Navigating ERASNavigating ERAS

Main Websites:

ERAS

ECFMG - OASIS

Registering for MyERAS: June

1. Get your Token from your OASIS site (via ECFMG.org) – costs $90

2. Download the MyERAS User Guide off the ERAS site

3. Edit your contact information on your OASIS Main Page

4. Upload a photo on OASIS within the ERAS Support Services section

OASIS Main Page

Token Page: within ERAS Support Services

MyERAS: opens in July1. Once you have your ERAS Token and have read through the User Guide you can register

with MyERAS

2. First begin by making your profile

3. Next work on the Application itself – this takes a while so start early

Profile

Advice on Specific Fields:• Keep your “Present Address” up to date• NBOME ID (COMLEX): ignore this, it is related to

osteopathic schools• Match Information section: Check the box that you are

participating in the NRMP (National Residency Match Program)

• If you aren’t sure what ACLS and PALS are you should leave them unchecked

• ECFMG Certification: you don’t get this until you graduate, so check No

Application

• Includes your CV and your CAF

• Advice on Specific Fields– Again, you are NOT certified by the ECFMG– Degree you get from RCSI: MB, BCh, BAO– Experience section:

• This takes a long time so start it early!• What to include:

– Work experience: include descriptions of your summer electives here– Volunteer: include observerships/shadowing and club/society activities here– Publications: include published papers, poster presentations and oral presentation

(ie Grand Rounds, Case Competitions, etc)– Anything interesting that makes you stand out should be in there!

CAF/CV Examples

Supporting Documents• Transcripts

– Request a transcript on Moodle after your 4th med marks have been calculated– Transcripts must be sent with a document submission form: On OASIS in the ERAS Support

services section go to “document submission form” and fill in the appropriate info then print and sign the form and mail it to ECFMG with your transcripts

• MSPE– Fill out an OASIS “document submission form” with the relevant information for your MSPE, print,

sign and mail the form to the appropriate RCSI office

• Personal Statement– Should not exceed one page on ERAS (~640 words)– In your MyERAS go to documents and personal statement and click “create personal statement” for

each one of your personal statements, and label them by specialty/ program

• Letters of Recommendation– In your MyERAS go to documents and LoRs and click “designate new LoR writer”– Write the name of the doc, their department, position and hospital as the title of the letter– Click “print cover sheet” to the right of the name on the main LoR page– Fill out an OASIS “document submission form” with the relevant information for your writer, then

print and sign the form– Once all the relevant forms have been sent to your letter writer click to “submit LoR request”(see

LoR word doc on the career guidance section of Moodle, at the bottom of the Clinical Electives section)

• Letters cannot be uploaded by ERAS unless a slot has been reserved– Upload all of the letters you have – you may pick and choose which to use for each program later

on

Document Submission Form

ERAS LoR Page

Select Programs & Assign Documents

1. Go to the programs tab on your MyERAS2. Click the “search programs” tab, and search by

specialty and state3. Click on the desired program link4. Click to Select the following:

– Click “categorical”– Appropriate personal statement (if >1) – Which LoRs you want to send to the program

• Make sure you have researched the program’s requirements

– Send photograph– Click “Select” at the bottom to finish– NOTE: you are not committed to applying until you have hit

select AND paid the application fee

Certify and Transmit Your App

• Check through your application SEVERAL TIMES THOROUGHLY

• When you are completely happy, click to certify it on the MyERAS Application page– YOU CANNOT CHANGE YOUR CAF OR CV ONCE

YOUR APP IS SUBMITTED

• When you have your list of programs selected and their respective documents assigned, go to the Programs tab and then to the “apply to programs” tab

IMPORTANT

• You DO NOT have to wait for all of your USMLE score reports or all of your rec letters to be in before certifying your application and applying to programs

• It is critical to get your applications off EARLY! So don’t wait around just because one letter or your CS score aren’t in yet

• You DO have to have reserved your LoR slots and selected all the appropriate letters on the document selection page of MyERAS-Program Selection, but it is ok to apply before all documents have been received

• Some programs may contact you before all of your forms are in, and some may wait until they can see all of your scores and letters

Final Thoughts• Keep your profile updated, and notify programs of any

change to your contact information• It’s not necessary, but it may be more convenient to set

up a separate email address for your applications (ie if you already use gmail, set up a new yahoo account), that way you have all your application/interview emails in one place, you won’t mix them up and you won’t risk not receiving things because of spam filters– On the same note, don’t use your RCSI email account for

applications – if the spam filter decides to stop an email, you may not hear about an interview for over a week

– You can also monitor the message board on MyERAS, though the messages are the same as the emails you will receive and it’s usually easier to respond by a normal email account

• Apply broadly, and don’t be afraid to apply to top programs – it’s often hard to predict which programs will like you, so cast a wide net and aim high because you never know

GOOD LUCK!

Work hard and get your apps out early

You will get interviews

You will Match