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

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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: Career Services: 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 (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 Letter-writers may upload into ERAS directly! 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

Medical School Performance Evaluation 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) October 1, 2014 ALLOPATHIC programs begin receiving online applications October 1, 2014 MSPE/Dean’s Letters for ALLOPATHIC and OSTEOPATHIC applicants released

What Now? Now January – July 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

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 Fair March 7, 2014, 2:00-4:00 CEEAD Building - Atrium

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

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