Hello, and thank you for downloading this episode of the EM Clerkship podcast. My name is Maddie Watts,

and this is a series about applying and interviewing for emergency medicine residency. As you may know from

listening to the first two episodes in the series on the personal statement, I'm a graduating fourth-year

medical student who just went through the process. It was statement, I'm a graduating fourth year medical student

who just went through the process.

It was long, it was stressful,

but I made it to the other side,

and I'm thrilled to be starting residency in July

at my number one program.

My goal is to pass along to you

everything that I've learned over this last year,

to help you be as successful as

possible with your application season as well. Whether you are a rising fourth year about to go

through the process or a preclinical or third year student just trying to get an idea of what this

whole applying to residency thing entails, then this episode is for you.

Today is the first of two episodes on the ERAS application.

In this episode, we'll be covering what the ERAS application is and what are its eight major

parts.

If you know nothing about the ERAS application or you just want to make sure there's nothing you've missed, this is the perfect place to start.

Next episode, we'll go over which of these eight components is the most important to program leadership when it comes to ranking applicants.

And we'll also get into the nitty gritty of how to actually fill out your ERAS application and put your

best foot forward when it comes to impressing residences. So what is ERAS? Some people say ERAS,

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