Addressing Challenges in Obtaining Emergency Medicine Away Rotations and Standardized Letters of Evaluation Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors
Katirji, LindaSmith, Liza
Pelletier-Bui, Alexis
Hillman, Emily
Zhang, Xiao Chi
Pasirstein, Michael
Olaf, Mark
Shaw, Jazmyn
Franzen, Douglas
Ren, Ronnie
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Emergency Medicine at UMMS-BaystateDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2020-04-02Keywords
COVID-19pandemic
coronavirus
emergency medicine
rotations
medical students
standardized letters of evaluation
Emergency Medicine
Infectious Disease
Medical Education
Virus Diseases
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The Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (CORD) Advising Students Committee in Emergency Medicine (ASC-EM) anticipates institutional and regional variability in both the spread and response to COVID-19. Travel restrictions and host institution rotation closures will impact the number of emergency medicine (EM) rotations EM-bound medical students can complete in an unprecedented manner. They may prevent students from completing any away rotations this academic cycle, challenging the students’ ability to obtain EM Standardized Letters of Evaluation (SLOEs). EM’s emphasis on residency group SLOEs over other letter types creates an undue burden on these vulnerable students and makes the application process intrinsically inequitable. This inequity warrants a reevaluation of the current application practice. This article outlines ASC-EM's proposed recommendations for all stakeholders, including EM program leadership, medical schools, and EM-bound medical students, to consider for the upcoming EM application cycle.Source
Katirji L, Smith L, Pelletier-Bui A, Hillman E, Zhang XC, Pasirstein M, Olaf M, Shaw J, Franzen D, Ren R. Addressing Challenges in Obtaining Emergency Medicine Away Rotations and Standardized Letters of Evaluation Due to COVID-19 Pandemic. West J Emerg Med. 2020 Apr 2. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2020.3.47444. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32302281. Link to article on publisher's site
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10.5811/westjem.2020.3.47444Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/27629PubMed ID
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Copyright: © 2020 Katirji. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Distribution License
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10.5811/westjem.2020.3.47444
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