ERAS Application/Residency Application STEP BY STEP - Part 2
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- čas přidán 17. 05. 2020
- Let's DISSECT the very VERY important ERAS application! This is part 2 - we will continue to meticulously go through all sections of the residency application. Also will highlight key tips for IMGs! Yes, both the parts are long videos but HANG IN THERE - go through the video alongside your application - hopefully, this helps. GOOD LUCK my future resident physicians❗️
❗️ERAS Part 2 - Video Timeline:
Research experiences - 0:06
Hobbies & Interests - 2:27
Awards & Accomplishments - 5:04
Documents Section & Personal Statements- 6:29
--- More detailed PS breakdown + tips: • Personal Statements - ...
LORs/Letters of Recommendation - 9:00
--- More detailed LOR breakdown + tips: • LORs (Letters of Recco...
Additional Documents - 10:30
ERAS pic - 11:44
ECFMG Status Report - 12:42
Program Selection - 13:10
--- More detailed video on how to select the right programs for you + resources to use to achieve this: VIDEO COMING SOON (end of June, subscribe to stay updated!)
--- link to calculate ERAS application costs: students-residents.aamc.org/a...
Messaging Center + how to organize - 16:09
Interviews & Calendar - 17:28
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🦠 COVID-19 + ERAS changes - DUE DATE IS OCTOBER * : students-residents.aamc.org/a...
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Was banging my head trying to figure out ERAS. Thanks for taking your time to go through it thoroughly.
Haha yes it can be tricky, especially because there are no real "guidelines" to filling it out. I'm glad you found it helpful, that was the goal, GOOD LUCK!!
@@vaibhavisolankivm.d.5987 thank you!
On a side note, you really are beautiful.
I've been watching your ERAS application series. So helpful! 💛
AW so happy to hear that, GOOD LUCK!
Omg I love this! Super helpful!!
Thank you 💚
Banging my head now, i had already clicked submit , thinking i can always add the detailes later as LoR etc would go as a complete package , but damn me .
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video, it was Godsent. I was so lost on how the application itself, on how to phrase things and make them look professional. THANK YOU
Amazing fantastic never been done unique wonderful helpful
thank you 💚
Thank you Dr. Solanki :) this helped so much!
I'm so glad! Good luck!!!
Thank you so much Dr. V! This video was super useful for me to understand what goes into the final application. For an FMG who just finished their Step1 like me, this gives good motivation to finish step2 and apply this year.
Hey! Thank you for your kind words, happy to help - that is the goal of my channel. GOOD LUCK!!
wao you made it so clear,I was also very anxious few minutes ago about applying but your video was so good ,it explained everything. Thanks alot
Aw thank you :) Im so happy it helped! good luck :)
Sooooo helpful, thank you
Glad you liked it! Good luck on the apps!
Extremely helpful!
This helps!!!! Thank you so much.
I'm so glad! Good luck!
Great effort !
Thank you.. It is so helpful
You're welcome 😊
thank you so much. it's really helpful. I have never seen any videos of Eras applications in details. please make videos on interview. thank you. 😊
Hey! Thank you for the kind words - after my series on more application topics, I will be posting an interview series as well.
Hi, I like your all video the most😘😘😘
THANK YOU
Thanks a million!
I did not understand the last part in which you talked about the ways you got invitations. Can you please explain that further?
Hey! I will make a video in my interview series to explain the many different ways in which programs will reach out to you to give you invites - the most common way is usually ERAS, through the portal itself and direct email. Stay tuned, my interview video series will be posted later in the year after my residency app series is over (anticipating around August-September)! Good luck :)
Very helpful video. Please make a video about residency program search. Thank you !
Hey! There will be a video on tips for searching programs soon - stay tuned.
thank you for making helpful videos. One comment about MSPE is that IMGs can upload it by themselves as well.
Thank you for sharing that, I personally didn't know this because my school (SGU) uploads it for us, but this is good information for others to know!
Thank you so much. How do I assign the USMLE transcript to all the programs?
Thank you very much for this video.Was very detailed and helpful. Please quick questions: 1) For the MSPE, am I supposed to contact my school to inform them about my application or is there a link to follow on the ERAS application to notify my school? 2) For LORs am I supposed to get the letters from my recommenders and upload on ERAS or is there a segment to fill in my recommenders’ emails so the links for the LORs are automatically sent to them to upload the letters?
Looking forward to your response.
Thanks
Hey! Glad you liked it - answering your questions:
1) Yes your medical school should release the MSPE to ERAS, if they don't already know this, then I would get in touch with someone directly from your school to confirm. I'm not aware of any ERAS links that notify your school, best to get the answer from your school yourself.
2) When you fill out the LOR request on the ERAS portal, you will get a letter ID pdf that you can send to your letter writers (via email) who will upload the letter for you using a seperate portal.
Good luck!
This is helpful ! Do you know or have any experience with how to upload 2 separate LoRs from the same person for 2 separate specialties? Will we get 2 different LoR numbers? Also I would appreciate if you can do a video about the program search. Thanks a lot for the video.
Hey! If your letter writer is okay with writing two different letters for two specialties, that is great - you can make two separate LOR requests on your ERAS profile, one for each specialty - yes that will give you two different LOR numbers. Yes, program search video will be coming soon, stay tuned! Good luck
How do you upload LORs? I have LORS in my computer desktop that I would like to upload to the ERAS website.
Thanks for this awesome video! How much would you suggest to expand on each experience section on the ERAS application? Should it be in paragraph form or bullets like our original CVs?
Hey! I personally had the experiences section in a paragraph format, usually 2 small paragraphs with like 3-4 sentences in each. The CV should be in bullets and very straightforward, 1-2 sentences max. Check out my CV video for more info on that, GOOD LUCK!
@@vaibhavisolankivm.d.5987 Awesome, thank you so much!
Hey! Thanks the vedio is very helpful. Where do we have to add the away rotations done in USA. And if one has done pediatric rotations and want to apply for IM as well. Where to add the away rotations! ? Thnx
Hey! If you have done rotations during medical school in the USA being an IMG, your MSPE should include this information - check with your medical school for this information. If you have done rotations in the USA post-graduation, then there isn't a specific location for this in the ERAS application but I have read that some people add these "observerships" under the experiences section - I don't have personal experience with this as SGU has all their clinical rotations in USA - try researching more about this, perhaps using reddit. If you are applying to IM, try to get more IM specific rotations and specialty-specific experiences. Good luck!
Is a postdoc clinical research fellow (paid) considered under work experience or research experience? and what would be my position title/organization name if I want to include an independent research project that I did in the research experience section? Thank you
very helpful !, how in the world did you fit 8 hobbies ! lol
Hi, if I withdrew from a program but have to apply again, will I have to pay again? Also, does the program get to know that I withdrew?
Hi Dr. V, thank you so much for doing this! I have a quick question, if I'm currently out of state, what should I do for the phone number?
Do you get a lot of phone calls from programs, or the majority of it is through ERAS and email? The programs are probably not gonna call overseas number, should I put a reliable colleague's number or international number? thank you so much!
Hey! The majority is definitely through ERAS/email and some of the other platforms that I talk about in my video called "Residency Interview Invitations" (check it out on my page) - but I did get 1 phone call for an interview invite and 1 phone call to confirm for another interview during my season last year - that being said, it is possible but not as popular of an option for programs. If you use someone else's ph number, just be sure to really trust them! Good luck :)
Wait I'm confused... I absolutely do not have enough characters for 8-9 hobbies. Do you remember how many characters you were allowed?
Thank you so much for the video, I have 2 questions: 1) Even if we our IMGs, our school uploads MSPE? What happens if they don't know about this or how to write it? and...
2) Is there a section to upload documents to confirm our work experiences, for example, I was working in a primary care office and when I left I asked for a document to confirm I was working there but they have me a kinda unprofessional looking letter that didn't even specify how many months I worked there.
Hey! Happy to help :)
1) Yes your school should uplaod the MSPE as per my knowledge, unless they let you upload one yourself? Not sure how this would work. Someone from your school should reach out to ERAS and ask them on what the requirements are for the MSPE. I went to SGU(carribean) and they did it for us.
