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Application Process

Two Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship doctors working with a patient.

Positions

One position is available on a competitive basis each year in the Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at Mayo Clinic's campus in Jacksonville, Florida.

Qualifications

To apply for the Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship, you must be a board-eligible graduate of an accredited family medicine, internal medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), or emergency medicine residency program.

You must be able to obtain a full Florida medical license. Consideration is given to applicants who exhibit experience in sports medicine event coverage, research, and scholarly activity. We also require three letters of recommendation.

Also see general admissions requirements for Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education.

How to apply

The academic year begins in July.

The application and all supporting documentation must be submitted by Sept. 15 of the year preceding the program start date.

You must apply through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) for fellowship applicants.

  1. Visit the ERAS for fellowship applicants website. All applications to Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education programs must include these application materials.

    In addition to what is listed on the application materials website, this fellowship also requires:

    • A letter from your program director, which can be uploaded in ERAS as the third or fourth letter of recommendation along with your other letters
    • USMLE or COMLEX scores, which also can be uploaded in ERAS
  2. Appointments are made through the Primary Care Sports Medicine Match, which is sponsored by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). You must register for the match in addition to applying through ERAS.
  3. Applicants considered for an appointment will be invited to visit Mayo Clinic for a personal interview with the program director and selected faculty either onsite or virtually. Interviews are conducted between October and December each year.

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