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The Residency Explorer™ Tool: Helping You Make Informed Application Decisions
- Program Signaling Information and Updates
- What's New for the 2026 MyERAS Application
- Thalamus Information for ERAS Applicants
- Secondary Urology Match and Rolling Offer Process
- ERAS Resources
- 2026 ERAS Timelines
AAMC Events
Webinars
Look for information coming soon about upcoming webinars hosted by the AAMC ERAS team, the Careers in Medicine program, the Residency ExplorerTM team, our collaborators at Thalamus, and more.
Recordings and Resources
Check back soon to find webinars and resources to help applicants and advisors prepare for the 2026 ERAS season.
The Residency Explorer™ Tool: Helping You Make Informed Application Decisions
The Residency Explorer tool is the only tool that gives you source-verified data from leading national organizations—helping you research programs with confidence.
With the Residency Explorer tool, you can:
- Assess Your Competitiveness – See how you compare to past applicants who received interview invitations from programs you're researching.
- Find Programs That Align with Your Needs – Select key program characteristics to see how they match your career interests and training priorities.
- Explore Verified Data – Access original, trusted data on residency programs, including application requirements, interview formats, and licensure exam expectations.
- Get Program-Specific Insights – Review details on interview rates and selection factors to help refine your application strategy.
Expanding to Serve You Better: Coming Summer 2025: We're enhancing the Residency Explorer tool with new features to provide even more comprehensive support for your residency search:
- More Comprehensive Licensure Score Data – Access integrated NBME and NBOME licensure score information, including program-level Step 2 CK and Level 2 CE score ranges for applicants invited to interview.
- Richer Program Details – Get enhanced information about each program's application process, interview formats, eligibility requirements, and updated licensure exam expectations.
- Broader Specialty Coverage – Explore data across 40+ specialties (up from 25+), providing insights for a wider range of medical fields.
Program Signaling Information and Updates
The MyERAS application gives residency and fellowship applicants the ability to use program signals to indicate genuine interest in a program at the time of application. They are designed for programs to use, as one of many data points, in deciding whom to invite for interviews.
- New for the 2026 ERAS season, July fellowship cycle applicants can use signals to indicate interest in programs at the time of application. A list of participating specialties for the 2026 July fellowship cycle is now available.
- Visit the Program Signaling for the 2026 MyERAS Application Season webpage for detailed information on program signals and the specialties participating this season.
- Beginning in late August 2025, visit the Residency Programs Participating in Program Signaling webpage to see the full list of programs that are participating in signaling for the 2026 ERAS residency season.
- You can assign and send signals to programs at the time of application. The number of available signals varies by specialty.
What's New for the 2026 MyERAS Application
We make MyERAS application updates every season based on research and community feedback. All changes are intended to improve the application process for applicants and programs and support holistic review. For the 2026 season, changes have been made in the following sections:
New Section!
Specialty Questions
| Content | New for 2026 MyERAS Application |
|---|---|
| Specialty Questions | New section in MyERAS application |
| Residents applying to Anesthesiology, Neurological Surgery, and Plastic Surgery-Integrated will be required to provide responses to specialty-specific questions before sending applications to programs in these specialties. | |
| Applicants who save programs in a specialty with questions will be reminded that they will need to answer specialty-specific questions before applying to programs in those specialties. | |
| Responses will only be available to programs in that specialty. | |
| Questions must be answered during regular season and 2026 SOAP. |
Education
| Content | New for 2026 MyERAS Application |
|---|---|
| Postgraduate training | Applicants can include training beyond ACGME-accredited programs |
| If “other” is entered for accredited residency, you must include accrediting body | |
| Option to include program's accreditation ID | |
| Interruptions and Extensions | Section retitled Interruptions or Extensions |
| Descriptions collected only when applicant responds “Yes”. | |
| Two questions: One for academic, one for professional. Additional language for each type of interruption or extension added for clarity. |
Thalamus Information for ERAS Applicants
The AAMC has teamed up with Thalamus to improve the transition to residency. Now, applicants have access to a centralized platform that simplifies and enhances the interview scheduling and management process.
- All Thalamus products are free to applicants.
- Experience the convenience of mobile interview scheduling (with downloadable apps for Apple and Android).
ERAS applicants, you can set up your Thalamus accounts beginning in July 2025.
- After registering your ERAS token, you will receive a Thalamus account creation email link from no-reply@thalamusgme.com.
- After finalizing your Thalamus account, you will be ready to receive and respond to interview invitations.
- Check out the Thalamus Applicant webpage and Thalamus Applicant Guide to learn more.
Secondary Urology Match and Rolling Offer Process
The AAMC ERAS team and Thalamus teams are pleased to continue working with the Society of Academic Urologists (SAU) and the American Urological Association (AUA) to support the Secondary Urology Match and Rolling Offer Process. Look for updates in late 2025 about the 2026 process, beginning in late January 2026. We look forward to supporting the Urology specialty in the coming year.
ERAS Resources
- 2026 ERAS Residency Applicant Worksheet
- Program Signaling for the 2026 MyERAS Application Season
- ERAS Participating Specialties and Programs
- 2026 MyERAS Applicant User Guide -- Coming soon!
- MyERAS Content Research Updates -- Coming soon!