Publications by authors named "E Muchmore"
Article Synopsis
- This study investigated the prevalence of legally prohibited questions asked to applicants of internal medicine and pediatrics fellowships during interviews, and how these experiences vary between the two groups.
- An anonymous survey was distributed to applicants for the 2021 fellowship matching year, gathering responses on their experiences with such questions, comparing results by subspecialty preference and demographics.
- Approximately 33.3% of internal medicine and 26.5% of pediatrics applicants reported being asked prohibited questions, with common themes being relationship status, national origin, and family planning, primarily posed by program faculty and directors.
Purpose: Competency-based medical education (CBME) represents a shift to a paradigm with shared definitions, explicit outcomes, and assessments of competence. The groundwork has been laid to ensure all learners achieve the desired outcomes along the medical education continuum using the principles of CBME. However, this continuum spans the major transition from undergraduate medical education (UME) to graduate medical education (GME) that is also evolving.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPerspectives on the quality and utility of letters conforming to the AAIM guidelines.
J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect
March 2021
Standardized letters of recommendation (SLOR) have become common features of the medical school to residency transition. Research has shown many advantages over the narrative letter of recommendation including improved letter-writing efficiency, ease of interpretation, and improved reliability as performance predictors. Currently, at least four specialties require fellowship SLORs.
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