Letter of what????

[Shah_Patel_PT]

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Hey guys/gals:

Listen to this! I finished my Medicine core at a NY hospital, and my attending evaluated me and gave me all full scores on everything and he gives it to me to submit to the director. Since I did well, I asked if I could get a rec letter, he happily agreed. ANyway, thats fine......but things get wierd now......

My attending asks me to write him a "letter of appreciation." Has anyone ever been asked to write one of these, and then to submit it back to the same attending??????

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[Gimlet]

Definitely never heard of that, but if it'll get you a LOR you might as well do it. This attending might want to use your letter in some sort of yearly review to show that he's committed to teaching, or maybe he's gunning for some sort of a promotion and needs to show a committee how awesome he is.

Either way, to do a favor for someone who is doing YOU a favor is the least you could do...quid pro quo and all that,you know.

 

[McGillGrad]

If you have no qualms about him being a good teacher then go for it. After all of the letters we have asked for, it would be good karma to give back🙂

 

[Hurricane]

I was asked to fill out an evaulation form and write a letter of appreciation for an attending who is up for tenure. It doesn't go to him though - it gets sent to the chair of his department. I'm assuming he gave my name to the department chair.

Here's a website that might be helpful to you:
http://writinghelp-central.com/recommendation-letter-resources.html

 

[Dr. J?]

Yeah, I have been asked to write a letter in this same vein. It was for the purpose of helping secure one of my instructors tenure, I believe. He just asked me to write up what I thought about his teacing style in the classroom and the clinic. It was to be addressed to his chair and I wrote it prior to one of his evaluations. It sounds like this situation is similar. Just write what you think and deliver it to his superior. I wouldn't worry too much about what he writes about you - if it's bad you don't have to use the letter.

 

[Adcadet]

I nominated a professor for a series of teaching awards, and he later asked that I write a letter to support his tenure application. I happily did, and he got tenure. If you think the professor/attending is deserving, by all means write him a good letter. As students we need to make sure we let those in power know who is a great teacher so we can keep them.