More Than One-third of Orthopaedic Applicants Are in the Top 10%: The Standardized Letter of Recommendation and Evaluation of Orthopaedic Resident Applicants

• Published in: Clinical orthopaedics and related research Vol. 479; no. 8; pp. 1703 - 1708
• Main Authors: Pacana, Matthew J., Thier, Zachary T., Jackson, J. Benjamin, Koon, David E., Grabowski, Gregory
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wolters Kluwer 01.08.2021; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
• Subjects: Adult; Clinical Research; Correspondence as Topic; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Educational Measurement - standards; Educational Measurement - statistics & numerical data; Female; Humans; Internship and Residency - organization & administration; Male; Orthopedics; Orthopedics - education; Personnel Selection - standards; Personnel Selection - statistics & numerical data; Reference Standards; Retrospective Studies; United States; United States

The American Orthopaedic Association (AOA) released the standardized letter of recommendation (SLOR) form to provide standardized information to evaluators of orthopaedic residency applicants. The SLOR associates numerical data to an applicant's letter of recommendation. However, it remains unc...