SAE-R = Self assessment. My PD would not release my SAE scores to any of the fellowships I applied to for precisely this reason - I still got a great fellowship. My PD had me email the chair of the SAE subcommittee Dr. Webster - about the issue of fellowships wanting SAE scores.
Here is his response:
"This is a somewhat difficult and frustrating situation. I am disturbed that fellowship directors are requesting this information. The SAER is not an inservice examination. It is a self-assessement exam and results of the SAER are designed to help residents individualize their learning / study activities and prepare for PM&R Board Certification. The results are confidential, so results should not be shared by program directors to other individuals...The AAPM&R and SAER committee will be addressing this issue on a more global basis with program and fellowship directors."
FYI:
Joseph B. Webster, MD, Chair, Professionalism, Practice-Based Learning, and Research
Venu Akuthota, MD, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation and Pain Rehabilitation
John E. Begovich, DO, Physiatric Therapeutics and Alternative Medicine
Michelle S. Gittler, MD, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Assistive Devices
Brian M. Kelly, DO, Neuromuscular Disorders
Thomas S. Kiser, MD, MPH, Brain Disorders
Theresa J. Lie-Nemeth, MD, Medical Rehabilitation
Virginia S. Nelson, MD, Pediatric Rehabilitation
Atul T. Patel, MD, Electrodiagnosis
Amy C. Phelan, MD, DVM, General Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Topics
Heidi Prather, DO, Industrial Rehabilitation and Systems-Based Practice
Jeffrey Rosenbluth, MD, Spinal Cord Disorders
Vivian C. Shih, MD, Joint and Connective Tissue Disorders