2) No, there is no section for this as "evidence" of your expeirences but write it detailed in the eras section about what you did and stuff. It's good to have these documents with you though, incase someone asks you during the interviews, BUT honestly during my interviews no one asks for "proof" on what you did, you are expected to be truthful.
@@vaibhavisolankivm.d.5987 Big thank yous!!!
What about CV, should we upload it like our Personal statement? Thanks in advance
Hey! The CV should be saved as a PDF on your computer once completed and yes, manually uploaded onto the portal. The PS will be "copy and paste" into the portal PS section, this is not the case for the CV. The pdf CV will be uploaded as a whole file into the portal and from there you have to assign it individually to each program. If you need more CV help, check out my video: czcams.com/video/kyTnnJS1pQY/video.html GOOD LUCK!
Thanks !! How can I write make up as an interest for me ? How can I explain that ?
You can literally write it as is: Doing make up. It doesn't hurt to add a nice one-liner about the hobby - such as you enjoy being creative with makeup or it's a nice stress relief activity, what ever it means to you. Good luck!
hi, dear, do we need to submit personal statement after submitting eras application or before that?
Please upload PS and assign to programs before submitting application or else that'll be a useless submission.
Hy. I have a question concerning Eras application, if one was a Vice President or team leader of a medical association prior and during medical school, do I include it as a medical school accomplishment or other accomplishments?
HEY! I would put it under volunteering experience instead vs accomplishments.
For research experience, how to formulate the experience if we have it in hospital with many clinical trials?
I would include this one research experience entry into ERAS and in the description for it explain the research you did including the clinical trials, location, what the impact of the research is, why you are doing it, etc. Good luck!
i am planning to apply for IM, FM and peds. Do I need to fill three eras application?
no just 1 application but make sure you have a different PS for each and always try and get specialty specific LORs for each
Can you give moee info abt interview apps?
hey! I will be posting another video soon going through the many different interviewing platforms that programs use to reach out to applicants. I will also be doing a Residency interview series in the near future! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss you! Thanks 🙂
do we have to pay any fee to ecfmg to assign usmle transcript?
Can't remember, but if you do it'll get charged to your OASIS, I can double check in a bit and repost if I can find out
What is your opinion about Matcharesident?
czcams.com/video/3uYbopCGB40/video.html - this is my video of my take on finding programs and include my opinion of MAR, good luck!
do I assign my documents to programs after submitting eras application? or do I need to assign documents to program before submitting eras application
NO - PLEASE ASSIGN ALL DOCUMENTS TO PROGRAMS BEFORE SUBMITTING !! or else they will all be useless submissions!
@@vaibhavisolankivm.d.5987 I am talking about eras application. One resident told me to first certify and submit eras application and then apply to programs. Dr. V, I am confused
What if you don't have any research experience or publications. In my uni it is pretty difficult to get into these things even if you want it real bad. Would you say that research and publications are an absolute must in order to get a decent match. What's your advice? Thank youuu!
P.S: Will probably ask you a lot of questions :)
In my personal experience, certain specialties like IM or other competitive fields, research is a must - atleast one or two experiences since research is a big part of medicine as a whole. I know it can be hard to gain these experiences depending on a ton of factors (where you are, what school you went to, if you got USCE, etc.) -BUT I would say try and be a part of remote research opportunities (i.e. online stuff) OR EVEN BETTER - make your own reserach if you are currently working in a hospital or reach out to hosp/programs near you to see if you can part-take in something. Try your best to get what you can. Try even other unis or something! Good luck.
Cant you show us the screen?
hey! Unfortunately, I don't think I can show you my exact application or any screenshots of the ERAS portal (not trying to get into any sort of trouble) but I have tried my best to explain as much as I can! Let me know if I can provide any further clarification!
im curious about your opinion on match a resident lol
czcams.com/video/3uYbopCGB40/video.html - this is my video of my take on finding programs and include my opinion of MAR, good luck!
@@vaibhavisolankivm.d.5987 its private :(