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ACEP Now: Vol 44 – No 02 – February 2025Enjoy the latest Frontline Podcast on video. Recorded at ACEP’s Accelerate conference in Orlando last month, host Dr. Ryan Stanton and guest Dr. Keri Gardner discuss malpractice litigation. They touch on the emotional toll of malpractice lawsuits on emergency physicians and share strategies for navigating legal stress and mitigating risk. Watch their conversation on YouTube
Alternate Residency Application Platform Being Considered
In October during ACEP’s Scientific Assembly in Las Vegas, the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (CORD-EM) held a town hall meeting and offered information about plans to consider alternatives to ERAS.
In a statement issued after the meeting, CORD-EM wrote that it had “partnered with ResidencyCAS to help us develop our own platform specifically designed to support our emergency medicine residency application process. This custom-built platform will streamline the entire application process for students, Program Directors, and Program Coordinators, while also reducing administrative and financial burdens, and will ultimately enhance the experience for everyone.”
An article in the March 2025 issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine by journalist Monique Brouillette offers an update into the process.
That article was released digitally on Feb. 19 and includes historical background on ERAS, a look at other specialties who made a switch from ERSA, and interviews with the AAMC, emergency physicians, and program directors. The article also looks at the possible replacement of ERAS – ResidencyCAS.
ResidencyCAS offers smartphone applications and AI capabilities and charges lower fees to applicants, the article states. The writer says that “under the current ERAS fee schedule, applicants spend roughly $810, considering an average of 46 applications. ResidencyCAS is less expensive, costing $683 for the same number of applications. These savings approximately parallel those of an ERAS alternative offered to plastic surgery residency applicants, an application called the Plastic Surgery Central App. In one estimate, plastic surgery applicants saved $129 during the application cycle.”
Liza Smith, MD, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School and co-chair of the Application Process Improvement Committee (APIC) at CORD-EM, told Ms. Brouillette that emergency medicine leaders in the residency space will build the application with ResidencyCAS. They will conduct focus groups and webinars to gather community input while incorporating holistic review tools and interview scheduling capabilities. Smith said that they would also communicate with the AAMC to explore their future directions and improvements.
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