Summative (Cluster) Statements for MSPE:
The national MSPE guidelines adopted in 2002 state that the Summary section of the MSPE should include a summative assessment of a student’s comparative performance in medical school, relative to his or her peers, including information about any school-specific categories used in differentiating among levels of student performance.
In order to facilitate the letter generation and student match counseling as well as to meet the national guidelines for MSPEs, we returned to clustering in 2006-07, having used it regularly prior to 2003.
We use adjectives for five groups, which provide a reasonable estimate of that student’s potential for residency training. A template paragraph with explanation of the adjective will be provided in the MSPE as well as a table in the appendices indicating the various categories.
|
Category |
Approximate Percentile |
|
Outstanding |
90-100 |
|
Excellent |
70-89.99 |
|
Very Good |
33-69.99 |
|
Good |
10-32.99 |
|
Capable |
<10 |