UME

Rough Timeline

EM Rotations

May / June / July - EM rotation at your home institution

July / Aug / Sept / Oct - "Away" rotations

Applications

Eary-June - ERAS opens

Mid-Sept - Residency programs begin receiving ERAS submissions
Early Oct - MSPEs released to residency programs

Interviews

Oct / Nov - Interview offers go out

Nov / Dec / Jan - Interviews take place

Matching

mid-February - Rank list due
mid-March - Match day

Fourth (Third) year rotations / away rotations

First EM rotation should be at your home institution
Consider 2 (at most 3) "away" or "audition" rotations

Apply via VSLO (not all institutions use VSAS; check with their website)

Letters of Recommendation

You will need at least two SLOEs (Standardized Letter of Evaluation)

Standardized by CORD

One should be from your home institution and one (or two) more should be from your "away" rotation(s)
The author should complete your SLOE through the CORD website

You will need 1-2 additional letters of recommendation

These can be from faculty in non-EM fields (e.g. a faculty advisor, your supervisor on your IM rotation, or the PI at a research lab you worked at)
They should be uploaded by the author to the LoR Portal on the AAMC website
Dean's Letter (Medical Student Performance Evaluation - MSPE)

Program Directory (SAEM / ERAS / AAMC)

Interviews

How many interviews to do?

Applicants with 12 interviews have a 99% match rate

Unlikely to be able to fit in more than 15 interviews into your schedule

Preference Signaling

Up to 7 'Tokens' so send to programs
Signaling takes place via ERAS

Match results (2023)

	Programs	Residency Spots	% Filled
EM	276	3,010	81.6% (98.23% after SOAP)
Total PGY-1 positions	--	37,425	93.04%

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