Collaborative Transformation of the Transition to Residency

A comprehensive guide to help students navigate the residency and fellowship interview processes. Learn more about how to prepare for interviews, the interview formats you may encounter, and the questions and topics that are covered during interviews.

Resources to find out what you can expect throughout the interview process, including tips for preparing for interviews, a guide to virtual interviews, and advice from current residents.

Learn more about the 2024 MyERAS® application and the new components that will allow applicants to share more information about their experiences and career goals with residency and fellowship programs.

This video explores how data from the 2023 ERAS® season may give insight into the residency application process and information about the relationship between program signals, geographic preferences, and specialty interview invitations.

Five considerations for programs as they decide whether to use a virtual interview format.

A tool that allows students to research individual residency programs and compare themselves to applicants who previously matched at those programs.

A recording of a webinar during which AAMC and program representatives provide insight into what to expect during virtual interviews as well as resources to help you prepare. (Register for webinar to access recording.)

A comprehensive career-planning program based on fit to help you make career decisions that leave you happy and satisfied as well as successfully land a residency position in your desired specialty.

A webinar highlighting several AAMC tools to assist students during their transition to residency, such as Careers in Medicine, the Residency Explorer research tool, interview tips, and an overview of the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).

A webinar that provides tips and guidance to help you prepare for virtual interviews.

An online collection of data tables that provide information on certain characteristics of residency applicants and residents, as well as information on post-residency professional activities.

A series of resources that explain the residency application process and ensure that an applicant and program are the right fit.

Three toolkits (two new ones and one revised from its 2021 version) to help guide programs and learners as they progress through the medical education continuum.

Data and reports providing a summary of the current analysis of the supplemental ERAS application for the operational pilot year.

A national questionnaire administered by the AAMC that seeks to identify and address issues critical to the future of medical education and the well-being of medical students.

Learn more about the 2024 MyERAS® application and the new components that will allow applicants to share more information about their experiences and career goals with residency and fellowship programs.

Five considerations for programs as they decide whether to use a virtual interview format.

A comprehensive career-planning program based on fit to help you make career decisions that leave you happy and satisfied as well as successfully land a residency position in your desired specialty.

A series of resources that explain the residency application process and ensure that an applicant and program are the right fit.

Data and reports providing a summary of the current analysis of the supplemental ERAS application for the operational pilot year.

An online collection of data tables that provide information on certain characteristics of residency applicants and residents, as well as information on post-residency professional activities.

Recommendations to help specialty and training programs consider their interviewing and recruiting options and to make evidenced-based decisions.

Recommendations for the Medical Student Performance Evaluation that allows for a holistic approach to evaluating an applicant.

A national questionnaire administered by the AAMC that seeks to identify and address issues critical to the future of medical education and the well-being of medical students.

Learn more about the 2024 MyERAS® application and the new components that will allow applicants to share more information about their experiences and career goals with residency and fellowship programs.

This video explores how data from the 2023 ERAS® season may give insight into the residency application process and information about the relationship between program signals, geographic preferences, and specialty interview invitations.

Find resources for program directors and faculty conducting interviews, including best practices and tips for virtual interviews.

A webinar about how 16 specialties decided to use program signals during the 2022-23 recruitment cycle.

Five considerations for programs as they decide whether to use a virtual interview format.

A streamlined, standard approach to collecting program director assessments of “resident readiness” for entry to GME.

A webinar, hosted by AAMC and OPDA, that explains what holistic principles are, how they can help program directors, and how they can be incorporated into screening and selection processes.

Tools and resources that provide an overview of holistic review in residency selection to help you review the criteria you are prioritizing and define and assess if your materials and processes reflect your priorities.

Tips for those preparing to conduct virtual interviews, including identifying a suitable environment, setting up and practicing with technology, becoming familiar with interview materials, and creating a comfortable, fair interview experience.

Tips for those preparing to conduct or organize virtual interviews, including how to address possible complications from transitioning to virtual interviews, without losing the effectiveness of the interview.

A webinar, hosted by AAMC and OPDA, that explores developing and implementing an interview process from an institutional perspective down to the program level.

Recommendations for the Medical Student Performance Evaluation that allows for a holistic approach to evaluating an applicant.

A set of activities that all medical students should be able to perform upon entering residency, regardless of their future career specialty.

A webinar that provides an overview of unconscious bias, reflects upon how biases manifest, and offers guidance on how to recognize and mitigate biases when conducting, reviewing, and scoring virtual or in-person interviews.

A test of the feasibility of medical education and training that is based on the demonstration of defined outcomes rather than on time.

Three toolkits (two new ones and one revised from its 2021 version) to help guide programs and learners as they progress through the medical education continuum.

Data and reports providing a summary of the current analysis of the supplemental ERAS application for the operational pilot year.

A national questionnaire administered by the AAMC that seeks to identify and address issues critical to the future of medical education and the well-being of medical students.