Building the Building Blocks: Development of a Mission-Driven Residency Application Scoring Rubric for Holistic Review

Larger programs could scale similar holistic review processes by training additional reviewers to use the rubric or implementing it at various stages in the recruitment process. The authors were prompted to consider and improve ways their program could support potential residents. By implementing holistic review, programs can recruit diverse applicant classes that reflect their mission, values, and communities served, while mitigating biases inherent to graduate medical education systems.