Frequently Asked Questions
According to the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) “OEM is the prevention and treatment of occupational and environmental injury, illness, and disability of workers and their families, including through individual patient care. OEM physicians champion the health and safety of workers, workplaces, and environments”.
The residency start date is July 1. The first year is the academic year, and the second year is the clinical year. All residents begin their two-year occupational and environmental medicine training in the Summer (July and August) as participants in continuity clinic practice prior to commencement of their MPH coursework.
No, our residency is not a straight general preventive medicine/public health residency. It is an occupational and environmental residency, which is a subspecialty of preventive medicine. Our program leads to board eligibility in occupational and environmental medicine.
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Please note that we do not accept ERAS (the Electronic Residency Application Service).
The deadline for residency applications for the following year’s matriculation is October 15.
All US and foreign medical school graduates must provide official transcripts from all schools they have attended. We recognize that it may be difficult for foreign medical graduates to obtain transcripts. Please see the instructions provided with the Harvard Chan Admissions Application for managing this process.
All US and foreign medical school graduates must provide scores for the MCAT or GRE exams. Only those holding an MD degree can submit MCAT exam scores. To request that your MCAT score be sent to the Harvard Chan School, please call Medical Admission Test at 202-828-0635. Those without MCAT scores must submit Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores. Foreign medical graduates who have not taken the GREs must take them in order to be eligible for admission. If you took GRE exams after 1985, the scores will only be kept for five years, and you may have to retake the GRE exam.
Please contact:
Graduate Record Examination
Educational Testing Service
P.O. Box 6000
Princeton, NJ 08541-6000 USA
Tel: 609-771-7670
Fax: 609-771-7906
Email: gre-info@ets.org
Website: http://www.gre.org/
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health does not publish the minimum scores required for admission to the School.
We accept outstanding applicants who have completed a PGY 1 year. Those who are currently completing a PGY 1 are encouraged to apply. Those who have completed their residency training and are board-certified or board-eligible in their specialty are especially encouraged to apply.
For U.S./Canada graduates and for foreign medical graduates, the minimum requirement for admission is one clinical year of internship or a transitional clinical year in an ACGME-accredited hospital in the U.S. or Canada.
Our goal is to provide all those accepted into the program total or substantial financial support.
- Health Insurance: for non-military first-year residents, health insurance is provided through the Harvard Student Health Plan. For non-military second-year residents, health insurance is provided via the Massachusetts State Health Connector Bronze or Gold plan.
- Life & Long-Term Disability Insurance: for non-military residents, term life insurance and long-term disability insurance are provided for both years of residency.
- Massachusetts Medical Society membership
Yes. It is expected that all who complete the program will take the Board Examination in Preventive Medicine (Occupational Medicine track) and become board certified in this specialty.
Some graduates pursue clinical practice as staff physicians or as directors of occupational health clinics; others choose an academic path, follow their research interests, and become tenure-track faculty in leading Universities around the world. Some become staff in advocacy organizations that specialize in environmental health issues. Many are in positions of influence in government and academic settings.
For additional information about the OEMR Program please contact Program Coordinator Annie Rodriguez.