Evaluating the 2023 Standardized Letter of Recommendation Form in Applications to Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
The 2023 SLOR demonstrated notable rank inflation with only 22.7% of applicants receiving a score of less than 7 on any domain. By contrast, 69.9% of applicants received a score of "rare, perfect gem" on at least one domain of the form. We encourage the American Orthopaedic Association Council of Orthopaedic Residency Director to continue to improve the form and provide guidance to residency program leadership on proper use of the grading system.
Authors
- Tara Shelby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8368-1299)
- Jay R. Lieberman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1374-8929)
- Jacob R. Ball (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3535-2631)
- Hyunwoo P. Kang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3320-0386)
- Fergui Hernandez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0973-7322)
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Centre Alpien de Phytogéographie (CH)
- Ball (France) (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Published
- 2024-09-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5435/jaaos-d-24-00234
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.40