Using ERAS® Data to Support Medical School Deans and Advisors
Dean's Office WorkStation (DWS) Analytics for Schools enables medical school deans and advisors to harness the power of ERAS® data by generating a broad array of useful reports that provide insight into students’ activities in applying to residency. Medical school officials can access the rich and robust data that they can only get from the ERAS system to understand trends, identify new opportunities, evaluate, and measure impacts.
All DWS users will have access to their institution’s reports. Users sign in with their AAMC username and password to access DWS Analytics for Schools.
New for the 2025 ERAS season! DWS Analytics for Schools has been improved. The AAMC applied community feedback to make the application even more powerful and easy to use:
- Student Activity – Access this newly reorganized section that displays frequently used data points, such as student counts and document assignment activity.
- Application Package Overview – Review student application details by number of interview invites, filter by specialty, and compare historical application data.
- Interview Activity - Track your students’ interview activity with the programs to which they have applied. Now featuring Thalamus Interview data.
- Aggregate and Detailed Export – Get monthly updates of Thalamus interview data, as well as expanded downloadable historical application data.
Learn the basics of this system by watching a recorded webinar: Harnessing ERAS Data in DWS Analytics for Schools.
Versatile Interactive Dashboards
Student Activity: Track students’ overall progress through the ERAS season from registering tokens to accepting interview invitations.
Application Package Overview: See individual students’ actions in the current seasons, including assigning documents and completing applications; gain insight into program signals and geographic preferences.
Specialty and Program Overview: View students’ specialty and program application and match trends from the current season and year over year.
Interviews: Access visualizations and reports on student progress through the interview process; examine season-over-season trends, gain demographic insights.
Users can generate CSV self-service exports for aggregate data.
Need Help? Contact ERAS Support.
DWS Analytics for Schools Job Aids
If you need help using DWS Analytics for Schools, take time to review these helpful PDF job aids.
Interactive dashboard job aids:
- ERAS Analytics Landing Page Dashboard Job Aid.
- ERAS Analytics Student Activity Dashboard Job Aid.
- ERAS Analytics Application Package Overview Dashboard Job Aid.
- ERAS Analytics Specialty and Program Dashboard.
- ERAS Analytics Interview Dashboard Job Aid.
Data export job aids: