Invited Applicant Portal

1. Complete and return the Applicant Acknowledgment Form to Michelle Bradley, michelle.bradley@erlanger.org. Our GME Office requires that we have this on file for every interviewing applicant. If we do not receive it prior to your interview, we must cancel it.
2. (Optional) Record the pronunciation of your name on NameDrop (it's free) and email the link to Michelle Bradley. We'll include it in your ERAS file for interviewers.
3. (Optional) Submit questions to this Microsoft Form that will be answered by residents during the social the night before your interview.

1. IMPORTANT! Before you interview, watch the Program Introduction video by Dr. Karla Garcia, Program Director. You can also download the PDF of her slides in the video here. [Many of your general questions are answered here and you can focus your interview time with the Program Director on other topics.]
2. Thoroughly review videos and Webpages on our website, as many of your questions are answered here.
3. View our 360 degree virtual tours of our clinical spaces here:
   1. Children's Hospital at Baroness Erlanger
   2. Kennedy Children's Outpatient Center
   3. Amenities for all UTCOM Chattanooga Residents/Fellows
4. Review the Applicant Checklist, for before/during/after interview reminders.
5. Review the Zoom Tipsheet for Applicants.
6. Review the Interviewer Composite and Resident Composite. You'll be meeting some of these people on Zoom.
7. (Optional) Schedule a test Zoom with Michelle Bradley, Program Manager to test your tech.

1. REMINDER: (Optional) Submit questions to this Microsoft Form that will be answered by residents during the social the night before your interview.
2. From 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET, you will Zoom with current residents for a fun, casual and optional social. You'll get to see all the residents' favorite Chattanooga places and have an opportunity to ask lots of questions!

3. Zoom info:

   Social Night Zoom Link 

   Meeting ID: 941 6629 5202
   Passcode: PedsFun

   Dial by your location
           +1.929.436.2866 US (New York)
           +1.301.715.8592 US (Washington DC)

4. If you wish to attend a social but cannot make it to the one the evening before your interview, you are welcome to attend any other date. It is the same link for all the resident-applicant social events.
5. If you wish to attend more than one social, feel free to do so. You are welcome to come!

1. You will interview with four representatives of the Pediatrics Selection Committee.
   1. Program Director
   2.  One Associate or Assistant Program Director
   3. Two Pediatrics Faculty, one of which is interviewer is blinded to your application; meaning they have not reviewed your application before hand and are brand new to you!
      
      
2. Typical schedule:
   1. Log into Zoom 15 minutes before scheduled interview start time (8:30 am, 10:30 am or 1:00 pm ET)
   2. 10 mins. introduction of the interviewers
   3. Interview #1, followed by a 5 min break in your private breakout room with camera/sound off
   4. Interview #2, followed by a 5 min break in your private breakout room with camera/sound off
   5. Interview #3, followed by a 5 min break in your private breakout room with camera/sound off
   6. Interview #4, followed by a 5 min break in your private breakout room with camera/sound off
   7. Exit Zoom at 10:30AM, 12:30 pm or 3:00 pm ET
      
      
3. Zoom info: 
   Interview Zoom Link
   Meeting ID: 998 4479 1569
   Passcode: chattpeds
   
   Dial by your location
   +1.312.626.6799 US (Chicago)
   +1.929.436.2866 US (New York)
   
   
4. Technology Backup Plans:
   1. Plan B: If Zoom fails on the day of your interview, the interviewers have been provided your cell phone numbers. They will text you a link on your cell phone, to have a video interview call through Doximity. You do not need to download an app, just have your cell phone handy and be able to click the texted link from each individual faculty member.
   2. Plan C: If Internet is down completely, the interviewers will call you on your cell phone for a phone interview.

1. Find information here about health insurance and other benefits offered to all residents at UTCOM Chattanooga.
2. Need information about Student Loan Forgiveness and how to supplement your income if you commit to rural pediatrics?
3. Check out a list of Things to Do in Chattanooga, provided by our GME Office!
4. (Optional) Join our GroupMe group! When you message, everyone in the group will see it and as applicants are added through interview season, they are able to see past questions and answers. The current residents and coordinator will field questions as they are posted. It is a closed group with only applicants that choose to opt-in added. The group will be archived after Rank Order List deadline.
   
   Join by the GroupMe group or by scanning this QR code: 
5. (Optional) Follow us on Instagram @uthscchattpeds and the college Instagram @uthschatt
6. (Optional) If you choose to send post-interview communication, please send them via email. Email addresses can be found in the Resident Composite and Interviewer Composite. ***NOTE: NRMP prohibits programs from communicating any language that can be misconstrued as a promise of ranking or specific ranking placement. If your note goes unanswered or is answered generically, please know we are following NRMP's strict guidelines. It should not be interpreted as our level of interest in you as an applicant.***

(Optional) Join us for Didactics on November 20th! Curious about how we structure our didactics? Checkout our schedule here.

• Friday Resident Lectures, 12:00 - 3:00 pm ET - Endo, Radiology, Adolescent Med

After the Program certifies its Rank List on February 3, 2027 and locks the rank list (we are participating in the NRMP pilot program), the Program will host TWO in-person second-look events for any candidate that interviewed. These are OPTIONAL events that are designed solely for the applicant to assist in their own rank list determination. An applicant's choice to participate WILL NOT impact their position on the Program's rank list, since it will already be locked.

Friday, February 5, 2027 - Saturday, February 6, 2027

Friday, February 12, 2027 - Saturday, February 13, 2027

Detailed registration and form found HERE.