1. RESIDENCY APPLICATION STEP BY STEP

2.  Submit your Unique Characteristics Paragraphs. 2 paragraphs 125 words each  Deadline was July 1 st !

3.  Personal statements should be one page, single-spaced in length.  Separate personal statements for different specialties  2 Variations on the same personal statement for prelim/transitional and advanced programs  Can do individualized personal statements for each program although you risk assigning an individualized personal statement to the wrong program

4.  Focus on why the specialty is a perfect fit for you  “Lovin’ the vanilla,” but other flavors are okay too.  It’s okay to make it a bit personal.  When in doubt, play it safe!

5.  Ask faculty for letters of recommendation  Letters must be on letterhead and signed.  Can be emailed as a PDF file to osa@mail.med or mailed to OSA office. osa@mail.med  Faculty can also upload letters directly to ERAS.  Target deadline for letters to be submitted is September 6 th.  Check the Student Directory to see what letters have been submitted.

6.  You can submit up to 4 letters through ERAS  The MSPE (Dean’s Letter) does not count as one of the four letters.  The Departmental or Chairman’s Letter does count as one of the four.  You do not have to send the same four letters to each program.

7. Departmental Letters Required for: Anesthesiology Urology Emergency Medicine Pediatrics Otolaryngology General Surgery Internal Medicine Orthopaedics Plastic Surgery Neurosurgery Obstetrics and Gynecology

8. No Departmental Letters for: DermatologyPathology Family MedicinePsychiatry NeurologyRadiology Ophthalmology Radiation Oncology

9.  Gather information about residency programs.  Access the AMA Freida Program at http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/education- careers/graduate-medical-education/freida-online.page  Work on your ERAS application.  Check for individual program application deadlines and requirements.

10. The components of the application are:  MyERAS (Application and Personal Statement)  3-4 Letters of Recommendation  Photo - Email to osa@mail.med.upenn.edu osa@mail.med.upenn.edu  MSPE  Transcript

11.  Complete MyERAS application.  Follow up on letters that have not been submitted.  Assign Letters of Recommendation  Review your transcript  Review your MSPE. Make sure that all of the courses are included and grades are correct. You may not change the content of the letter.

12.  Submit application beginning September 15th.  Applications should be complete by October 1 st including all letters of recommendation.  MSPE’s are released October 1 st.

13.  Register for the NRMP on their website at www.nrmp.org beginning on September 1, 2013.www.nrmp.org  Deadline for registration is November 30, 2013  You must register to participate in the Match!

14.  Will begin in October and November  Busiest months are December and January  Interview Workshop will be held in late September  Interview Skills Workshops in September and October.

15.  Rank Order List entry begins on January 15, 2014  Deadline to enter lists is February 26, 2014.  First choice correspondence/phone calls should be made by early February.

16. Friday, March 21, 2014

17. Ophthalmology Urology

18.  Application submission target dates are at the beginning of September.  Interviews take place in late October, November and early to mid December.  Request an early transcript from the Office of the Registrar.

19.  Conducted by the San Francisco Matching Program www.sfmatch.orgwww.sfmatch.org  Three Letters of Recommendation are sent with your application. Also requires a college transcript.  Results are released on January 15, 2014  Students apply for internship positions through ERAS and register for the NRMP.

20.  Match is run by American Urologic Association (AUA) www.auanet.orgwww.auanet.org  Application process is through ERAS  Check application deadlines for programs  Results are released on January 22, 2014.

21. Website http://www.aamc.org/students/cim/ Getting into a Residency Log in with your AAMC ID.

22. Office of Student Affairs 215-898-7190 Barbara Wagner wagnerb@mail.med.upenn.edu wagnerb@mail.med.upenn.edu Dr. Jon Morris morrisjo@uphs.upenn.edu morrisjo@uphs.upenn.edu Carrie Barjenbruch osa@mail.med.upenn.edu osa@mail.med.upenn.edu Nancy Murphy murphynk@mail.med.upenn.eduurphynk@mail.med.upenn.edu