The purpose of the Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) is not to advocate for the student but to provide an honest and objective summary of the student’s personal attributes, experiences, and academic accomplishments based on verifiable information and summative evaluations. Specifically, the MSPE provides a succinct chronology of a student’s entry and process through medical school, which includes the preclinical coursework and clinical clerkship records, and compliance with academic and professional policies.
The MSPE is loaded to ERAS by the Department of Clinical Education and released by the system on the universal date set by ERAS/AAMC. Along with the MSPE, transcripts, and board score reports are released to programs as part of the interview application process. The Department of Clinical Education can provide letters of recommendation.
In addition, any incompletes or failures that have not been remediated by July 31 will be reflected accordingly in the MSPE.
Other National Residency Application Platforms
There are additional residency application platforms available to military students and for specialty-specific applications independent of ERAS.
- Military students submit Graduate Medical Education applications through the branch-specific Medical Operational Data System, under the guidance of the Director of the Military Program.
- The San Francisco Match provides residency-matching services for ophthalmology and plastic surgery.
- A dedicated obstetrics and gynecology residency application, known as Residency Central Application Service, will be implemented for all applicants and programs starting in the 2024-25 residency application cycle.
- The Central Application is customizable and specialty-specific, predominantly plastic surgery as a sole application platform, although being piloted for other specialties as well.
Students will need to follow application platform specific guidance regarding timelines, documents and letters of recommendation. The Office of the Registrar will upload official transcripts and the Department of Clinical Education will upload the completed Medical School Performance Evaluation (MSPE) in accordance with platform guidelines.