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  • ERAS Insights

    September Residency Recruitment; Updated ERAS® Statistics

    Aug. 30, 2024

    Updates from Leadership

    Dear Colleagues, 

    As summer ends, the 2025 Electronic Residency Application Service® (ERAS®) September residency recruitment season is officially just around the corner. As we prepare for this exciting time of the year, I wanted to share three reasons I’m especially energized about this residency application season: 

    1. Through the AAMC-Thalamus collaboration, institutions will have complimentary access to Cerebellum, a comprehensive data analytics tool that will enable them to access even more detail in the recruitment cycle.  
    2. DWS Analytics for Schools will provide deans, advisors, and other student affairs professionals with insights that will enable them to support students throughout the residency recruitment season.   
    3. Medical students and residency applicants have an even more powerful resource for researching programs with the new Residency Explorer™ tool. Read more about this enhanced resource below. 

    Sharing a Moment of Gratitude  

    The ERAS team and I also have two words for the graduate medical education (GME) program community: Thank you! We asked, and you answered by registering for the ERAS season, opting in to program signaling, and requesting access to Thalamus.  

    • We have 96% of residency programs registered for the September recruitment cycle. 
    • There are 93% of eligible residency programs participating in program signals for the ERAS residency season. 
    • Nearly 85% of residency programs have opted in to Thalamus for the ERAS residency season. 
    • That means that almost 7,300 fellowship and residency programs will be using Thalamus products to support applicants and streamline the recruitment process. 

    Together we are improving the transition to residency and supporting the next generation of physicians. 

    Thank you for your continued collaboration and contributions to improving the ERAS program. We hope you will keep the ideas coming by sharing them with us. 

    Patrick Fritz  
    Senior Director for Residency and Fellowship Services 

    New! ERAS Statistics Webpage Updates: 2024 ERAS Final Program Signaling and Geographic Preferences Data 

    We have made several recent updates to the ERAS Statistics webpage: 

    • Final Program Signaling and Geographic Preference data and their impact on interview invitations by specialty is now available 
    • Final 2024 ERAS Data have also been updated for Residency, Residency Cross Specialty Applicants, and Fellowships. 

    We are sharing these data much earlier than in years past and encourage you to review and discuss them with your teams. They will also soon be available on the Careers in Medicine® (CiM) website within the respective specialty profiles. (Sign-in required; if you don’t have CiM access, contact your affiliated medical school’s CiM liaison.)   

    Program Signaling Now Available to December Cycle Fellowship Programs 

    We are pleased to extend program signaling to programs and applicants in the 2025 ERAS December fellowship cycle: 

    • National specialty leaders have until Friday, Aug. 30, at 5 p.m. ET to complete the participation form and indicate how many signals will be available to their programs. 
    • Following that date, individual programs can log in to the PDWS and use the Program Management tab to opt in to program signals for this season. The deadline to complete this action is Thursday, Oct. 31, at 5 p.m. ET. 
    • Learn more by visiting our website.  

    Take Advantage of Thalamus Training Before the Season Begins 

    All Thalamus training resources can be found on the Thalamus Training webpage.  

    Follow Thalamus on Facebook, LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), and Instagram for the latest training and season updates. 

    New Thalamus Cortex Webinar Series 

    Thalamus is excited to announce a new Cortex webinar series. This series will equip programs with the tools and knowledge to optimize your application review process. 

    Register for all four comprehensive training sessions to enhance your application review process in Cortex and Thalamus. The sessions take place from Aug. 28 to Sept. 23.  

    With expert guidance from the Thalamus Customer Success Team, you’ll learn how to prepare for the season, use Thalamus Holistic Review, manage your review team effectively, and make data-driven decisions to select the best candidates. 

    Register today to join Thalamus for the Cortex webinar series to prepare for a seamless recruitment process. 

    Residency Explorer™ Tool Now Offers Data on 5,000+ Programs in 25 Specialties 

    The updated Residency Explorer tool is now available and free to anyone with an AAMC login. Programs are encouraged to review their data. The updates benefit both applicants and programs by enabling applicants to make strategic decisions when building their application portfolio. A personalized profile paired with interview invitation data helps applicants target programs that match their personal and professional goals, while also helping programs attract candidates who are better suited and genuinely interested. This also potentially reduces application volume and enhances the overall selection process. 

    Registration Now Open for the 2024 Fall Careers in Medicine® (CiM) Workshop 

    The 2024 Fall CiM Workshop will be held on Oct. 24-25 in Washington, D.C. This two-day training is designed for those responsible for advising medical students about their career options and/or who manage the career advising program at their medical school; however, all faculty and staff engaged with career advising are welcome. Learn more and register on the meeting website. 

    New AAMC Infographic Highlights Data from the Class of 2024 

    As recent medical school graduates are starting the next step of their journey into a career in medicine, the AAMC has compiled a new infographic that looks at the accomplishments, traits, and aspirations of the graduating class of 2024 from premed through medical school. Explore these and more in the new Graduating Medical School Class Statistics infographic. 

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) Webinar Recording Now Available 

    Medical schools and residency programs can advance toward more efficient, effective, fair, and informed selection processes by thoughtfully applying artificial intelligence (AI). To help schools and programs leverage AI tools to streamline their operations and promote equity, the AAMC — in collaboration with a multidisciplinary technical advisory committee — developed six key principles to guide the design and use of AI-based selection systems. These principles were included in a recent AI webinar. Watch the webinar recording.  

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