Asking a chief resident to write a residency LOR with the attending's signature?

[Please_Stand_By]

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Would it be appropriate to have a chief resident write a LOR for acgme I.M. and have his attending (who I worked with for a bit, but not nearly as much as with the resident) sign it? Or would it be more appropriate to have the attending write the letter and have him take in input from the resident?

Thanks for any help.

 

[gutonc]

Would it be appropriate to have a chief resident write a LOR for acgme I.M. and have his attending (who I worked with for a bit, but not nearly as much as with the resident) sign it? Or would it be more appropriate to have the attending write the letter and have him take in input from the resident?

Thanks for any help.

The second.

 

[FutureInternist]

No one will know who actually wrote the letter.
I actually wrote 2 of my 4 (to have it reflect different aspects) since in my mind, as long as the person signing it reads it, there is no ethical dilemma
You could ask the Resident to write one (since that would probably be easier) and attach it to an email to the attending for "guidance"

 

[HelpPleaseMD]

Would it be appropriate to have a chief resident write a LOR for acgme I.M. and have his attending (who I worked with for a bit, but not nearly as much as with the resident) sign it? Or would it be more appropriate to have the attending write the letter and have him take in input from the resident?

Thanks for any help.

def #2. never had to write my own rec before.. seems kinda lazy on the attendings part.

 

[dozitgetchahi]

No one will know who actually wrote the letter.
I actually wrote 2 of my 4 (to have it reflect different aspects) since in my mind, as long as the person signing it reads it, there is no ethical dilemma
You could ask the Resident to write one (since that would probably be easier) and attach it to an email to the attending for "guidance"

Yeah I had a couple attendings propose the 'you write the letter and I'll sign it' bit.

I bypassed these people and went to other people who actually were willing to do it themselves. Writing your own recommendation letter seems like the most awkward thing ever, and on top of that I have no idea what the appropriate academic 'code language' they supposedly use is. I felt like any letter I'd write would come off sounding like it wasn't written by the staff, which can't be a good thing.

As far as OP goes, just get the attending to do it...