PPI and letter of recs for PASS?

[maggie02]

I just registered a PASS account today, applying for PEDO this year I thought I knew this already, but obviously not. I see PPI's ares "required", but the letters of recommendations are not, at least on PASS. There can be up to 5 PPIs. Should I use different people for the letters and PPIs? If I have 3 letters and 5 PPI's, that means I need to find 8 people who will give me great evaluations. That's a big number.

Any thoughts and advice? Thanks guys.

Good luck to all who's applying this cycle!

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[Victoria1999]

I just registered a PASS account today, applying for PEDO this year I thought I knew this already, but obviously not. I see PPI's ares "required", but the letters of recommendations are not, at least on PASS. There can be up to 5 PPIs. Should I use different people for the letters and PPIs? If I have 3 letters and 5 PPI's, that means I need to find 8 people who will give me great evaluations. That's a big number.

Any thoughts and advice? Thanks guys.

Good luck to all who's applying this cycle!

Your PPIs and Letters should be from different people. I did 5 total (3 PPIs and 2 Letters) and it was more than enough. Decide which programs you are going to apply to and check the requirements for each program in regards to PPIs and LORs.

 

[mhb3003]

Your PPIs and Letters should be from different people. I did 5 total (3 PPIs and 2 Letters) and it was more than enough. Decide which programs you are going to apply to and check the requirements for each program in regards to PPIs and LORs.

Did u get the PEF from faculty or people you worked with?

 

[spark0722]

Anyone know if both PE (Professional Evaluations) have to be written by peds faculty if I am applying for peds?
I was under the impression that PPIs are in rubric format. What about PE? I know they are similar to the tradition LOR but is there some sort of structure to it? Thanks!

 

[kidsaremypassion]

Anyone know if both PE (Professional Evaluations) have to be written by peds faculty if I am applying for peds?
I was under the impression that PPIs are in rubric format. What about PE? I know they are similar to the tradition LOR but is there some sort of structure to it? Thanks!

Personally, I had two pediatric dental faculty, one clinical, and one -preclinical write my PE's, since they are more like traditional LOR, in being open format, than PPI's. I bet you could also have your practice leader /another faculty you worked with frequently in clinic write a PE on your behalf. PPI's are basically question/answer format, and don't really give much room for elaboration.