Application Factors Associated With Clinical Performance During Pediatric Internship

Are Final Residency Milestones Correlated With Early Fellowship Performance in Pediatrics?

“…3 Milestones have been used and studied as a measure of trainee performance for education research, programmatic assessment, and learning analytics. [4][5][6][7][8] Prior studies of milestones have demonstrated a general upward trend in milestone scores as learners progress through training, [9][10][11][12] but this trend is often less pronounced and less consistent during subspecialty fellowship training. 13,14 Other studies have found that milestone scores vary among different specialties within a single institution, as well as among identical specialties across different institutions.…”

The LETTER of Recommendation: Showcasing a Student’s Strengths

“…LORs are an integral component of residency selection and have been shown to correlate with performance in pediatric internship. 1 They provide an opportunity to highlight applicants' professionalism and adherence to ethical standards, which are qualities important to program directors when selecting applicants to interview. 2 In the next few years, US Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 will transition to a pass-fail test, and residency programs may increasingly rely on other aspects of the application, such as the LOR, to identify candidates that are a good match for their programs.…”