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Sunday May 25, 2025
Sunday May 25, 2025
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Host, Stanford University) speaks with Dr. Tim Fallon (Maine Medical Center) and Dr. Liza Smith (UMass Baystate), both leaders of CORD's Application Process Improvement Committee, about the historic transition from ERAS to ResidencyCAS for emergency medicine residency applications in 2025-2026.
Sound Engineer: Dr. Kaitlin Bowers (Campbell University)
https://www.ALiEM.com/em-match-advice-48-transitioning-from-eras-to-residencycas/
Thursday Apr 24, 2025
Thursday Apr 24, 2025
The Emergency Medicine (EM) Match process continues to evolve, with the specialty experiencing significant shifts in recent years. In this 47th installment of the EM Match Advice podcast series, Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Stanford EM PD) hosts the annual program director reflection on the Match with Dr. Abra Fant (Northwestern EM PD), who returns for her fourth consecutive year to share insights on the NRMP Match trends and data.
Podcast sound engineer: Dr. Kaitlin Bowers
https://www.ALiEM.com/em-match-advice-47-2025-em-match-by-the-numbers/
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Friday Jan 24, 2025
As interview season wraps up, medical students across the country are preparing their rank lists for the upcoming Match. EM Match Advice podcast host, Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Stanford EM Program Director) recently sat down with Dr. Melissa Parsons (University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville EM Program Director), to discuss the match process from both program and applicant perspectives.
https://www.ALiEM.com/em-match-advice-46-program-directors-share-match-season-insights/
Podcast sound engineer: Dr. Kaitlin Bowers
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
Dr. Sara Kryzyzaniak (EMMA Podcast Host and Stanford EM Program Director) gives an early heads-up for senior EM medical students who are applying to the 2025-26 residency match. There have been some key updates in the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) rules for the MyERAS application form.
https://www.ALiEM.com/em-match-advice-45-2024-eras-updates/
Podcast sound engineer: Kellen Vu
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Host and Stanford University PD) and Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM Founder/UCSF) are joined by Dr. Jessica Bod (Yale EM Clerkship Director) who gives thoughtful and thought-provoking insights into the EM sub-intern clerkship. What if you decide to pivot into EM relatively late in your medical school career? What should I be thinking about after the clerkship?
https://www.ALiEM.com/em-match-advice-44-sub-internship-clerskhip/
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Host and Stanford University PD) and Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM Founder/UCSF) are joined by Dr. Abra Fant (Northwestern PD) to reflect on the 2024 Match, after last year's shockingly high number (554) of unfilled positions in the match. We discuss our updated table of match metrics and help provide some context, especially as we look to the future.
https://www.ALiEM.com/em-match-advice-43-program-directors-reflect-2024-match/
Thursday Jan 04, 2024
Thursday Jan 04, 2024
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Host and Stanford University PD) and Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM Founder/UCSF) are joined by Dr. Aaron Kraut (University of Wisconsin PD) in this insightful, rapid-fire, practical episode through the lens of residency program directors.
- What does the ERAS data show so far?
- Have there been any surprises or changes during interview season?
- Has the program signaling option been working?
- What should students think about in the post-interview stage?
Audio engineer: Kellen Vu
EM Match Advice Series: https://www.aliem.com/em-match-advice-series/
Friday Jul 21, 2023
Friday Jul 21, 2023
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Host and Stanford University PD) and Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM Founder/UCSF) are joined by Dr. Alexis Pelletier-Bui (Cooper University Hospital Associate PD) and Dr. Elizabeth Werley (Chair of CORD Application Process Improvement Committee, Penn State Hershey). Both serve as key representatives on behalf of the EM specialty on the AAMC ERAS Supplemental Application Working Group.
We discuss the changes made, why they were done, and potential sticking points for medical students while completing the application. We also do a deeper dive on "program signaling". What is it, how many programs can EM applicants list, and nuanced decisions to consider.
Audio engineer: Kellen Vu
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Host and Stanford University PD) and Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM Founder/UCSF) are joined by the Dr. Abra Fant (Northwestern PD) and Dr. Richard Church (University of Massachusetts PD) to debrief each other and you with what went down with the unprecedented results from 2023 EM Match. There were 132 programs with a total of 554 (18.4%) positions that went unfilled. Contrast that to our usual unfilled rates of 0-30 positions in 2015-2021.
We review "The Slide" with all the numbers from the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) from the past few years. We propose reasons why there were so many unfilled positions in 2023. What does this mean for the upcoming 2024 Match?
Show notes and tables at: https://www.ALiEM.com/em-match-advice-40-program-directors-reflect-2023-match/
Audio engineer: Kellen Vu
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Host and Stanford University PD) and Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM Founder/UCSF) are joined by the always-wise Dr. Matt Pirotte (Vanderbilt University PD) to answer questions that YOU, the students, submitted to us regarding interview season. We tackle questions involving the nuances around:
- Preference signaling
- Writing letters or emails of interest
- Meaningfully connecting with busy program directors
Also we answer the perennial question of "Really, how important IS the interview in my overall application?"
Audio engineer: Kellen Vu