What is ERAS?
..ERAS is elctronic residency application system….the system initially used by US graduates and now for all. the way it works is that you contact ECFMG and pay them some fee , they give you a code and detail instuctions, to log onto their website on internet and mail your supporting documents for residency application electronically …. rather than sending by regular mail to ECFMG…you do have to some documents in mail also as specified by ECFMG and then acording to your choices ECFMG applies electronically to those programs on your behalf with all the supporting documents.. and hence you dont have to send paper application to the programs directly though program can ask you to send some more documents once they receive your application……There is a certain amount of money you pay to ECFMG for applying to each program, details on ECFMG webpage….but the initial choice process remains thesame, as it was… like call the program before applying about their citeria each year for F
