A Structured Reference Letter is a form/questionnaire that is specific to a discipline and is used nation wide. Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Pediatrics each have their own structured reference letters.
Structured Reference Letters are completed directly in CaRMS Online by reference providers, which means that once applicants pick these disciplines from the drop-down menu in their CaRMS Online account, it is automatically assigned to the correct form.
Anesthesiology, Dermatology and Pediatric Emergency Medicine have received approval for national usage but are still within their trial year. This form is still considered an applicant support form within the program requirements. It is the applicant's responsibility to provide a link to the form within their request to their referee, just as they would for an applicant support form. These links can be found within the program descriptions of all anesthesiology, dermatology and pediatric emergency medicine programs.
Please review program descriptions to confirm a program's reference requirements.
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