SLOR only for letter from PD?

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Hey guys,

Sorry if this is a mornic question, but is the SLOR form only for PDs? I rotated at my home institution which does not have a residency program and I am getting a LoR from one of those docs...does it still need a SLOR form?

Thanks for clarifying.

 

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Hey guys,

Sorry if this is a mornic question, but is the SLOR form only for PDs? I rotated at my home institution which does not have a residency program and I am getting a LoR from one of those docs...does it still need a SLOR form?

Thanks for clarifying.

If you search, you will find more in depth answers......appology accepted.

A SLOR is a form that was created by Emergency Medicine Academic beings....its intent was to be used by other EM Attendings associated with an Emergency Medicine Residency. If you look at the SLOR, it becomes apparent why this is. (This applicant will be ranked highly at your institution: likely, not likely, highly likely, etc).

It was meant as a tool to make a level playing field and to give some standards to LORS (I worked with XYZ for 4 shifts. XYZ saw his patients quickly. XYZ made good diagnosis. XYZ bought me ice cream....how useful is that really? ABC bought me a beer after work one day. Is he really better?) ) The problem with giving this tool to a NON associated Emergency Medicine Residency doctor is that they really are not part of the 'process' and its hard for them to answer things like compared to others you ranked, how high will you rank, etc etc.


Just get LORs from the places with NO EM program. Techincally any person can fill out a SLOR (Give it to your IM attending..... now that does not make sense does it? Yet that really would be no different than giving it to a non academic EM attending). Usually a PD will fill these out as a collective effort from the shop you rotated at...although not always. Any academic Emergency Medicine Physician can fill out a (valid) SLOR. The best one is the one that speaks best about you... it might be from the PD at the program you rotated at and work 2 shifts with, or it may be the attending that you caught breakfest with one morning and went golfing with one weekend.