Earlier Release Date for Medical School Performance Evaluations (MSPEs)

This year the MyERAS PostOffice will release MSPEs to U.S. residency
programs on October 1, one month earlier than last year. (Remember:
The MSPE is a close equivalent to a dean's letter.)

U.S. medical students' designated deans' offices will attach the MSPE
(and the medical school transcript) to applicants' electronic files;
the documents are then automatically sent to all the programs to which
a candidate applies.

International applicants must ensure that their MSPEs are submitted to
ERAS Support Services at ECFMG. The documents are then processed and
transmitted to the ERAS PostOffice. (For more information on
submitting documents - including the MSPE - see the ERAS Support
Services for Applicants section of the ECFMG website at
http://www.ecfmg.org/eras/applicants-index.html.)

As always, please ensure your supporting documents are ready early in
order to avoid harmful delays in your application.


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Keeping Your Contact Information Up-To-Date

Quick tip: Ensure that the email and mailing addresses you provide to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) are up-to-date, and once the interview season starts, check your spam box regularly. Many medical schools and residencies contact applicants through email, and you would not want to miss an important notification or invitation because of a simple oversight.


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MyERAS Opens Two Weeks Later This Year

The MyERAS Post Office opens September 15 this year, two weeks later than last year. On the 15th, residency applicants can officially begin applying to residency programs, and the programs can begin downloading ERAS applications and supporting documents. 

Here is a link to the  ERAS 2013 Timeline.


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Sadly, Medicine is Not an Exception

For those of us who have worked in academic medicine, the findings of Gender Differences in the Salaries of Physician Researchers, a recent JAMA publication, was not a surprise. Still, it's worth reading the commentary at the end of the article, especially for those who will be choosing specialties in the not so distant future.

Every Emergency Medicine Spot Filled in the 2012 Match

In the 2012 NRMP Match, all 1668 of the available Match positions in Emergency Medicine were filled. The fierce competition likely stems from a variety of factors - popularity of the field and the fact that currently, medical students apply to more residency spots than they had in years past.  Either way medical students need to understand that matching into EM is not easy. Having an early strategy, submitting optimal written materials, and interviewing well are critical. 

Here's is an article in the Annals of Emergency Medicine regarding last year's Emergency match.


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