Letters of Recommendation
Letters of Recommendation
Residency Letter of Recommendation (ERAS)
Vantage, patient-care evidence, and endorsement strength in narrative ERAS letters, read the way program directors read them.
Review of a narrative ERAS residency letter of recommendation - internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, family medicine, and other narrative-letter specialties, including IMG letters - written by the recommender or drafted at the recommender's request. Standardized specialty letters (the emergency medicine eSLOE, orthopaedic eSLOR, OB/GYN SLOE, psychiatry SLOR, and similar structured web forms) are not prose letters and are not covered.
5 scored dimensionsScore range: 0–5Word count: 300–700
Scoring Dimensions
1How You Know the Candidate
2Patient-Care Evidence
3The Qualities Programs Screen For
4The Strength of the Endorsement
5A Letter Only This Candidate Could Get
References
https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-residencies-eras/publication-chapters/letters-recommendationhttps://www.aamc.org/services/eras-for-institutions/lor-portalhttps://www.ecfmg.org/eras/asking-lors.pdfhttps://education.uwmedicine.org/somrural/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/04/LORtips.2016.pdfhttps://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-PD-Survey-Report-Narrative_FINAL.pdfhttps://www.cordem.org/resource/standardized-letter-of-evaluation-sloe/https://www.aoassn.org/standardized-electronic-letter-of-recommendation-eslor/https://www.aafp.org/students-residents/medical-students/become-a-resident/applying-to-residency/references.html
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