2.  Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)  Deadlines › Opens 7/1/08 › Post office opens 9/1/08 › Complete application by 9/1/08 › Match notification (Match Day) 3/19/9  Cost › 0-10 programs$60 › 11-20 programs$8 each additional › 21-30 programs$15 each additional › 31 or more$25 each additional

7.  San Francisco Match/Central Application Service (CAS) › www. SFMatch.org  Deadlines › Aug 25-Sept 1 › Rank Order List 1/8/8-1/14/9 › Match notification 1/15/8-1/21/9  Cost › $100 no limit on number of programs

8.  Urology Match › www.AUAnet.org  Deadline › Aug 25-Sept 1 › Rank Order List 1/5/09 › Match notification 1/26/09  Cost › $75 no limit on number of programs

9.  Transcript transmission fee $50 no limit on number of programs.  4-step process in ERAS: › Enter USMLE ID under the "Account" - "Profile" tab. › Authorize release of transcript under the "Documents" - "USMLE Transcript" tab. › Decide if you want automatic retransmission of your transcripts available under the "Documents" - "USMLE Transcripts" tab. › Assign transcripts to programs under the "Programs" Tab.

10.  Once you select this option, it is permanent and CANNOT be changed  You forego right to see any newly included score(s) before transcript is sent to programs.  If you are unsure, do not select automatic retransmission.  Updated transcript can be sent later

11.  ERAS photograph must be › In color › Show full front view of head and shoulders › Plain or light colored background › Measure 2 ½ X 3 ½ and not more than 3X4  Rush Photo group cost is $35

12.  Who have you worked with?  Who knows your clinical work?  Most programs want 3 letters  ERAS letters sent to OMSP with cover form and scanned into your application  SF and Urology application services request letters in sealed envelope  Target date for all letters uploaded to ERAS is 10/15/7

13. LLimit to one page WWhy this specialty? WWhy are you suited to this specialty? WWhat are you looking for in a program? YYour future plans in this specialty AActivities that solidified your choice HHave someone else look at the statement and critique

14.  Transcripts uploaded to ERAS 10/1/8  Deadline for grades to be received by OMSP 9/15/8 › No grades will be hand entered  Early match requests their transcripts from registrar to be sent with application materials.

15.  Resources › FREIDA › Program website › RMC residency program directors › RMC clerkship directors › Department mentor › Advisor  You must research requirements of each program  Apply to multiple types of programs

16.  Most interviews between Nov 1 and Jan 31  20 interviews is about max, 25 would be Herculean, 30 would be lethal  NO time off for interviews during › SubInternship › Neurology  Max 2 days off during other clerkships at the director’s discretion (they may say no!)  Make time in your schedule for interviews  Do not take Step 2 CK or CS during interviews

17.  Know your application materials  Do not leave out information  If your record has a blemish › Be honest, acknowledge issue › Discuss what you learned or how you changed › Be brief!  Practice/mock interviews

18.  Registration › Opens August 15, 2008 › Everyone must register (including military)  Deadlines › November 30, 2008 › Rank Order list February 25, 2009  Cost › $40 for 20 ranks › Late registration $90  Successful match is a binding contract  Understand NRMP agreement and match violations

19.  Review your academic credentials compared to those applying for your specialty  Apply widely and broadly  Apply to spectrum of programs (university based, university affiliated, community)  Have a back up plan prepared

20. CriteriaRank Grades in required clerkships1* USMLE Step 1 score 2† Grades in senior electives of specialty3 Number of honors grades in clerkships4 USMLE Step 2 score5 USMLE Step 2 CS pass6 Class rank7 Membership in Alpha Omega Alpha8 Medical school reputation9 Medical school academic awards10 Grades in other senior electives11 Grades in pre-clinical courses12 Published medical school research13 Research experience while in medical school14 Marianne Green, MD, Paul Jones, MD, John X. Thomas, Jr., PhD. A Comparison of Residency Selection Criteria From 1996 to 2006. AAMC Central Group on Educational Affairs meeting, 2007. NS {

21.  National average 6%  Most occur because › Not enough applications › Not enough interviews › Not enough ranks  How to prevent this › Be truthful with yourself › Listen to advice and hear what is said › Give yourself options

22.  OMSP  Student Affairs office  Advisor  Department mentor  RMC clerkship or residency director  Careers in Medicine www.aamc.org/students/cim/  ERAS Questions: erashelp@aamc.org

23.  Next class meetings › “How (not) to Interview” 10/15/8 › Review MSPE week of 10/13/8  Questions?