APPLICATION PROCESS FOR ERAS
BY

DR FARAZ KHAN LUNI

DR SYED ALI HAMID

DR MUHAMMAD ALI KHAN

(DOW MEDICAL COLLEGE, BATCH OF 2008)

1st July

OBTAIN  ERAS TOKEN

1. Go to www.ecfmg.org
2. Click on OASYS and sign in
3. Click on ERAS SUPPORT SERVICES
4. Click on ERAS TOKEN REQUEST

You will be charged  $90

Use your token to log on at the link below:
http://www.aamc.org/audienceeras.htm
Go to “For Residency Applicants” and click “MyERAS Login”
After you have logged on at MyERAS and established your account, the Token is of no further use. Each ERAS applicant is issued only one Token. Once a Token has been issued, it cannot be replaced by a new one

1. When you have established an account you will be issued an AAMC ID. Use this number for all communications in ERAS whether sending LORs, MSPE, Transcripts.

• As soon as you get your ERAS token send your

1. MSPE( Medical School Performance Evaluation)
2. Transcripts (called 9 letters in Dow),
3. At least 4 Letters of Recommendations to ECFMG who will scan and upload them. Send the documents as soon as possible as ECFMG takes time to upload the documents. (Allow a period of 4 weeks from the time ECFMG receives your documents to the time they get uploaded) You can send as many LORs as you want and they will all be uploaded but you can choose only 4 of them to apply on one program. Get LORs from people preferably in the field you are planning to apply in and from people who will write personalized LORs. Attach a cover letter/cover sheet. A cover letter/cover sheet contains instructions for letter writers. To print a cover letter, log onto www.aamc.org/eras and click the section marked ERAS for residency applicants. Then click on resources to download. There you will find a link for the cover sheet. Print the one which says ‘for Internal Medical Graduates’. The one for US graduates is different and is also available on the same page so make sure you print the correct one.
4. All documents sent to ERAS require a Document Submission Form (DSF) to be attached as well. To access this form go to www.ecfmg.org, log into OASIS and click on ERAS Support services. There you will find a link for the DSF. You can print one DSF form for all the documents you wish to send at one particular time.
5. Write your personal statement and choose programs and fill the ERAS application carefully
6. Upload your photo

1st September

APPLICATION PROCESS FOR PROGRAMS STARTS

• $ for applying in programs
  Up to 10: $75
  11-20: $8 each
  21-30: $15 each
  31 or more: $25 each

Apart from the money charged above the NBME chares $70 fee for transmitting USMLE/NBME transcripts for applicants to programs, regardless of the number of transcripts requested.

Example 1: An applicant applies to 40 Emergency Medicine programs, fees are $305.

[$75 + (10 x $8) + (10 x $15) + (10 x $25)]   +  70
[This part depends on number of programs]       [transcript fee]

• Apply as soon as possible, preferably 1st September. Don’t wait for your LORs to reach ERAS before you apply.
• Just assign LORs writers on ERAS and the LORs will reach the programs as soon as the LORs are uploaded.

1. Sign in to ERAS
2. Click on DOCUMENTS TAB
3. Click on LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION tab
4. Click on DESIGNATE A NEW LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION WRITER tab and designate a letter writer

You can check whether ECFMG has received your mailed documents by following the steps below

• Go to www.ecfmg.org
• Click on OASYS and sign in
• Click on ERAS SUPPORT SERVICES
• VERIFY RECIEPT OF ERAS DOCUMENTS

Also if you are waiting for your result just select the option that the result is pending and submit the application because the program will get your result as soon as it’s released. If you have completed all your exams and are certified your number of interview calls will be more than if u have given only one exam at that time or have applied very late.

REGISTER AT NRMP

• Go to www.nrmp.org
• Register yourself before November otherwise you have to pay a fine. You need to register with NRMP to submit your ROL (Rank Order List)
• It will cost around $50

Late Oct-Early Feb

INTERVIEW SEASON

• Programs start contacting you regarding interviews from the first week of October. Some may call you very late in the season
• The actual interviews start from late October to early February depending on the program

Late Febuary (around 3rd week of Feb)

SUBMIT YOUR ROL (RANK ORDER LIST)

• Rate the programs in which you have interviewed according to your choice. Dont rank them in order in which you think you will get in but in order in which you like them and want to get into them
• Dont wait till the last day to aubmit your ROL

Mid March

MATCH DAY

• If the program likes you and you like them, then ITS A MATCH! You have gotten into a residency program. The way it works is that program rank candidates and you also rank the program of your choice. The computer matches both the program and the candidate’s choice and matches.