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Please note: 

This program is participating in the Universal Interview Offer Day recommended by the AOA's Council of Orthopaedic Residency Directors (CORD).  Universal interview offer date for 2023, will be updated later this summer. 

CORD Interview Offer Day

  • We will send Interview offers according to CORD recommendations.
  • We will only offer as many interview spots as we have available.
  • Each applicant will then have 48 hours to respond to the invitation.
  • If an applicant declines an interview or there is no response in the designated time frame, we may extend an invitation to another applicant.
  • There will be no set timeline for the second or any subsequent waves of interview offers.
  • All questions regarding interview offers should be directed to our Program Coordinator, Melissa Trimble.
    Email: Melissa-Trimble@ouhsc.edu
    Phone: 405-271-5964

Residency Application Information

Interview Dates:
Dates will be updated later this summer.


How to Apply

Deadline for submitting Videos and Letters of Interest: October 15, 2023 11:59 pm central time. 

Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS): We use ERAS for the NRMP match process. An Applicant Information Sheet is available to explain how it works by accessing the Internet at www.aamc.org/eras.

Application Requirements:
We require the following documents, most of which can be transmitted to us by ERAS after you supply them to your Dean's Office:

1. Completed ERAS Application

2. Personal Statement (via ERAS)

3. Medical School Transcript (via ERAS)

4. Dean's Letter (MSPE) (via ERAS)

5. Three (3) or more Letters of Recommendation (via ERAS)

6. High-Resolution Photograph (via ERAS)

7. USMLE Transcript and/or COMPLEX Transcript (via ERAS) We require a complete and official transcript from NBME.

8. ECFMG Status Report (foreign medical graduates only) (via ERAS)

9. Medical School Transcript: If you have already graduated from medical school, your transcript should include the entire fourth year.

10. Recommendation Letters: A letter from orthopedic faculty with whom you have worked at your school will carry the most weight and is recommended. Following that, in descending order of preference, letters from other orthopedic faculty, other medical school faculty, practicing orthopedic surgeons, and other physicians who are familiar with you.

Additional Information: We receive approximately 500 - 600 completed applications through ERAS each year. Our Screening Committee reviews these applications and approximately 60 applicants are invited to interview on 3 selected days in late December and/or early January. Most applicants invited to interview are well-rounded individuals who are in the upper one-third of their class and have high board scores. Many are members of AOA and Gold Humanism Society. We typically do not contact applicants about documents missing in their files. Any file that is not complete by the deadline will not be reviewed in the screening process.

In addition to the documents listed above, we encourage all applicants to submit a separate OU Letter of Interest and/or a brief video (see below). This allows our team of reviewers to evaluate your interest in our program and in living in Oklahoma. While your application will be considered complete without this submission, the information provided is very valuable to the review process.

Residency Program Coordinator
Melissa Trimble, C-TAGME
Email: Melissa-Trimble@ouhsc.edu
Phone: 405-271-5964

Residency Program Agreement Sample

Resident Eligibility and Selection Sample

Separate OU Letter of Interest - Deadline to submit, October 15, 2023

Submit your Letter of Interest to ou-orthopedics@ouhsc.edu , write a brief personal letter of interest to be reviewed by the Residency Selection Committee. Your statement should include the following information:

  • A brief summary about yourself.
  • A description of your short and long-term goals.
  • Any involvement or ties you may have to the State of Oklahoma or the surrounding region, and/or a brief explanation of why you believe you would do well living and training in Oklahoma for five years.
  • Your medical school class standing. This includes estimated class standing, such as quartiles, quintiles, etc.
  • An accounting for any breaks in your education greater than three months since high school.

 Separate OU Interest Video - Deadline to submit, October 15, 2023

Submit your Interest Video to ou-orthopedics@ouhsc.edu. Send us a brief personal video to be reviewed by the Residency Selection Committee.  The video may be submitted by email, YouTube/vimeo link, etc.  If you have difficulty submitted your video please contact us.  Your video should include the following.

  • A brief summary about yourself.
  • A description of your short and long-term goals.
  • Any involvement or ties you may have to the State of Oklahoma or the surrounding region, and/or a brief explanation of why you believe you would do well living and training in Oklahoma for five years.