Who to Interview? Low Adherence by US Medical Schools to Medical Student Performance Evaluation Format Makes Resident Selection Difficult
The Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) appendices provide a program director with comparative performance for a student’s academic and professional attributes, but they are frequently absent or incomplete. We reviewed MSPEs from applicants to our emergency medicine residency program f...
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doaj-bff88c2d5f524472a9dddae0f772d9f02020-11-24T22:46:10ZengeScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine1936-900X1936-90182017-01-01181505510.5811/westjem.2016.10.32233Who to Interview? Low Adherence by US Medical Schools to Medical Student Performance Evaluation Format Makes Resident Selection DifficultOsborn, Megan Boysen0Yanuck, Justin1Mattson, James2Toohey, Shannon3Lahham, Shadi4Wray, Alisa5Wiechmann, Warren6Langdorf, Mark7University of California, IrvineUniversity of California, IrvineNew York Presbyterian HospitalUniversity of California, IrvineUniversity of California, IrvineUniversity of California, Irvine, Department of Emergency MedicineUniversity of California, Irvine, Department of Emergency MedicineUniversity of California, Irvine, Department of Emergency MedicineThe Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) appendices provide a program director with comparative performance for a student’s academic and professional attributes, but they are frequently absent or incomplete. We reviewed MSPEs from applicants to our emergency medicine residency program from 134 of 136 (99%) US allopathic medical schools, over two application cycles (2012-13, 2014-15). We determined the degree of compliance with each of the five recommended MSPE appendices. Only three (2%) medical schools were compliant with all five appendices. The medical school information page (MSIP, appendix E) was present most commonly (85%), followed by comparative clerkship performance (appendix B, 82%), overall performance (appendix D, 59%), preclinical performance (appendix A, 57%), and professional attributes (appendix C, 18%). Few schools (7%) provided student-specific, comparative professionalism assessments. Medical schools inconsistently provide graphic, comparative data for their students in the MSPE. Although PDs value evidence of an applicant’s professionalism when selecting residents, medical schools rarely provide such useful, comparative professionalism data in their MSPEs. As PDs seek to evaluate applicants based on academic performance and professionalism, rather than standardized testing alone, medical schools must make MSPEs more consistent, objective, and comparative. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/7wm272w8#page-1Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE)Residency AdmissionsStudent Affairs OfficersResidency Program Director |
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Who to Interview? Low Adherence by US Medical Schools to Medical Student Performance Evaluation Format Makes Resident Selection Difficult |
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The Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) appendices provide
a program director with comparative performance for a student’s academic and professional
attributes, but they are frequently absent or incomplete. We reviewed MSPEs from
applicants to our emergency medicine residency program from 134 of 136 (99%) US allopathic
medical schools, over two application cycles (2012-13, 2014-15). We determined the degree
of compliance with each of the five recommended MSPE appendices. Only three
(2%) medical schools were compliant with all five appendices. The medical school information
page (MSIP, appendix E) was present most commonly (85%), followed by comparative clerkship
performance (appendix B, 82%), overall performance (appendix D, 59%), preclinical performance
(appendix A, 57%), and professional attributes (appendix C, 18%). Few schools (7%) provided
student-specific, comparative professionalism assessments. Medical schools
inconsistently provide graphic, comparative data for their students in the MSPE. Although PDs
value evidence of an applicant’s professionalism when selecting residents, medical schools rarely
provide such useful, comparative professionalism data in their MSPEs. As PDs seek to evaluate
applicants based on academic performance and professionalism, rather than standardized testing
alone, medical schools must make MSPEs more consistent, objective, and comparative.
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