Charina A Javier, Mario V Capanzana, Sarah S Gohilde
Socio-demographic Determinants of Filipino Consumers Reading Food Product Labels and Nutrition Facts: Findings from the 2018-2019 ENNS
Acta medica Philippina
conventional meritbased criteria including standardized test scores grade point averages become less available residency programs help distinguish applicants making components application including letters recommendation lors important surrogate markers performance despite impact applications limited published data lors international setting crosssectional survey academic faculty conducted 9 january 2023 12 march 2023 two large academic medical centers united arab emirates descriptive statistics used tabulate variable frequencies 98 respondents majority male n 67 684 westerntrained n 66 673 midcareer physicians n 46 469 respondents n 77 786 believed purpose lor help applicant match desired program letters rarely included important skills leadership n 37 378 applicant involvement research n 43 439 education n 38 388 patient advocacy n 30 306 faculty n 81 827 familiar standardized letters recommendation 73 n 7 respondents previously received training writing lors 877 n 86 expressed interest professional development opportunity variability perceptions practices related lor writing international setting several areas improvement given increasing importance lors candidates application faculty development necessary