A 30-year History of the Emergency Medicine Standardized Letter of Evaluation.

ABSTRACT: Thirty years ago, education leaders in emergency medicine (EM) developed a standardized letter of recommendation to address limitations of narrative letters of recommendation in the residency selection process. Since then, multiple iterations and improvements with specialty-wide adoption have led to this letter being cited as one of the most essential pieces of a residency application. Based on the experience and success in EM, many other specialties have also now adopted standardized letters of their own. In this paper, we detail the 30-year history of the EM standardized letter including form changes and technological innovations, research and validity evidence, and discussion of research and administrative priorities for the future.

SUBMITTER: Hegarty JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12698172 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature