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Cycle 2026–2027 Updates

Enhancements Overview

Release Date

Release Highlights

May 18, 2026

Interview Portal

April 22, 2026

Program Portal

April 6 and 16, 2026

Interview Portal

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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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. 

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Improved Rank List Functionality
  1. Rank lists now occupy an entire page, reducing the need to scroll.
  2. You can now manually enter the rank order of each applicant, in addition to dragging and dropping them, for quick and efficient changes.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

March 6, 2026 (Program Portal)

New Resume PDF Export

You can now export applicants' resumes from the Program Portal via a new Resume PDF export template. The resume PDF includes the following sections:

  • Contact Information
  • Education
  • Work Experience
  • Research Experience
  • Awards
  • Presentations and Publications
  • Hobbies

 

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