AAMC and Thalamus Collaboration
Accelerating innovation across the transition to residency and fellowship for applicants and programs.
Collaboration Overview
On April 27th, 2023, the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) and Thalamus entered into a strategic collaboration to accelerate innovation across the transition to residency and fellowship processes. This mission-driven collaboration between a non-profit and Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) has delivered Thalamus Core and Cerebellum to all Electronic Residency Application Service® (ERAS®) programs, built an innovative API to streamline data transfer and user experience across Electronic Residency Application Service® (ERAS®) Program Director’s WorkStation (PDWS) and Thalamus products, and provided tech-assisted application review and screening through Cortex and Thalamus Holistic Review!
Complimentary Access to Thalamus Products for ERAS Programs
Through this collaboration, all ERAS residency and fellowship programs receive complimentary access to the Thalamus interview management platform, Thalamus Core and Itinerary Wizard, as well as Cerebellum, a novel data and analytics dashboard to assess recruitment outcomes at both the program and institutional level. New for ERAS 2026 (beginning July 2025), all ERAS residency and fellowship programs will receive complimentary access to Cortex, Thalamus’s tech-assisted holistic application review and screening platform.
Programs may elect to purchase the Thalamus Video interview platform. Institutions may also purchase Thalamus products for non-ERAS programs, and broader institutional discounts are available.
What's included complimentary:
Available for a Fee:
Steps for Participating
Opt-In to use Thalamus can be done at either the Institutional or Program Level.
For Institutions
These steps need to be completed for both new and existing Thalamus institutions.
Starting on April 15, 2024, DIOs (and/or the main ERAS contact at an institution) may opt-in on behalf of their programs to use Thalamus through ERAS Program Management (EPM) and accept the terms of use.
Bulk onboarding to Thalamus will begin on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 when the 2025 ERAS season opens. The program user that opts-in will receive an email containing account and login information within 72 business hours of the season opening or the date of form submission (for opt-ins after June 5). Programs are onboarded on a first-come, first-served basis
If you are interested in purchasing Cortex and/or Video for your entire institution or learning ways in which we can help you drive institutional adoption in Thalamus, fill out this form:
For Programs
These steps need to be completed for both new and existing Thalamus institutions.
Starting on April 15, 2024, log into ERAS Program Management (EPM) and accept the terms of use.
Bulk onboarding to Thalamus will begin on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 when the 2025 ERAS season opens. Programs will receive an email containing account and login information within 72 business hours of the season opening or the date of form submission (for opt-ins after June 5). Programs are onboarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
If you are interested in purchasing Cortex and/or Video for your program, fill out this form
* Residency and Fellowship Programs will be onboarded in advance of their respective application cycles
The AAMC Offers Free Thalamus Tools to ERAS Programs
Thalamus offers the most comprehensive training resources in graduate medical education (GME) software. As part of AAMC-Thalamus Collaboration benefits, we offer many complimentary options including a full knowledge-base/user guide, live/synchronous and recorded/asynchronous video training, snippet videos of all key features and more! We’ve also put together a free, didactic, and curriculum-based way to learn the software, which we call Thalamus University Online Academy. Overall, our team of former program coordinators and GME experts provides over 200+ free trainings and webinars annually as well!
Training options will also be provided as part of your onboarding and include self-paced and instructor led options. Pre-recorded training videos are available to watch on-demand.
Thalamus User Guides
Step-by-step user guides are available for all Thalamus users and products. Browse based on category or search for a specific guide.
Thalamus Product and Informational Resources
Contact and Support
Made by GME, for GME, our team of subject matter experts and former program coordinators/administrators are passionate about the medical education community. Team Thalamus collectively has 200 years of GME experience. We look forward to working with everyone!
