Revolutionizing Residency Selection with Liaison’s Centralized Application Service.
For more than 30 years, Liaison has been partnering with health professions programs and their professional associations to pioneer the development of shared, comprehensive application platforms that improve the enrollment and selection process for applicants and institutions alike. Today, over 31,000 programs across more than 30 health professions use discipline-specific iterations of our Centralized Application Service (CAS) to: ` Manage application processing and support services. ` Streamline selection. ` Encourage application completion. ` Facilitate ongoing connection with applicants throughout the entire process. As we continue to build on that tradition of excellence and shared success, Liaison’s ResidencyCAS platform is specifically designed to enhance selection processes and improve outcomes for medical residency programs. ResidencyCAS—one of our most sophisticated and responsive CASs to date—is an intuitive, flexible application with real-time visual insights into applicants’ application statuses as well as selections trends, making it easier than ever to actively target your best-fit applicants. ResidencyCAS will serve as the application program for OBGYN residency programs in the 2024-2025 application cycle. Revolutionizing Residency Selection with Liaison’s Centralized Application Service
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Why ResidencyCAS?
Holistic Review with ResidencyCAS ResidencyCAS allows programs to evaluate candidates on various factors beyond academic scores, including holistic qualities such as interpersonal skills, leadership, and lived experiences. This allows programs to align applicants with their mission by more effectively identifying candidates who meet both academic and character-based standards. Comprehensive Data The ResidencyCAS platform collects key data such as USMLE/COMLEX scores, letters of recommendation, personal statements, and more. The result is a more complete picture of each applicant’s qualifications, making it easier to assess their readiness and fit for a program. Customizable Metrics Residency programs can assign different weights to different metrics—such as academic performance, research experience, and interpersonal skills—to align with their specific institutional priorities. This flexibility makes it possible to adjust selection processes based on evolving program objectives. Real-Time Adjustments Programs can also make real-time adjustments to scoring criteria, with automatic recalculation of applicant rankings, enabling dynamic updates based on new priorities or the latest data.
Simplified Selection ResidencyCAS provides a centralized platform to manage applications, interviews, and communication with applicants all in one place.
Optimized User Experience ResidencyCAS offers a modern, mobile-friendly experience, allowing both applicants and program staff to access the platform from any device.
Future-Proofed Residency Programs
ResidencyCAS’s dynamic technology is adaptable to the changing needs of specific residency programs and the evolving landscape of medical education in general.
Key Features ` Medical school portal | Invite applicants to begin their applications and upload relevant documentation they request. ` Applicant portal | Encourage applicants to complete their applications and gather materials, including those from medical schools and evaluators. ` Program portal | Facilitate the review and processing of submitted applications by program directors, managers, and reviewers.
` Interview portal | Create interview schedules, configure scoring forms, perform interviews, and calculate final scores and rankings. ` Evaluator portal | Enable evaluators and delegates to complete the SLOE and recommendations. ` Review portal | Complete and submit reviews and send them back to the Program Portal for additional review by program directors and managers.
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ResidencyCAS stands at the forefront of medical residency applications, offering cost savings, enhanced data privacy, advanced analytics, and superior support. With a mission-driven approach, it ensures that each specialty maintains control over its future initiatives while leveraging state-of-the-art technology to advance GME. Advantage
Cost Reduction for Applicants ResidencyCAS provides significant fee relief for applicants. In 2024-2025, the carefully designed ResidencyCAS fee structure resulted in a total applicant savings across the OB/GYN specialty of over $550,000 in application fees. The Emergency Medicine specialty is projected to save over $400,000 in total for their applicants. In addition, ResidencyCAS provides a Fee Waiver Program for the first 18 applications to all eligible applicants, including all applicants who received a fee waiver when applying to medical school and all applicants who can demonstrate financial eligibility during their medical school years. Proven Expertise ResidencyCAS is developed and managed by Liaison, a leader in health professions application services. The platform is supported by a 500-member team with deep expertise in: • Data science. • Health professions and higher education. • Advanced technology and data-driven solutions. communities. With the extensive experience supporting health professions, ResidencyCAS empowers each specialty to: • Drive innovative initiatives that align with their mission. • Utilize cutting-edge technology and data-driven insights to enhance GME. • Maintain autonomy in shaping the future of their respective fields. Reinvestment in Graduate Medical Education ResidencyCAS recognizes that specialties are best positioned to facilitate innovations that serve their Holistic Review Process ResidencyCAS supports a transparent, research-based holistic review model developed by Liaison’s Data Science team, Othot. Each specialty tailors their approach and implementation, ensuring: • Programs can align applicants with their selection criteria, considering academic qualifications, experiences, and attributes. • A customizable, mission-driven approach to evaluating candidates.
