AAMC-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
Register your institution or program to use Thalamus for the 2026 ERAS season.
For Institutions
These steps need to be completed for both new and existing Thalamus institutions.
Starting on April 2, 2025, designated institutional officers (DIOs) (and/or the main contact at an institution) may register for the ERAS season on behalf of their programs. Prior to June 4, 2025, users should log in to the ERAS Program Director's WorkStation (PDWS), click on the Program Management tab, and accept the terms of use. Once the ERAS season opens on June 4, 2025, users will be presented with the terms of use to accept immediately upon login.
New for this year, registering to use the ERAS system will automatically register programs for complimentary access to Thalamus Core, Itinerary Wizard, Cerebellum, and Cortex. No other steps will be needed to receive access to Thalamus.Bulk onboarding to Thalamus will begin on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 when the 2026 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 4). Programs are onboarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
If you are interested in purchasing Thalamus Video for your entire institution (and any other Thalamus products for non-ERAS programs) 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 programs.
Starting on April 2, 2025, programs may begin registering for the ERAS season. Prior to June 4, 2025, users should log in to the ERAS Program Director's WorkStation (PDWS), click on the Program Management tab, and accept the terms of use. Once the ERAS season opens on June 4, 2025, users will be presented with the terms of use to accept immediately upon login.
New for this year, registering to use the ERAS system will automatically register programs for complimentary access to Thalamus Core, Itinerary Wizard, Cerebellum, and Cortex. No other steps will be needed to receive access to Thalamus.Bulk onboarding to Thalamus will begin on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 when the 2026 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 4). Programs are onboarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
If you are interested in purchasing Thalamus Video for your program, fill out this form:
April 2, 2025-June 4, 2025
* 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!
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