Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE)
Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE)
Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) (formerly known as the Dean's Letter) is finalized after students have successfully completed all core Phase 2 clinical clerkships (Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Radiology, and Surgery). The MSPE contains six sections: Identifying Information, Noteworthy Characteristics, Academic History, Academic Progress, Summary, and Medical School Information. More information about the components of the MSPE can be found on the AAMC Medical Student Performance website.
Students are required to schedule a 1:1 meeting with the Associate Dean for Student Affairs prior to beginning the fourth year of medical school in preparation for ERAS and composition of the MSPE.
The Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) is a comprehensive assessment of your performance in achieving the educational objectives of our medical school curriculum. It is neither a letter of recommendation nor VTCSOM's prediction of your future performance in a residency program.
The MSPE describes your performance through three full years of medical school and part of your fourth year. It is added to the residency application platform for viewing by the residency programs to which you apply during Phase 3.
"Final authority for composing the MSPE, as an institutional assessment composed on behalf of the medical school faculty, should rest with a professional person, at the faculty level in the institution, who has access to all relevant evaluation data for all students. Ideally, the process by which the MSPE is composed should include a personal meeting with each student." - AAMC
Your Input
- Select the author. Unless you request otherwise, the Senior Dean for Medical Education and the Associate Dean for Student Affairs will be the authors.
- Provide a draft of the Noteworthy Characteristics section.
- Review the MSPE for accuracy before it is uploaded into the residency application platform(s) with one of four deans.
