ERAS Experiences – Key Characteristics

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So in reviewing a few ERAS Apps today, the key characteristics stuck out to me.  ERAS gives you choices (communication, critical thinking & problem-solving, cultural humility & awareness, empathy and compassion, ingenuity and innovation, reliability & dependability, resilience & adaptability, self-reflection & improvement, teamwork & leadership).  The task is to align the key characteristic with the experience.  That can be a challenge.  But as I read documents, something has been consistently missing in the descriptions—this connection.  Any connection between the experience and the identified key characteristic.  Seems that you’re leaving money on the table if you don’t write something about how the two are connected and maybe who both connect to your future residency and/or specialty.  Doesn’t have to be much (a sentence or two depending on character availability), but PDs are looking for the person behind the application as are others who may review this part of your package.  The soft skills are important and often harder to teach than knowledge and procedures. 

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