ࡱ> WYVg Objbj** 4RHibHib7#@ @ T$41X:mmm0000000$36b1immmmm11m 0m0-/л):w..0101.66F6,//&6/mmmmmmm11mmm1mmmm6mmmmmmmmm@ B : HEALTH PROFESSIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (HPAC) SKIDMORE COLLEGE Letter of Recommendation form for Medical, Dental, or Veterinary School To the Applicant: (Please fill out this top portion prior to giving this form to your reference) Name of Applicant_________________________________________________ Class _______________ Address ______________________________________________________________________________ E-mail Address ________________________________________________________________________ Applying to (check): Medical School ____________ (M.D. Programs D.O. Programs ) Dental School: ___________ Veterinary School Name of Recommender_________________________________________________________________ Recommenders Address________________________________________________________________ To the Applicant: You must check either (A) or (B) below. The Federal Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 provides students with the right of access to educational records. _____(A) I hereby waive my right to examine this recommendation. _____(B) I retain my right to examine this recommendation. ________________________________________________________ _________________________ Signature of Applicant Date * To the Recommender: Thank you for agreeing to write a letter on behalf of one of our 91 students. PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR LETTER TO HPAC BY APRIL 12th. Please note that, in addition to going to the HPAC, your individual letter will also be sent to the schools to which the student is applying. After receiving all the students individual letters of recommendation, the HPAC will write a committee letter on behalf of the student. The committee letters, provide an integrated and institutional perspective on an applicants readiness for medical school. They provide a comprehensive evaluation of applicants based on direct observation and the synthesis of information provided by faculty and others at an institution (Association of American Medical Colleges [AAMC] Letter Writing Guidelines). Your comments may be incorporated verbatim, or in a paraphrasedform, into HPACs committee letter of recommendation. Please keep in mind the following AAMC* (italicized below) and HPAC (non-italics) guidelines when preparing your letter: Print on institutional letterhead. Address letter to: The Health Professions Advisory Committee (HPAC). Be sure to incorporate reference to type of program for which you are recommending the student (medical, dental, veterinary, etc.). Provide an accurate assessment of the applicant s suitability for medical (dental, veterinary) school rather than advocate for the applicant. ( Briefly explain your relationship with the applicant: how long you have known the applicant; in what capacity you have interacted (e.g., faculty, pre-medical advisor, supervisor, etc.); and whether you are writing based on direct or indirect observations. ( Quality is more important than letter length. Focus on the applicant rather than details about the lab, course, assignment, job or institution. ( Only include information on grades, GPA if you are providing context to help interpret them. Grades, and GPA are available within the application. ( Focus on behaviors that you have observed directly when describing applicants suitability for medical school. Consider describing: the situation or context of the behavior; the actual behavior(s) you observed; any consequences of that behavior. (If you include any indirect observations, please make that clear in your letter.) Review the attached AAMC competency descriptions and incorporate into your letter information on those competencies to which you can speak directly. Medical schools do not expect any one letter writer to provide information about every characteristic of an applicant. In fact, they require multiple letters specifically because no one letter writer is expected to know everything about an applicant. Admissions committees and comparison information helpful. If you make comparisons, be sure to provide context. Include information about: the comparison group (e.g., students in a class you taught, students in your department, co-workers, etc.); your rationale for the comparison. If the applicant has been your student, it is helpful to have your comments on the students academic performance, especially in comparison to others in the class or to other pre-health students you have previously recommended for medical school or other health profession programs. References to lab work, exam scores, and class participation are pertinent.( The student will not have access to your letter if the student checked (A) above. (*AAMC guidelines retrieved from,  HYPERLINK "https://www.aamc.org/download/349990/data/lettersguidelinesbrochure.pdf)" https://www.aamc.org/download/349990/data/lettersguidelinesbrochure.pdf) Recommender Signature__________________________________________________ Date_____________________ Sign and attach this waiver form with your letter and email to the HPAC Administrative Assistant, Tracy Broderson, at  HYPERLINK "mailto:tbroders@skidmore.edu" tbroders@skidmore.edu PLEASE SUBMIT LETTERS BY APRIL 12th Pre-Professional Competencies Service Orientation:Demonstrates a desire to help others and sensitivity to others needs and feelings; demonstrates a desire to alleviate others distress; recognizes and acts on his/her responsibilities to society; locally, nationally, and globally. Social Skills:Demonstrates an awareness of others needs, goals, feelings, and the ways that social and behavioral cues affect peoples interactions and behaviors; adjusts behaviors appropriately in response to these cues; treats others with respect. Cultural Competence:Demonstrates knowledge of socio-cultural factors that affect interactions and behaviors; shows an appreciation and respect for multiple dimensions of diversity; recognizes and acts on the obligation to inform ones own judgment; engages diverse and competing perspectives as a resource for learning, citizenship, and work; recognizes and appropriately addresses bias in themselves and others; interacts effectively with people from diverse backgrounds. Teamwork:Works collaboratively with others to achieve shared goals; shares information and knowledge with others and provides feedback; puts team goals ahead of individual goals. Oral Communication:Effectively conveys information to others using spoken words and sentences; listens effectively; recognizes potential communication barriers and adjusts approach or clarifies information as needed. Ethical Responsibility to Self and Others:Behaves in an honest and ethical manner; cultivates personal and academic integrity; adheres to ethical principles and follows rules and procedures; resists peer pressure to engage in unethical behavior and encourages others to behave in honest and ethical ways; develops and demonstrates ethical and moral reasoning. Reliability and Dependability:Consistently fulfills obligations in a timely and satisfactory manner; takes responsibility for personal actions and performance. Resilience and Adaptability:Demonstrates tolerance of stressful or changing environments or situations and adapts effectively to them; is persistent, even under difficult situations; recovers from setbacks. Capacity for Improvement:Sets goals for continuous improvement and for learning new concepts and skills; engages in reflective practice for improvement; solicits and responds appropriately to feedback. Thinking and Reasoning Competencies Critical Thinking:Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. Quantitative Reasoning:Applies quantitative reasoning and appropriate mathematics to describe or explain phenomena in the natural world. 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