title: Evaluation of a system designed to enhance the resident selection process.
abstract: A system was developed to establish standardized student performance information and a common nomenclature to enhance communication between clerkship and residency program directors. The results show such a system is in demand by program directors but that some students clerkship directors feel its use hampers students' chances of acquiring surgery residency positions.
authors.affiliation: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield 62794-9230.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: DaRosa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Folse
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004521:Educational Measurement; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D012570:School Admission Criteria