Internal medicine fellowship directors' perspectives on the quality and utility of letters conforming to residency program director letter of recommendation guidelines

Internal medicine fellowship directors' perspectives on the quality and utility of letters conforming to residency program director letter of recommendation guidelines

Background: In May 2017, the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) published guidelines intending to standardize and improve internal medicine residency program director (PD) letters of recommendation (LORs) for fellowship applicants. Objectives: This study aimed to examine fellowship PDs i...

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Published in:Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 173 - 176
Main Authors: O'Connor, AB, Williams, CM, Dalal, B, Sulistio, MS, Roth, TK, Milne, CK, Collichio, FA, Muchmore, EA, Alweis, R.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Taylor & Francis 01-07-2018
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Subjects:
application
Directors
Domains
Emergency medical care
fellowship
Guidelines
Incentive plans
Internal medicine
Letters of recommendation
Medical Education
Medicine
Pediatrics
Polls & surveys
Scholarships & fellowships
Writers
internal medicine
guidelines
application
fellowship
Letters of recommendation
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Summary:Background: In May 2017, the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) published guidelines intending to standardize and improve internal medicine residency program director (PD) letters of recommendation (LORs) for fellowship applicants. Objectives: This study aimed to examine fellowship PDs impressions of the new guidelines, letter writers' adherence to the guidelines, and the impact of LORs that conformed to guidelines compared to non-standardized letters. Methods: The authors anonymously surveyed fellowship PDs from January to March 2018 to gather input about LORs submitted to their programs during the 2017 fellowship application cycle. Results: A total of 78% of survey respondents were satisfied with letters that followed the AAIM guidelines, whereas 48% of respondents were satisfied with letters that did not. Fellowship PDs felt that letters that followed the AAIM guidelines were more helpful than letters that did not, especially for differentiating between applicants from the same institution and for understanding residents' performance across the six core competency domains. Fellowship PDs provided several suggestions for residency PDs to make the LORs even more helpful. Conclusion: Fellowship PD respondents indicated that LORs that followed the new AAIM guidelines were more helpful than letters that did not.
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ISSN:2000-9666
2000-9666
DOI:10.1080/20009666.2018.1500424