If you are a Doctor applying for residency in the US you should already be aware that you have to use the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) to submit your application. A part of your application is to submit a Letter of Recommendation (LoR). In order to do this you would need to reserve a slot on your MyERAS account so your Letter of Recommendation can be submitted though the ERAS PostOffice.
ERAS have warned applicants that they should do this soon to allow time for ERAS to receive and scan all Letters of Recommendation in time for you to be able assign your LoR to programs when the ERAS PostOffice opens on the 1st September 2009. If you do not reserve a slot, ERAS will not be able to submit your LoR to the PostOffice and you will not be able to complete your application.
ERAS have issued the following instructions on how to reserve your slot. Log on to your MyERAS account to reserve yours before it is too late!
- Log into MyERAS at https://services.aamc.org/eras/myeras2010/.
- Click on the Documents tab.
- Click on the Letters of Recommendation tab.
- Create a new letter writer by clicking Designate a New Letter of Recommendation Writer.
- Enter the LoR Author Name and LoR Author Title/Department. The last field, Specialty(s) to which this letter will be assigned, is optional
Important Note: The specialty field helps you identify your LoRs when assigning them to programs and helps ERAS Support Services identify LoRs when attaching them to your application. If you have a generic LoR that is applicable to all specialties, please specify the LoR as "All Specialty(s)." If you have a specialty-specific LoR, please specify the specialty to which the LoR applies.
- Click "Save" when you are finished.
- Repeat this process for all of your designated letter writers.
- After you have finished designating your letter writers, click the check box next to the LoR(s) that you wish to reserve a slot for and enter your MyERAS password in the space provided.
- Click "Submit Request" to complete the process. Make sure to click "Submit Request" instead of "Enter" after entering your password.