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New ResidencyCAS Tool: Alignment Insights
The Application Process Improvement Committee is pleased to introduce a potential new tool available to our specialty through ResidencyCAS: Alignment Insights.
Alignment Insights is designed to help applicants better assess their fit with residency programs, supporting more informed application strategies and, ultimately, improving interview yield for both applicants and programs. This tool compares an applicant’s profile with those of prior applicants who were invited to interview at a given program. Applicants then receive an alignment rating (high, medium, or low) for each program. With this information, applicants can more strategically target programs where they are most aligned.
To learn more, we invite you to view a brief introductory presentation by Dr. Liza Smith.
We also hope you will join us for a Town Hall on April 29 at 12:00 PM ET, where we will provide additional background, share insights, and answer your questions.
CORD Statement on Protecting Safe and Stable Training Environments
CORD is aware of the recent situation involving the detention of Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar, a first-year emergency medicine resident physician at the South Texas Health System. This event raises significant concern across our community due to its profound implications for trainee well-being, the learning environment, the stability of clinical education programs, and the program leaders who must navigate these challenges.
CORD supports the ability of all trainees who have met legal requirements to pursue their training in safe and stable environments, without fear of unexpected disruption.
CORD Job Board
Looking for a new position or looking to find the best talent, the CORD Job Board is a central location to find careers in academic emergency medicine.
CORD Connects
CORD Connects: On-Demand Learning for Medical Educators
Stay connected, informed, and inspired—anytime, anywhere.
CORD Connects is your go-to source for timely, relevant, and practical webinars created specifically for medical educators in emergency medicine. These sessions feature experts from across the field sharing best practices, innovations, and updates on everything from advising and residency applications to curriculum design, research, DEI, and more.
Whether you’re catching up on a session you missed or revisiting a topic for deeper insight, our full library of CORD Connects recordings is just a click away.
🎥 Browse and watch past sessions on demand
New sessions are added regularly—be sure to check back often and mark your calendar for upcoming events!
Session 74: Calm in the Storm: Equipping Learners to Handle the Emotional Burdens of Emergency Medicine
Host: Miriam Kulkarni, MD and Adrian Cotarelo, MD.
Emergency Medicine physicians are often called upon to deal with patients who are experiencing strong emotions. Residents are expected to learn to manage patients who are angry or frustrated in addition to the myriad other challenges involved in preparing for independent practice. Learning to navigate these difficult emotional encounters is one of the major challenges of Emergency Medicine and yet medical schools and residencies often offer learners minimal instruction. This didactic session will equip emergency medicine faculty with tools to help learners build their emotional resilience, including strategies to guide learners in recognizing their own emotional responses, and using a structured framework to understand and manage patient emotions.
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