Hamad Medical Corporation Residency Programs Matching Process 2019
Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) is the largest governmental healthcare institution providing healthcare services to the community of Qatar. HMC is the first healthcare system in the region to achieve prestigious institutional accreditation by the ACGME International LLC (
www.acgme-i.org). To date, fourteen (14) of HMC’s residency training programs have successfully achieved ACGME International LLC program accreditation. HMC sponsors more than twenty (20) Residency Programs and many fellowship programs. In addition, HMC is accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI) as an Academic Medical Center. HMC is also a member of Qatar’s Academic Health System, with a tripartite mission to advance clinical care through teaching, education, and research, and is a primary affiliate of two medical schools in Qatar: Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar and the College of Medicine at Qatar University.
HMC’s Medical Education Department is pleased to announce that the Residency Programs Matching intake for the academic year 2019-20 is now open and will accept applications between
3 September 2018 and
30 November 2018. This intake is for residents seeking to join HMC starting
July 2019.
Please note that applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, as they are received, and qualified candidates may be eligible for
early conditional acceptance.
Only applicants who graduated from medical schools between
2013 and 2018 (inclusive) will be considered. Applicants should have successfully completed their internship training after graduation and should be clinically current.
Graduates of the years 2013 to 2016 (inclusive)
must provide a copy of their Medical License from the country where they are currently training.
Please review the
Frequently Asked Questions and
Appendix (A) “General Guidelines on Completing the Application” before completing your application.
Please observe the following general rules:
- Applicants MUST satisfy the enrolment requirements to be eligible for the HMC Residency Programs Matching process
- Applicants MUST only submit online applications.
- Applicants MUST have passed the:
o USMLE Step 2CK or
o IFOM-CSE or
o MCCCE and MCCQE Part 1 exams (see FAQs Question 5)
and
o the English Language Competency Exam (TOEFL [professional level] or IELTS [academic level])
- Please note that only COMPLETE APPLICATIONS with all required examination results and supporting official documents will be accepted and reviewed.
Applicants
must read the
FAQs carefully before completing the application.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MEDICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE NEW ONLINE PORTAL AT https://hamad.smapply.io/
We will no longer accept paper based applications or supplemental information. All your supporting information must be uploaded to the portal.
Contact Us:Please email the dedicated Residency application ONLY with any questions. Personal callers and phone calls are pointless and strongly discouraged because all information must come into us via the online portal and all information will come out automatically in the same way :