Supporting Documents Overview
Description How to obtain/submit Best practices
Medical Student Evaluates a medical You can obtain your MSPE If you are unable to provide a
student’s performance from your medical school MSPE, you must indicate this on
Performance during his or her academic and upload it via OASIS if the Additional Documents page of
Evaluation career relative to his or her your school does not the MyERAS application. A
(MSPE) peers. The MSPE should participate in EMSWP neutral placeholder letter will be
not act as a predictor of ERAS. If your medical provided in place of the MSPE.
your future performance school participates in
but provide information EMSWP ERAS, contact your
about your academic school to request upload of
performance. the document. Once
received, it will take up to
five days to process.
Medical School Medical school transcripts You can obtain your Medical Must include your full name and
may also be known as mark School Transcript from your should not be on “security paper”
Transcript sheets, time sheets, or hour medical school and upload with a busy background because it
sheets. Ideally, they will it via OASIS if your school may make the scanned image
give program directors an does not participate in illegible. Ask your school to copy
overview of the subjects you EMSWP ERAS. If your your transcript onto plain paper.
studied in medical school, medical school participates If you are unable to provide a
how long you studied each in EMSWP ERAS. contact medical school transcript, you
subject, and how well you your school to request must indicate this on the
did on your exams. upload of the document. Additional Documents page of the
Once received, it will take MyERAS application and a
up to five days to process. placeholder letter will be provided
in place of the transcript.
Letters of LoRs should be substantive Can be submitted through When seeking LoRs, you should
in content and give the the AAMC’s Letter of approach those physicians who
Recommendation residency program director Recommendation Portal are most familiar with your
(LoRs) a clear picture of your (LoRP). If you have waived clinical abilities, medical
current skills and clinical your right to view an LoR, knowledge, work ethic,
ability, in addition to your your letter writer must interpersonal skills with patients
personal characteristics upload the letter on your and their families, and your ability
such as professionalism, behalf through AAMC’s to work as part of a team.
leadership, and LoRP. If you have not
interpersonal skills both in waived your right to view an
the patient setting as well as LoR, you are permitted to
with hospital staff. upload a copy through the
AAMC’s LoRP, logging in
using your AAMC account.
Programs are able to view
who has uploaded the
document.
Photograph Programs will use your Use OASIS to upload your The photograph must be a clear,
photograph to identify you photograph as a JPEG. Once full front view of your head and
at the interview and as a successfully uploaded shoulders, and your expression
memory aid when creating through OASIS, your should be natural with your eyes
a rank order list. photograph will update in open and looking directly ahead.
MyERAS within 24 hours.
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