Does the Medical Student Performance Evaluation Change the Decision to Invite Residency Applicants?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although emergency medicine (EM) residency program directors (PD) have multiple sources to evaluate each applicant, some programs await the release of the medical student performance evaluation (MSPE) to extend interview offers. While prior studies have demonstrated that MSPE content is variable and selectively positive, no prior work has evaluated the impact of the MSPE on the likelihood to invite (LTI) applicants for a residency interview. This study aimed to evaluate how information in the MSPE impacted LTI, with the hypothesis that changes in LTI would be relatively rare based on MSPE review alone.

Methods

We conducted a prospective, observational study analyzing applications to three EM residency programs during the 2019-2020 match cycle. Reviewers assessed

SUBMITTER: Thimm TN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8463047 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature