Does the dermatology standardized letter of recommendation alter applicants' chances of matching into residency? Rebecca F. Wang, BA, Myron Zhang, MD,

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Does the dermatology standardized letter of recommendation alter applicants' chances of matching into residency? Rebecca F. Wang, BA, Myron Zhang, MD, Jessica A. Kaffenberger, MD Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology Volume 77, Issue 5, Pages e139-e140 (November 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2017.05.058 Copyright © 2017 American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Terms and Conditions

Fig 1 Box-and-whisker plot of number of interviews received by applicants who used only NLOR and those who used ≥1 SLOR. Maximum and minimum (whisker endpoints), median (line within boxes), and upper and lower quartile (boxes) are shown. NLOR, Narrative letter of recommendation; SLOR, standardized letter of recommendation. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2017 77, e139-e140DOI: (10.1016/j.jaad.2017.05.058) Copyright © 2017 American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Terms and Conditions