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Lot of material covered. I thought I may have gotten more from the last part of the presentation. Lindsay
did a great job covering it all by himself.
Thank you to Mr. Graham for sharing the level of detail that he did regarding specific projects and the
administrative benchmarking process. This kind of tools/methods sharing is the richest gain from meeting
with others from different institutions -- the nitty gritty detail and tools to take home.
Speaker read from the slides - very disappointing. No matter how good a topic may be, if your delivery is
poor, audience will be bored. I left early because the presentation of the material was too poor.
First half of talk more helpful than last half.
Great stuff, but tried to cover too much. Also, the slides were very difficult to read from the back of the
room... way too many lines per slide. Rather than just talk about Univ. of Michigan’s experience, I would
have liked to hear what their lessons learned were and how we can take this information back to our home
institution to use.
114. Writing a Recommendation Letter…Is There a Recommended Way?
Rachel Bonnema, MD
Abby Lyn Spencer, MD
James J. Reilly, MD
Presentation
Content
6.58 from 38 responses
6.55 from 38 responses
Workshop Session and Individual Speaker Comments:
Very helpful
Great session--very helpful. It was also nice to have so many people with various levels of experience--it
helped to bounce ideas off each other.
The review of good and weak LOR was very helpful. The small group sessions was also helpful to see how
others would approach issues.
Very practical and enjoyable workshop
Great session. Great content. Great discussion. Great examples.
Good session. Should be repeated next year
Excellent. WOuld have been even better if room wasn’t so small and so crowded. We didn’t all get copies
of letters we were discussing.
Very good. would only suggest that the speakers color-code the sample letters for ease of communication
during the session - too many similar pieces of paper floating around
Terrific session, very helpful. I thought back on it when writing all my fellowship letters! One suggestion
would be to give everyone a copy of all the letters in the small groups so we could see what the content was
when people were reporting back.
The best workshop for me. Interesting, fun, great exchange, lots of laughs
Excellent session the room was too small for the number of participants
Smaller size groups would be helpful.
Superb session--Abby did a terrific job, well versed in the issues and details. we’ll need more sessions on
this topic, the room was crammed.
Great session, interactive, great letters to review, good for all of us to come together to find some common
ground
Outstanding workshop. i do wish that the slides were provided ahead of time, now, 2 days after the
workshop is over, the slides are still not available.
Excellent, very helpful
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