Jimmy Renfro, M.Ed.Assistant Director, Career Services

Residency 100ERAS Primer

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James.Renfro@unthsc.edu

What is ERAS?

Electronic

Residency

Application

Service

The online common application for most AOA and ACGME internship and residency

programs.

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

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)

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 ERAS fees page (credit card only)• Consider all travel expenses!

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 https://orgsync.com/38566/forms/42605

• Letter-writers may upload into ERAS directly!http://www.hsc.unt.edu/departments/StudentAffairs/CareerServices/ERAS.cfm http://www.hsc.unt.edu/departments/StudentAffairs/CareerServices/ERAS.cfm

LOR Summary

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

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

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

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

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

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 @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

MyHSC Login

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 FairInternship & Residency FairMarch 7, 2014, 2:00-4:00March 7, 2014, 2:00-4:00CEEAD Building - AtriumCEEAD Building - Atrium

Career Services Contact Info

For CV, Personal Statement, and other ERAS help:

http://www.hsc.unt.edu/departments/StudentAffairs/CareerServiceshttp://www.hsc.unt.edu/departments/StudentAffairs/CareerServices

Jimmy Renfro Assistant Director

EAD 110-B(817) 735-2501

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