Screening of applicants and selection of interns for surgical residency programs continue to
rely heavily on letters of recommendation from surgical faculty. To define important aspects …

PURPOSE: To determine the content and value of letters of recommendation (LOR) in the
selection of residents for general surgery training. METHODS: During the 1999 application …

Background Females comprise 1/3 of general surgery residents, 1/4 of surgical faculty and
10% of full professors. Inadequate sponsorship is one proposed mechanism for this decline …

OBJECTIVE The American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons (ACAPS) Plastic Surgery
Recommendation Form is a standardized letter of recommendation (SLOR) used in the …

Objectives The letter of recommendation (LOR) is an important component of a residency
application. There is great subjectivity in the interpretation of a letter writer's narrative and …

Background. The goals of this project were to evaluate the current perspective on letters of
recommendation and to assess the need for, and acceptance of, a more standardized letter …

To measure the interobserver reliability in evaluating letters of recommendation for
residency applicants, three letters were collected from each of the application files of 58 …

Objective Letters of recommendation (LOR) provide valuable information that help in
selecting new residents. In this study, we aim to investigate the perceptions of surgical …

Background No published study has explored gender differences in letters of
recommendation for applicants entering surgical subspecialty fellowships. Methods We …

Objective Performance inflation is rampant in applications to general surgery residency. The
medical student performance evaluation, transcript, and letters of recommendation (LOR) …