Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple Emergency Medicine Residency Program located in Temple, Texas is committed to advancing and promoting a training environment emphasizing outreach, advocacy for equitable outcomes in healthcare, and building dynamic teams that serve our communities. We strive to uphold a mutually supportive environment for all trainees, faculty, staff, and the patients we care for.

Established in 2021, the goal of the scholarship was to encourage applicants with an interest in serving our unique community and alleviate some of the financial hardship a student might face while on an away rotation.

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple Emergency Medicine Residency Program will offer two scholarship recipients for 2026 visiting students. Scholarship recipients will be reimbursed up to $2,000 for travel, housing, and other living expenses while completing a 4-week emergency medicine clerkship at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center - Temple.

  • Applicants will receive guidance and mentorship from our outstanding faculty to help the applicant shine during their clerkship.
  • Applicants will rotate in our busy tertiary care Level 1 trauma center and help in care of our complex patient population.

Our EM Residency has a wide variety of expertise in Administration, Critical Care, EMS, Disaster Medicine, Toxicology, Ultrasound, Medical Education, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Research, and Simulation.

Emergency Medicine Clerkship
Emergency Medicine Residency

Rotation start dates for our 4-week clerkship are the following:

  • July 6, 2026 - July 31, 2026
  • August 3, 2026 - August 28, 2026
  • August 31, 2026 - September 25, 2026
  • September 28, 2026 - October 23, 2026

As the largest not-for-profit health care system in Texas and one of the largest in the United States, Baylor Scott & White serves 41 counties through 53 hospitals, more than 1,300 access points, more than 7,100 active physicians, more than 59,000 team members and the Baylor Scott & White Health Plan.

About BSWH
BSWH by the numbers

Who should apply

Full time fourth year medical students or a third-year medical student who has completed all required core clinical clerkships. Students entering the current year's match that are rom LCME or AOA accredited medical schools within the United States and Puerto Rico but whose home institution is outside of Temple, Texas are welcome to apply. Students must first submit a rotation application through the Association of American Medical Colleges' (AAMC) Visiting Student Learning Opportunities (VSLO) website. Senior students from Baylor College of Medicine that are not assigned to Temple as their home campus may apply after they have been scheduled to a visiting elective. Students must be in good academic standing at an accredited medical school within the United States.

How to apply

Submit all application materials to the contacts listed below.

Clerkship coordinator Hilary.Martinez@BSWHealth.org or clerkship director Pratiksha.Naik@BSWHealth.org

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, and we plan to award two scholarships for this year.

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Application requirements

  • Personal statement (<500 words) - Please describe how your background has influenced your desire to become a physician, your aspirations for your clinical practice in the future, how are you currently serving your community to advance equitable outcomes in healthcare, and how training at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Temple Emergency Medicine Residency Program would serve your goals.
  • If you have faced challenging economic circumstances, please tell us how this opportunity may help you.
  • CV
  • Medical school transcript
  • One (1) Letter of Recommendation from a faculty member who can attest to the student's commitment to a career in Emergency Medicine
  • Completed application page

Train at one of U.S. News & World Report's top hospitals in Texas

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple is a 640-bed teaching and research hospital with a Level I trauma center.

About our hospital in Temple
About our Temple campus

Institutional overview

Scott & White Medical Center (Temple) Emergency Medicine Residency Program was established in 1992. We are a Level I Trauma, tertiary referral center combined with McLane's Children's Hospital ED which is designated as Level 2 Trauma. We serve an annual census of approximately 80,000 patients per year at our main site. Additionally, Mclane's Children's hospital serves approximately 39,000 patients per year.

Contact us

Hilary Martinez
Clerkship Coordinator
Email: Hilary.Martinez@BSWHealth.org
Phone: 254.724.9816

Pratiksha Naik, MD
 Clerkship Director
Email: Pratiksha.Naik@BSWHealth.org

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple
2401 S. 31st St.
Temple, TX 76508


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