The Revised Medical School Performance Evaluation: Does It Meet the Needs of Its Readers?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Medical School Performance Evaluation (MSPE) is an important factor for application to residency programs. Many medical schools are incorporating recent recommendations from the Association of American Medical Colleges MSPE Task Force into their letters. To date, there has been no feedback from the graduate medical education community on the impact of this effort.

Objective

We surveyed individuals involved in residency candidate selection for internal medicine programs to understand their perceptions on the new MSPE format.

Methods

A survey was distributed in March and April 2018 using the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine listserv, which comprises 4220 individuals from 439 residency programs. Responses were analyzed, and themes were

SUBMITTER: Brenner JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6699531 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature