1. Jimmy Renfro, M.Ed. Assistant Director, Career Services December 16, 2011

2. Electronic Residency Application Service The online common application for most AOA and ACGME internship and residency programs.

3. https://www.aamc.org/students/medstudents/eras/ You will eventually have a login to ‘MyERAS’ once the login tokens are made available to the class of 2013 (end of June). This is how you will access and maintain your ERAS application. Other useful areas of the site: MyERAS login Important Dates Resources/User Guide Lots of great tutorials! Participating Specialties/Programs

4. Components: Student: Input application fields/create CV Personal Statement (multiple) Send: COMLEX and/or USMLE Select programs/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)

5. Be Prepared to Pay: $85 for first 10 programs, per Match (AOA, ACGME), per specialty. Goes up incrementally per program after first 10 applied ($8-15-25/ea.) Consider all travel expenses!

6. Career Services maintains (5 years) Shoot for 4-6, specialty-specific Clinical Faculty! “Confidential” status Program perception LOR Request Form (for preceptor) Summary Request (OrgSync) http://www.hsc.unt.edu/departments/StudentAffairs/Career Services/ERAS.cfm

7. 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

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

9. Identifying Information/Unique Characteristics (from Profile) Academic History/Academic Progress (from Transcript/Curriculum) Clinical Comments – Final Evaluation “Summative” rather than “Normative” comments Dean’s Summary (from Interview and Profile) Sample

10. June 2012 - Tokens are distributed by Student Affairs around the end of the month July 1, 2012 (projected) - Applicants begin completion of the online common application Mid-July 2012 (projected) - Osteopathic programs begin accepting online applications

11. September 15, 2012 (new!) Allopathic programs begin receiving online applications October 1, 2012 (new!) MSPE/Dean’s Letters for ALLOPATHIC applicants released October 15, 2012 MSPE/Dean’s Letter for OSTEOPATHIC applicants released

12. Now Develop CV and Personal Statement (Due by Dean’s Interview appointment) Set up OrgSync account, join ‘TCOM 2013’ Letters of Rec – request/follow-up January – August Online scheduling system for Dean’s Interviews Residency Counseling is available now Online Personal Profile: Due by Dean’s Interview! Dean’s Interview appointment/residency counseling (Dr. Nash or Dr. Dayberry) Residency Counseling with Eryn Loney = Dean’s Interview with Dr. Dayberry

14. Residency 101: March 23 prior to IR Fair ERAS Tutorial Workshops CV/Personal Statement Workshops Interviewing Skills Workshops Peer Advisors (March-April) Class Chats (March-April) Internship & Residency Fair March 23, 2012 1:00-3:00 MET Building

16. Jimmy Renfro Assistant Director, Career Services EAD 116-B (817) 735-2501 James.Renfro@unthsc.edu For CV, Personal Statement, and other ERAS help: http://www.hsc.unt.edu/departments/Student Affairs/CareerServices/