title: Multicenter Validation of a Customizable Scoring Tool for Selection of Trainees for a Residency or Fellowship Program. The EAST-IST Study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Few data have been published regarding scoring tools for selection of postgraduate medical trainee candidates that have wide applicability.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The authors present a novel scoring tool developed to assist postgraduate programs in generating an institution-specific rank list derived from selected elements of the U.S. Electronic Residency Application System (ERAS) application.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors developed and validated an ERAS and interview day scoring tool at five pulmonary and critical care fellowship programs: the ERAS Application Scoring Tool-Interview Scoring Tool. This scoring tool was then tested for intrarater correlation versus subjective rankings of ERAS applications. The process for development of the tool was performed at four other institutions, and it was performed alongside and compared with the "traditional" ranking methods at the five programs and compared with the submitted National Residency Match Program rank list.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The ERAS Application Scoring Tool correlated highly with subjective faculty rankings at the primary institution (average Spearman's r = 0.77). The ERAS Application Scoring Tool-Interview Scoring Tool method correlated well with traditional ranking methodology at all five institutions (Spearman's r = 0.54, 0.65, 0.72, 0.77, and 0.84).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study validates a process for selecting and weighting components of the ERAS application and interview day to create a customizable, institution-specific tool for ranking candidates to postgraduate medical education programs. This scoring system can be used in future studies to compare the outcomes of fellowship training.
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Gabriel T
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7841-6298
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Bosslet
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: W Graham
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Carlos
authors.affiliation: 2 Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Tybor
authors.affiliation: 3 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McCallister
authors.affiliation: 4 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, and Allergy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
authors.forename: Candace
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huebert
authors.affiliation: 5 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Marsico Lung Institute, University of North Carolina Healthcare, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and.
authors.forename: Ashley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.affiliation: 6 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Immunologic Disease, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Matthew C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Miles
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Homer
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Twigg
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Catherine R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Sears
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Mark O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Farber
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lahm
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Buckley
mesh_terms: D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007586:Job Application; D010560:Personnel Selection; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States
keywords: education; internship and residency; job application