Cycle 2026–2027 Updates
Enhancements Overview
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Release Date |
Release Highlights |
|---|---|
| May 18, 2026 |
Interview Portal |
| April 22, 2026 |
Program Portal |
| April 6 and 16, 2026 |
Interview Portal
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| March 6, 2026 |
Program Portal |
Enhancements
May 18th, 2026 (Interview Portal)
Enhanced Session Visibility
The information displayed to users assigned to a session has been expanded to clarify schedule details.
- When session visibility is disabled, scheduled interviewers can still see the session and their assigned applicants on their dashboard. This provides clearer schedules and the ability to hide sessions from unscheduled applicants.
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On the Sessions page, a lock symbol appears next to a session’s date where the applicant deadline has passed. On its Session Details page, an alert explains this further. This allows program managers to easily identify sessions that applicants can no longer interact with.
Improved Rank List Functionality
- Rank lists now occupy an entire page, reducing the need to scroll.
- You can now manually enter the rank order of each applicant, in addition to dragging and dropping them, for quick and efficient changes.
Required Final Score Comment
When a program manager enters a final score that differs from the average score, an explanation is now required. This helps track why a score was changed, as the Final Interview Score Comment is an exportable field.
Additional Mandatory Room Available
The number of available Required Rooms For All Applicants per session has increased from 4 to 5, enabling the creation of more complex interview schedules.
April 22, 2026 (Program Portal)
Updated Settings Menu Organization
We've reorganized the Settings Menu to increase clarity and make it easier to navigate. Settings are now grouped more intentionally, with organization-wide (global) items at the top and application- or cycle-related items grouped lower in the menu.
These changes are part of ongoing improvements to how settings are structured, but there is no change to existing functionality. Only the layout and organization of the menu have been updated.
Clerkship Grades Available in the Applicant PDF
Clerkship grades are now included in the application PDF under the Medical Schools Attended section. This change makes it easier to analyze clerkship grades when exporting data from ResidencyCAS. Additionally, you can select these grades when creating a custom export.
April 6 and 16, 2026 (Interview Portal)
New Option to Send Applicant Reminder Emails (April 6)
You can now send a reminder email to applicants remaining in the Invited and Ready for Scheduling status after a specified number of days since their initial invitation.
Mobile and Accessibility Enhancements (April 16)
We have enhanced the experience for mobile and tablet devices while improving accessibility to better support all users. These updates offer a more consistent and user-friendly experience on smaller screens, along with enhancements that ensure compliance with Section 508 standards.