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ERAS Residency Application Service - Your Guide to Applying for Internship and Residency Programs

Learn about ERAS, the Electronic Residency Application Service, the online common application for AOA and ACGME internship and residency programs. Find out how to access and maintain your ERAS application, attach documents, and pay for the application. Get tips on requesting letters of recommendation and writing your personal statement. Stay updated with important dates and resources.

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ERAS Residency Application Service - Your Guide to Applying for Internship and Residency Programs

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  1. Residency 100ERAS Primer Jimmy Renfro, M.Ed. Assistant Director, Career Services

  2. Submit Questions Live James.Renfro@unthsc.edu

  3. What is ERAS? Electronic Residency Application Service The online common application for most AOA and ACGME internship and residency programs.

  4. ERAS Website https://www.aamc.org/students/medstudents/eras/ • You will obtain a login to ‘MyERAS’ once ERAS releases the tokens to the class of 2015 (end of June—all medical schools). This is how you will access and maintain your ERAS application. • AAMC ID/VSAS • Other useful areas of the site: • MyERAS login • Important Dates • Resources/User Guide • Lots of great tutorials! • Participating Specialties/Programs

  5. What is ERAS? (cont’d) Components: Student: • Input application fields/create ‘CV’ • Personal Statement (multiple) • Send: COMLEX and/or USMLE • Select programs/assign certain documents Career Services: • Attach: Letters of Rec (3-4) per student request • Attach: UNTHSC/TCOM Transcript • Attach: Dean’s Letter/MSPE • Attach: Photo-optional (default: ID photo)

  6. What is ERAS? (cont’d) Be Prepared to Pay (2014 costs): • $95 for first 10 programs, per Match (AOA, ACGME), per specialty. • Goes up incrementally per program after first 10 applied ($10-16-26/ea.) • Board Transcripts: $75/ea. (one time fee) • ERAS fees page (credit card only) • Consider all travel expenses!

  7. Letters of Recommendation • Career Services maintains (5 years) • Shoot for 4-6, specialty-specific • Clinical Faculty! • “Confidential” status (default = YES) • Program perception • LOR Request Form (for preceptor) • Summary Request: OrgSync – Career Services https://orgsync.com/38566/forms/42605 • Letter-writers may upload into ERAS directly! http://www.hsc.unt.edu/departments/StudentAffairs/CareerServices/ERAS.cfm

  8. LOR Summary

  9. Personal Statement • One page (appx. 650-900 words) • Specific to your chosen specialty / career goals • Components: • Explain your specialty choice and how you arrived at it, including a discussion of medical school rotations, clerkships, and other experiences that helped you formulate your decision. Also, why medicine as a career? • Describe what you are seeking in a residency program, i.e. research opportunities, academic research, etc. • Discuss your career goals; what do you plan to do in your chosen field? How can the residency program help you achieve your goals? • Send to Career Services for review

  10. Dean’s Letter/MSPE • Also known as: Medical School Performance Evaluation • Three Phases: • Dean’s Letter Profile~CV/Personal Statement • Advisory College Interview • Writing/editing • ‘MyHSC’: • Interview Scheduling • Profile

  11. Anatomy of a Dean’s Letter • Identifying Information/Unique Characteristics (from Profile) • Academic History/Academic Progress (from Transcript/Curriculum) • Clinical Comments– Final Evaluation “Summative” rather than “Formative” comments • Summary (from Interview and Profile) • Sample

  12. ERAS Timeline • June 2014 - Tokens are distributed by ERAS via Career Services around the end of the month (national date set by AAMC/ERAS) • July 1, 2014 (projected) - Applicants may begin completion of the online common application (set by ERAS) • July 15, 2014 (projected) - OSTEOPATHIC programs begin accepting online applications

  13. ERAS Timeline • September 15, 2014 (projected) • ALLOPATHIC programs begin receiving online applications • October 1, 2014 • MSPE/Dean’s Letters for ALLOPATHIC and OSTEOPATHIC applicants released

  14. What Now? • Now • Develop CV and Personal Statement (Due by Dean’s Interview appointment) • Letters of Rec – request/follow-up • Stay active in OrgSync; join ‘TCOM 2015’ • Follow Career Services on Twitter! @UNTHSCareers • January – July • Online scheduling for Summary Interviews will be available in January • Online Personal Profile: Due by February 1, 2014! (unless otherwise specified) • Dean’s Letter interview with College Advisor

  15. MyHSC Login

  16. Other Ongoing Services • Residency 101: Friday, March 7, prior to IR Fair (CEEAD Building – Luibel/Atrium) • ERAS Tutorial/Dean’s Letter Workshops • CV/Personal Statement Workshops • Interviewing Skills Workshops • Peer Advisors (February-May) • Class Chats (March-April) Internship & Residency Fair March 7, 2014, 2:00-4:00 CEEAD Building - Atrium

  17. Career Services Contact Info For CV, Personal Statement, and other ERAS help: http://www.hsc.unt.edu/departments/StudentAffairs/CareerServices Jimmy Renfro Assistant Director EAD 110-B (817) 735-2501

  18. More Details Soon!I/R Fair – March 7, 2014Submit program invitation requests to: CareerCenter@unthsc.edu

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