtown Seattle Public Health Center. - The Cherry Hill program matches twelve positions each year. Four residents are based at the Swedish Cherry Hill campus. The remaining eight match at Cherry Hill's four FQHC partners: Carolyn Downs, International Community Health Services, Sea Mar, and Seattle Indian Health Board. - The newest program is the Swedish Rural Training Track (RTT). RTT matches three residents each year and is a 1+2 program. Residents spend their first year with the Cherry Hill program then finish residency at North Olympic Healthcare Network and Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles, Washington.
Three PGY-1 positions for the first year of the General Surgery residency program are matched per year. It is anticipated that these residents will continue in the program for the full five years of training.
Two PGY-1 positions are offered for one or two years of preliminary surgery training prior to further specialty training.
Two PGY-1 positions are recruited for the podiatry program and expected to complete the full three years in the SMC Cherry Hill-campus program.
