Transition to Residency Resources for Residency Programs

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

The AAMC’s ERAS® program supports 131 residency and fellowship specialties by providing data, training and resources, and opportunities to reach med students.

A streamlined, standard approach to collecting program director assessments of “resident readiness” for entry to GME.

A webinar about how 16 specialties decided to use program signals during the 2022-23 recruitment cycle.

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

Find resources for program directors and faculty conducting interviews, including best practices and tips for virtual interviews.

Tips for those preparing to conduct virtual interviews, including identifying a suitable environment, setting up and practicing with technology, becoming familiar with interview materials, and creating a comfortable, fair interview experience.

Tips for those preparing to conduct or organize virtual interviews, including how to address possible complications from transitioning to virtual interviews, without losing the effectiveness of the interview.

A webinar, hosted by AAMC and OPDA, that explores developing and implementing an interview process from an institutional perspective down to the program level.

A webinar that provides an overview of unconscious bias, reflects upon how biases manifest, and offers guidance on how to recognize and mitigate biases when conducting, reviewing, and scoring virtual or in-person interviews.

A webinar, hosted by AAMC and OPDA, that explains what holistic principles are, how they can help program directors, and how they can be incorporated into screening and selection processes.

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

A set of activities that all medical students should be able to perform upon entering residency, regardless of their future career specialty.

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

A test of the feasibility of medical education and training that is based on the demonstration of defined outcomes rather than on time.

Three toolkits (two new ones and one revised from its 2021 version) to help guide programs and learners as they progress through the medical education continuum.

Guidance related to residency interviews for program directors and faculty, including assistance with implementing valid and fair interview processes.

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

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.