Emergency Medicine Standardized Letter of Evaluation (SLOE): Findings From the New Electronic SLOE Format.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emergency medicine (EM) uses a standardized template for residency application letters of recommendations. In 1997, the Standardized Letter of Recommendation was developed with categories for applicant comparison. Now named the Standardized Letter of Evaluation (SLOE), it is a universal requirement in the EM residency application process. In 2016, a website called "eSLOE" was launched for credentialed academic EM faculty to enter applicant data, which generates a SLOE.

Objective

This article outlines website creation for the eSLOE and its successful national implementation in the 2016-2017 EM residency application cycle. We analyzed current trends in applicant assessments from the eSLOE data and compared them to prior data.

Methods

Data from 2016-2017 were

SUBMITTER: Jackson JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6476101 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature