MSPE comment/ clerkship grades

[hjdmx]

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How bad is it if you have two Passes on Surgery and OB/GYN rotations if you are applying for FM?

2nd- how bad is a comment- " student needs to read more"

 

[Psai]

How bad is it if you have two Passes on Surgery and OB/GYN rotations if you are applying for FM?

2nd- how bad is a comment- " student needs to read more"

I got that comment all the time
It's a bs comment that people put when they have nothing to say

 

[AdmiralChz]

Are you really asking if a pass score is bad if you are applying for residency? Or am I reading this wrong.

 

[gutonc]

How bad is it if you have two Passes on Surgery and OB/GYN rotations if you are applying for FM?

What can you do about it now? It is what it is. You're not applying to surgery or OB so it will somewhere between a slight bummer to totally irrelevant.

2nd- how bad is a comment- " student needs to read more"

The last refuge of the surgery attending scoundrel.

PDs interpret this as "I barely remember this student...pretty sure s/he didn't kill anybody and only broke sterile field a few times the first week...I have to say something useful here...I know, needs to read more".

 

[LUCPM]

Everyone needs to read more including the attendings. The comment might also come in a different flavor as "needs to increase fundamental knowledge", so don't be too alarmed if you ever come across.

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[ProfMD]

I don't read the MSPE when interviewing applicants. I care about two things: letters of recommendation and personality.

I am not sure if the PD looks at the MSPE when deciding who to interview, but I doubt it.

All this, of course, will be speciality and program specific. But I wouldn't swear it. Focus on the things you can change and that have more weight (board scores, letters, etc).