Electronic Residency Application Service
As an additional resource to improve the application process, gastroenterology has enrolled into the Electronic Residency Application Service® (ERAS) as an additional resource to improve the application process. ERAS takes advantage of today’s technology to provide a user-friendly, streamline application process for both training programs and fellowship applicants. We are now coordinating efforts to enroll gastroenterology into ERAS for positions to begin July 2013.
ERAS is a program offered by the Association of American Medical Colleges and provides applicants with a user-friendly interface to create and submit application material. This easy-to-use software also allows programs to manage the entire application process, from filing material to scheduling and ranking applicants. Its tools are customizable to help you quickly locate applicants with the characteristics your program is looking for in order to recruit the best applicants for your program.
To date, nearly 30 residency specialties and 18 subspecialties participate in ERAS. This means most if not all potential candidates for your program are already familiar with the ERAS process through their residency application experience. In fact, applicants have expressed overwhelming support for a universal, electronic Web-based application over traditional paper application processes.
This service is free for participating programs; it is maintained by fees from applicants.
ERAS will send an email to GI training programs, along with enrollment information. Feel free to contact Joy Akinyi at jakinyi@gastro.org or 301-272-1185 with any questions you may have or visit ERAS at www.aamc.org/eras.
