Careers in Medicine: MSPE

Part of the ERAS application process, the Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) is how a school provides an objective assessment of a student's performance.  The MSPE contains information about your performance during your first 3 years of medical school.  ACOM composes and uploads the MSPE to ERAS and it is available to all the residency programs to which you apply.

MSPE Components

• Identifying Information
  • Student's name and year at ACOM
    • "John Doe is a fourth-year student at the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM) in Dothan, Alabama."
• Noteworthy Characteristics
  • Significant leadership experiences and accomplishments during your time at ACOM
  • No personal information is included in this section
• Academic Progress
  • GPA for OMS I and II
  • Core site
  • List of core clerkships with grade and preceptor comments for each
  • List of elective clerkships with grade and preceptor comments
  • List of selective clerkships with grade and preceptor comments
• Comparative Graphs
  • Overall comparative performance
    • Quartile and class rank for OMS I, II, and III
  • Class and student results for OMS I
    • Student's grade for each course and class average for each course
  • Class and student results for OMS II
    • Student's grade for each course and class average for each course
  • Class and student results for OMS III
    • Student's grade for each course and class average for each course
  • Portfolio for OMS III
    • Student's self-reported portfolio of clinical conditions encountered and procedures performed in OMS III

If you have questions related to the MSPE, please contact:

Melanie Elmore, MBA
Director of Career Development
melmore@acom.edu
(334) 944-4011