title: A standardized letter of recommendation for residency application.
abstract: Emergency medicine (EM) program directors have expressed a desire for more evaluative data to be included in application materials. This is consistent with frustrations expressed by program directors of multiple specialties, but mostly by those in specialties with more competitive matches. Some of the concerns about traditional narrative letters of recommendation included lack of uniform information, lack of relative value given for interval grading, and a perception of ambiguity with regard to terminology. The Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors established a task force in 1995 that created a standardized letter of recommendation form. This form, to be completed by EM faculty, requests that objective, comparative, and narrative information be reported regarding the residency applicant.
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson 85724, USA. sam@aemrc.arizona.edu
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Keim
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rein
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chisholm
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Dyne
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Hendey
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Jouriles
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schrading
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salomone
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Swart
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wightman
mesh_terms: D015709:Correspondence as Topic; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007586:Job Application; D014481:United States