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This information provides UQ-Ochsner students with details and resources for preparing for the U.S. Residency Match.

UQ-Ochsner students should ensure their residency specialty interest is updated in Placements, under the My Details section, at all times.

Residency Interviews for 2025 Match form

  1. Residency Application Information
  2. MSPE Letter Process
  3. ECFMG/ERAS Contact
  4. Residency Resources
  1. United States Residency Links
  2. CV and Personal Statement
  3. ECFMG Clinical Skills Pathways
  4. ResidencyCAS and CentralApp

8. ResidencyCAS and CentralApp

This information is detailed specifically for UQ-Ochsner students and graduates. Students and graduates of the MD-Onshore program should visit the Overseas Certification and Residency page.

For the 2025 US Match, all Obstetrics and Gynecology residency programs will utilize the Residency Central Application Service (ResidencyCAS) and not ERAS. Likewise, the Central Application (CentralApp) is being utilized by Plastic Surgery and some programs in Anesthesiology, Neurology, and Urology are piloting the CentralApp as a supplemental application. More information on which programs are participating can be found at: https://centralapp.accessgme.com/faqs.

ECFMG supports applicants applying to residency programs through ResidencyCAS and CentralApp. ECFMG will assist in collecting and uploading the Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE), medical school transcript, and ECFMG Status Report. Please visit ECFMG’s website for complete details at https://www.ecfmg.org/eras/residencycas.html.

Process for applicants applying through ResidencyCAS/CentralApp and NOT through ERAS

  • For ECFMG to support your ResidencyCAS or CentralApp residency application, you will be required to complete the Residency Application Support Form and pay the fee. The amount of the fee is determined by other factors.
  • Once the form is processed, a member of ECFMG’s residency application support team will contact you with specific information and instructions for submitting your MSPE and transcript. Your instructions might vary depending on several factors, such as whether or not you are participating in multiple residency application services.
  • We will provide your documents directly to ECFMG. However, in order for us to do this, you must forward the “welcome” email you receive from ECFMG to med.ocsStudentAdmin@uq.edu.au.
  • ECFMG will not accept any documents until applicants have submitted both the Residency Application Support Form and payment to ECFMG.
  • Please ensure that you list your Medical School as The University of Queensland. The contact details will auto populate to ECFMG.

Your ECFMG Status Report will be generated and transmitted to ResidencyCAS and/or CentralApp in early September 2024. If your status changes after this date, an updated Status Report will be transmitted to ResidencyCAS and/or CentralApp within one week of the status change.

NOTE: If you are ALSO applying through ERAS, your MSPE and transcript are uploaded to ECFMG’s electronic portal by us, as your medical school. ECFMG will then use these documents to provide to ResidencyCAS and/or CentralApp.

NRMP Main Residency Match Program Directory - provides the application service requirements of Match-participating programs along with other key program information including location, links to the institution and program websites, NRMP program code, and program type.

 

UQ-Ochsner Student Contacts

The Ochsner Clinical School Student Administration in New Orleans:

Phone: +1 504 842 1204 | +1 504 842 7460 | +1 504 754 7279
Email: med.ocsStudentAdmin@uq.edu.au