The Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)® is a program of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), developed to streamline the residency and fellowship application process for participating academic medical specialties and subspecialties.  The AAMC selection tools, along with its research efforts and the data culled from these efforts, are meant to support and sustain an equitable and efficient transition to residency.

In an effort to address the complexities of the UME – GME transition, AAIM (Alliance) and AAMC have worked collaboratively to undertake aspects of these intricacies. From initiating program signals to address application inflation and interview disparities, to enhancements to the Residency Explorer Tool to provide greater transparency and utility for Internal Medicine applicants, AAIM and AAMC have and will continue to partner to address the transition conundrum.

As AAMC continues its research and data gathering efforts in the transition space, the Alliance collated AAMC resources to help the Internal Medicine community make informed decisions as it plans for the upcoming recruitment season.

Provides data to help applicants, advisors, programs, and specialties identify and understand trends in residency and fellowship recruitment. Explore interactive dashboards and reports that display key ERAS statistics, refreshed monthly, to support informed decision-making.

For details, trends, and to navigate other IM dashboard tabs for additional data, please visit the ERAS Specialty Dashboard.

ERAS Insights

This monthly e-newsletter updates subscribers on the latest happenings on ERAS and other AAMC efforts that touch on ERAS.  With AAMC’s evolving initiatives to improve the transition to residency, subscribing to this monthly digest will help you to be kept abreast of AAMC and ERAS initiatives.  Past editions are also accessible upon subscribing.

ERAS Statistics

Data helps guide and inform our next steps.  As Internal Medicine annually prepares for the nuances, challenges, and successes of recruitment season, AAIM recommends visiting the ERAS Statistics webpage to review current and historical data on applicants and applications for residency and fellowship.

2027 Application Season

A few new functions to look forward to this application season: Scholarly Work Section Replacing Publications, AAMC Letter Writer Portal for All Letters of Recommendation, and Specialty-Specific Standard Letters of Evaluation and/or Recommendation

ERAS Webinars

Find upcoming and recorded ERAS and transition-to-residency webinars for medical school deans, faculty, and advisors, residency and fellowship applicants, program directors, coordinators, other GME staff, and institutional leaders.

Program Signaling for the 2026 ERAS Season

This webpage defines signals and provides resources to best understand the positives in using program signals as part of a program's holistic review.

Residency Explorer Tool

The Residency Explorer Tool helps applicants search for residency programs best align with their goals.  Learners can find useful information like program characteristics, resident demographics, research opportunities, and other unique educational offerings.  The tool allows applicants to compare between programs.  Visit the AAIM webpage on Residency Explorer for more IM-specific information.

Clinical and Research Opportunities Database Program

The Clinical and Research Opportunities Database Program is now in the Visiting Students Learning Opportunities (VSLO) Platform. Historically, this database was in the Careers in Medicine (CiM) website, but has moved to the Visiting Scholars Resource Database. This database highlights unique opportunities for students who are interested in exploring away clinical rotations.

Dean's Office WorkStation (DWS) Analytics

The Deans’ Office Workstation is accessible to Deans and those they grant access to.  Medical school faculty and staff can access data upon authorization from the Dean’s Office.  The DWS Analytics dashboard will display data from the Visiting Students Learning Opportunities (VSLO) program, which will be helpful for faculty and administrators who work with M3 students as they prepare for away rotations.  Further, there are residency interview data in aggregate and individual student details about the specialties students have applied to.

Thriving in Medical School: Checklists for Medical Students

This collection of checklists and resources from the AAMC provides helpful advice and tools to prepare students in each phase of their medical school experience, including how to choose their future specialty and connect to potential mentors.

Residency Preference Exercise (RPE)

(Requires login to access.) This tool helps medical students consider and evaluate their requirements, priorities, and preferences for their residency or fellowship training, then assess training programs based on those criteria.