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Transition to Residency Resources for Medical Schools

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The AAMC is engaged in community-wide collaborations with other committed partners across medical education to improve the entire undergraduate medical education to graduate medical education (UME-GME) transition.

The AAMC is deeply committed to helping medical schools improve the transition to residency for their students, from the beginning of a student’s specialty research and selection process through the completion of residency and on to clinical practice. The AAMC offers programs and resources to support the well-being, training, professional development, and equitable treatment of all medical students and residents. 

The AAMC resources on this page can help medical schools as they guide their students through the transition to residency. The resources support the nine Undergraduate Medical Education-Graduate Medical Education Review Committee (UGRC) themes: 

  1. Collaboration and Continuous Quality Improvement
  2. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 
  3. Trustworthy Advising and Definitive Resources
  4. Outcome Framework and Assessment Processes
  5. Away Rotations 
  6. Equitable, Mission-Driven Application Review
  7. Optimization of Application, Interview, and Selection Processes
  8. Educational Continuity and Resident Readiness
  9. Health and Wellness
What You Need to Know about the 2025 ERAS® Application Season

Information about the 2025 MyERAS® application and how applicants can share more information about their experiences and career goals with residency and fellowship programs.

Supports these UGRC Themes:

  • Equitable, Mission-Driven Application Review 

  • Optimization of Application, Interview, and Selection Processes 

Program Signaling for the 2025 MyERAS® Application Season

Information about how residency applicants and December cycle fellowship applicants who are applying to participating programs can use program signals to show their interest.

Supports these UGRC Themes:

  • Equitable, Mission-Driven Application Review 

  • Optimization of Application, Interview, and Selection Processes 

Visiting Student Learning Opportunities™ (VSLO®) Infographic

A new resource that provides information to assist students and advisors guiding students through the process of developing individual away rotation strategies.

Supports these UGRC Themes:

  • Trustworthy Advising and Definitive Resources 

  • Optimization of Application, Interview, and Selection Processes 

ERAS Statistics

Current and historical data and survey results related to ERAS applicants and applications.

Supports these UGRC Themes:

  • Equitable, Mission-Driven Application Review 

  • Optimization of Application, Interview, and Selection Processes 

Careers in Medicine®

A comprehensive career-planning program based on fit to help you make career decisions that leave you happy and satisfied as well as successfully land a residency position in your desired specialty.

Supports these UGRC Themes:

  • Trustworthy Advising and Definitive Resources 

  • Equitable, Mission-Driven Application Review 

  • Optimization of Application, Interview, and Selection Processes 

Professional Service
Holistic Review

Holistic Review refers to mission-aligned admissions or selection processes that consider a broad range of factors when reviewing applications.

Supports these UGRC Themes:

  • Equitable, Mission-Driven Application Review

  • Optimization of Application, Interview, and Selection Processes

Apply Smart for Residency

A series of resources that explain the residency application process and ensure that an applicant and program are the right fit.

Supports these UGRC Themes:

  • Trustworthy Advising and Definitive Resources 

  • Equitable, Mission-Driven Application Review 

  • Optimization of Application, Interview, and Selection Processes

Interviews in GME: Where Do We Go From Here?

Five considerations for programs as they decide whether to use a virtual interview format.

Supports these UGRC Themes:

  • Equitable, Mission-Driven Application Review

  • Optimization of Application, Interview, and Selection Processes

Report on Residents

An online collection of data tables that provide information on certain characteristics of residency applicants and residents, as well as information on post-residency professional activities.

Supports these UGRC Themes:

  • Equitable, Mission-Driven Application Review 

  • Optimization of Application, Interview, and Selection Processes 

  • Educational Continuity and Resident Readiness 

Supplemental ERAS Application Data and Reports

Data and reports providing a summary of the current analysis of the supplemental ERAS application for the operational pilot year.

Supports these UGRC Themes:

  • Equitable, Mission-Driven Application Review 

  • Optimization of Application, Interview, and Selection Processes 

Recommendations for the Medical Student Performance Evaluation

Recommendations for the Medical Student Performance Evaluation that allows for a holistic approach to evaluating an applicant.

Supports UGRC Themes:

  • Outcome Framework and Assessment Processes 

  • Equitable, Mission-Driven Application Review 

  • Optimization of Application, Interview, and Selection Processes

Graduation Questionnaire (GQ)

A national questionnaire administered by the AAMC that seeks to identify and address issues critical to the future of medical education and the well-being of medical students.

Supports these UGRC Themes:

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 

Curriculum Resources
Medical School Transition to Residency (TTR) Courses: Recent Trends and Current Status

This data snapshot showed that the prevalence of required TTR courses steadily increased among U.S. MD-granting schools over the past six years.

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Supports these UGRC Themes:

  • Educational Continuity and Resident Readiness
  • Collaboration and Continuous Quality Improvement
  • Outcome Framework and Assessment Processes