Purpose Recent guidelines for the Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) have
standardized the “dean's letter.” The authors examined MSPEs for linguistic differences …

Objective Standardized letters of recommendation (SLOR) are hypothesized to decrease
bias and provide consistent domains for evaluation. However, their ability to differentiate …

Purpose: Faculty members commonly write letters of recommendation (LOR) for students.
Although letters can be helpful, they may do more harm if they include language that can …

Context Applicants to US residency training programmes are required to submit a personal
statement, the content of which is flexible but often requires them to describe their career …

Purpose: Previous studies in other medical specialties have shown a significant percentage
of publications represented in residency applications are not actually published. A …

Background: Standardized letters of recommendation (SLORs) were introduced to provide a
more objective method of evaluating applicants for orthopaedic surgery residency positions …

BACKGROUND Letters of recommendation (LORs) are historically an important, though
subjective, component of the neurosurgery residency application process. Standardized …

In this issue of the Journal of Graduate Medical Education, Saudek et al1 shed light on the
issue of letters of recommendation in graduate medical education. A survey of pediatrics …

Purpose The disparity between the number of applicants for postgraduate year 1 (PGY1)
pharmacy residency positions and the number of available residency positions increases …

Background Gender disparities in academic medicine continue to be pervasive. Written
evaluations of residents may provide insight into perceptions of residents by faculty, which …