Unparalleled Customer Support ResidencyCAS is backed by an experienced team with decades of expertise in supporting over 30 centralized application services (CAS) across the health professions. Applicants, medical schools, and residency programs benefit from comprehensive, omnichannel support, including: • Live phone support (9 a.m.-8 p.m. EST), with average wait time under one minute in the 2024-2025 cycle. • 24/7 email and chat support for continuous assistance. • Dedicated one-on-one training for residency programs to ensure seamless onboarding and readiness. Ethical and Responsible Use of AI ResidencyCAS is committed to ethical AI implementation, ensuring: • Full transparency in system design and functionality. • AI usage is specialty-driven, with oversight from specialty leadership and input from focus groups. • Strict data privacy protection, ensuring compliance with regulations. Specialty Data & Analytics ResidencyCAS provides comprehensive data reporting and visualization tools to residency programs, sponsoring institutions, and medical schools. In addition, each specialty benefits from: • Customized aggregate data reports to support advocacy efforts. • Trend analysis and forecasting tools to guide future decision making. Data Ownership With over 25 years of experience developing health professions application services, ResidencyCAS recognizes that each specialty is best positioned to advocate for its own unique mission and goals. Specialty organizations retain full ownership of their data, ensuring they can monitor trends and make informed decisions. ResidencyCAS guarantees that: • Applicant data is not used for research, product development, or distribution without the explicit consent of the specialty. • Specialties remain the sole custodians of their data, ensuring privacy and strategic autonomy.
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Key Benefits ` Increased efficiency | ResidencyCAS automates repetitive tasks, such as application collection and interview scheduling, reducing administrative burdens and freeing up time for program directors and staff to focus on strategic decision making. ` Enhanced applicant experience | The platform’s mobile-friendly, user-centered interface for applicants makes the application process smoother and more accessible. That, in turn, improves applicant satisfaction and engagement. ` Data-driven decision making | Access to advanced analytics and reporting tools allows programs to make more informed decisions based on trends and metrics. ResidencyCAS enables programs to identify and recruit the best candidates while improving selection processes over time. ` Customized communication | Integrated tools allow for streamlined communication between program directors, staff, and applicants. Improved coordination guarantees that all parties stay informed during the entire selection process. ` Safeguarded security | ResidencyCAS adheres to SOC-2, GDPR, CCPA, and other industry- standard security practices, safeguarding the privacy and protection of applicant data while providing peace of mind for applicants and programs.
Data Science in Residency Selection ResidencyCAS uses machine learning models and advanced data science to predict student success based on historical data and key performance indicators. This gives programs the ability to make better, data-informed decisions regarding the selection of best-fit candidates. For example: Explainable data science provides transparency into how models generate rankings, helping programs understand which factors influence applicant evaluations. These insights into processes and outcomes ensure fairness in decision making and give program directors a deeper understanding of how applicants are ranked. Advanced predictive models use historical data to forecast the likelihood that applicants will be interviewed or matched. As a result, ResidencyCAS helps residency programs prioritize applicants and improve decision-making accuracy.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) selected ResidencyCAS to be the new centralized application service for medical residency programs in order to cultivate a workforce that will sustain the OBGYN specialty for years to come. Learn more about how ResidencyCAS can help your institution do the same by visiting residencycas.com.
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