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ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service)

ERAS was implemented in 1995 for students applying to OB/GYN residencies, but has grown to include allopathic and some osteopathic residency programs in Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, Radiology, US Army, and PGY-1 Transitional Year. ERAS user information is made available to students in late June through the KCOM Office of Academic and Clinical Educational Affairs. Starting in the summer of 2000, ERAS will be run through the Internet instead of using student diskettes. Follow directions carefully for obtaining letters of recommendation, transcripts, and board scores for inclusion in your ERAS file. The electronic residency application service (ERAS) will open to osteopathic students on July 1, 2005, and on July 15, 2005, to all AOA internship programs. All students are required to follow the steps listed below.

1. Research Programs and Contact Them for Information
   
   Please consult the "Opportunities" website to research all osteopathic programs.
   
   Contact the programs you are interested in to find out more about their program, requirements and deadlines. Also, confirm that the program is participating in ERAS 2005 before sending your application materials to them via ERAS.
   
   Note: It is your responsibility to ensure the program's participation in ERAS and to meet all eligibility requirements and deadlines of the programs you select. ERAS does not refund fees because of missed deadlines, errors in your application, unfulfilled requirements, or if a program does not download files that are transmitted.
2. Request Your Token and Manual
   
   Contact your designated dean's office for your token. Only your own designated dean's office can generate a electronic token you can use. Each designated dean's office establishes processing procedures for ERAS applications, including the schedule for distributing materials, downloading applicant files, scanning transcripts, attaching documents, processing letters of recommendation, and sending files to programs. Contact your designated dean's office to check their schedule. Don't expect your designated dean's office to attach or transmit your files at the last minute. Processing may take a week or longer. If there is a problem with transmissions, you could miss a deadline. Give your designated dean's office and yourself ample time around deadlines.
3. Register on MyERAS
   
   It is important to register early. Your designated dean's office cannot begin working on your application until you have registered: http://www.aamc.org/audienceeras.htm. Go to MyERAS. Click on the register button to access the registration page. Carefully fill out all required questions, and type your token in correctly. You can only register once; therefore, carefully enter all information accurately and review it to ensure accuracy before submitting.
4. Create My Profile
   
   After you have registered, you will arrive at the My Profile page. You can work on My Profile now, or you may work on it later. We recommend that you complete as much as you can right away.
   
   My Profile contains information that you can update anytime during the application season.
5. Create Your MyERAS Application
6. Work with My Documents
   
   In the My Documents work area, you can create personal statements, create a list of recommendation writers, and authorize retransmission of your USMLE and/or NBOME transcripts.
7. Select Programs
   
   To begin selecting programs, click on the link for My Programs. From there, you may look up programs as well as, review Selected Programs and/or Applied to Programs. Selected vs. Applied to Programs.
8. Assign Documents to My Programs
   
   All programs that you apply to will receive the same Common Application Form (CAF) Dean's Letter/MSPE, transcript and photo, your personal statement(s), letters of recommendation, and COMLEX transcript. Applicants will also be able to assign different combinations of recommendations to their programs.
9. Send your Application to Programs
   
   To transmit your application to programs, you must make payment in MyERAS. Before you complete the payment process:
   
   Review your list to ensure that you've met all eligibility requirements and deadlines.
   
   Review the fee schedule to understand how your ERAS fees were calculated.
10. Check the Status of Your Application (The Applicant Document Tracking System --ADTS)
    
    Track the status of your ERAS application materials using the Applicant Document Tracking System (ADTS). The ADTS lists each program that you applied to, the dates the documents were uploaded by your designated dean's office, and the date the program downloaded each document.
11. Adding Programs/Updating Assignments
    
    Additional Programs: You can apply to additional programs at any time.
12. Keeping My Profile Current
    
    Information in My Profile is very important to programs you have applied to, and it is essential that you keep it up-to-date.
13. Register For the AOA Match
    
    Click on the following link to register for the AOA Match: http://www.natmatch.com/aoairp/

If you have technical questions contact the ERAS help line 202-828-0413 or by e-mail at myeras@aamc.org for all other questions contact your Dean's office.

Further information can be obtained from the KCOM Office of Academic & Clinical Educational Affairs (Tabitha Sawyer, Clinical Technology Coordinator (660.626.2008) tsawyer@atsu.edu) or the ERAS website at:

• http://www.aamc.org/audienceeras.htm