jimmy renfro, m.ed. assistant director, career services residency 100 eras primer
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Jimmy Renfro, M.Ed.Assistant Director, Career Services
Residency 100ERAS Primer
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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:• 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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[email protected]@unthsc.edu