Becker's Healthcare October 10, 2024
The emergency medicine specialty is poised to develop its own platform to handle residency applications, rather than rely on the Electronic Residency Application Service, Medpage Today reported Oct. 9.
The Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine said it spent a year reviewing ERAS alternatives after emergency medicine programs expressed concerns about growing challenges and limitations with the platform. ERAS, managed by the Association of American Medical Colleges, is widely used by medical school graduates to submit application materials to multiple residency programs at once.
In an Oct. 8 statement, the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine said it has partnered with ResidencyCAS to create a custom platform for the emergency medicine residency application process. CORD has not...