Thalamus Resources for the IM Community
Thalamus is a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) that partnered with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) in 2023 to advance innovation in the transition space from medical student to practicing physician. Thalamus developed products to help streamline applications, screening, and interview processes to drive holistic review. Thalamus offers both complimentary and fee-based products to assist residency and fellowship faculty and administrators navigate the application and recruitment cycle.
Complimentary Product Suite
Since 2023, AAIM and Thalamus have met quarterly to share data and discuss challenges the GME community regularly encounters in their application screening, interview, and scheduling operations. These meetings have also explored opportunities to enhance Thalamus products and share best practices for communicating innovations and support resources with the internal medicine community, with the aim of streamlining the application, interview, and scheduling process.
A comprehensive summary of available offerings is provided on the AAMC-Thalamus Collaboration page. The information below describes Thalamus’s products, support resources, and enhancements to their offerings.
Thalamus Cortex
Now complimentary to all ERAS-participating residency and fellowship programs starting in July 2025, Cortex is Thalamus’s application screening platform that uses AI and other technologies to streamline and facilitate application review. This software integrates with the Thalamus Holistic Review competency-based scoring system and across Thalamus products to provide comprehensive evaluation across the recruitment season.
Thalamus Core
Thalamus’s interview management platform, offering features that assist faculty and administrators facilitate interview scheduling, including applicant self-scheduling, track and deliver emails, manage waitlists, build reports and more. Thalamus Core also integrates with the Itinerary Wizard to build applicant and faculty interview day schedules, as well as Thalamus Holistic Review for competency-based scoring, evaluation, and rank list creation/management.
Thalamus Core
Thalamus Cerebellum
Thalamus’s data and analytics platform for programs and institutions. Cerebellum provides key summary statistics to evaluate recruitment performance, including geographic and representative recruitment outcomes.
New Features & Functionalities
For full details and reference links on new enhancements to user experience, artificial intelligence, and enhanced API integration, please download the PDF below.
Additional Fee Application
Thalamus Video – GME-optimized, virtual interview platform helps faculty and administrators manage interviews with ease and efficiency.
Contact us
Your feedback is valuable. Send comments to educationandresearch@im.org, and the AAIM Residency Application Process Work Group will share these with Thalamus during its quarterly meetings.
Thalamus Training and Support
Training
As the largest specialty in medicine, Thalamus is deeply committed in supporting the IM community, offering an extensive collection of resources.
Fee Status | Resource Details |
| Complimentary | Live (synchronous) trainings provided via Zoom
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| Complimentary | Recorded training videos |
| Complimentary | Thalamus University Online Academy, didactic-based learning modules |
| Fee-Based | Thalamus Advanced Certification Seminar Courses |
| Fee-Based | Custom program and institutional trainings |
The applicant user guide outlines all program features in Thalamus, with sections dedicated to the following areas. Applicants and programs can access each other’s user guides, as these are public facing. The user guides are separated into categories to ensure ease of finding materials for a particular audience focus:
- Getting Started with Thalamus Applicant Checklist for the 2025/2026 season
- Applicant Profile
- Scheduling and Managing Program Interviews
- Interview Day
- FAQs
The program user guide outlines all program features in Thalamus, with sections dedicated to the following areas. Applicants and programs can access each other’s user guides, as these are public facing. The user guides are separated into categories to ensure ease of finding materials for a particular audience focus:
Program Profile and Administration | Reports and Rosters |
| Program Calendar and Events | Building Interview Itineraries |
| Email Templates | Virtual Interviews |
| Surveys | Interviewer and Faculty Guides |
| Applicant Dashboard and Management | Archiving |
| Scoring and Rank List | Training Videos |
Support
Residency and fellowship programs who require technical assistance or who have any questions about Thalamus products should complete the form below or click on the “Help” button at the bottom-right-hand corner of any Thalamus page.