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As a student of medicine, one of the first things you learn is that there is <\/span>always<\/span><\/i> more for you to learn. The field of medicine is constantly evolving. Every day, new scientific papers are published in medical journals, providing novel insights that have the potential to revolutionize the way medicine is practiced in a wide range of fields. During your undergraduate education and medical school, you were probably exposed to much of this cutting-edge research. Today, it is being put into practice.<\/span><\/p>\n

Based on the latest trends in medicine, universities and medical centers <\/span>all over the United States<\/span><\/a> are creating residency and fellowship programs to train residents in new specialty areas. The application process for these programs is coordinated by the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Thus, the number of specialty areas and programs that are available through the ERAS application process increases each year. In 2018, new specialty areas were added for almost all program types and application cycles<\/span><\/p>\n

Understanding the ERAS Application process<\/b><\/p>\n

The Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) is the organization responsible for the coordination of medical residency and fellowship programs in the United States. Through the <\/span>ERAS online portal<\/span><\/a>, aspiring medical residents and fellows can prepare and submit applications to the programs of their dreams — including newly added programs that provide training in innovative specialty areas.<\/span><\/p>\n

For prospective medical residents, there is one application cycle each year, which runs from June to September. The deadline for the <\/span>2018 ERA application process<\/span><\/a> is September 6, 2017, so mark your calendar! For aspiring medical fellows, there are two application cycles each year. The deadline for the first cycle — which is the one used by the majority of fellowship programs in the United States — is in July. The deadline for the second application cycle is in December. <\/span><\/p>\n

For the 2018 ERAS application process, new specialty areas were added for each application cycle. Read on to learn more about the exciting opportunities that are opening up within the field of medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n

MD Residency – September Cycle<\/b><\/p>\n

As a foreign medical graduate looking to apply for a residency program in the United States, you have 50 specialty areas to choose from. The three most common specialties for foreign medical graduates are family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics, but for the 2018 process, there are also two new specialty areas that you might be interested in:<\/span><\/p>\n