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In a word: very! While clerkship evaluations are often viewed as the most important part of the MSPE, your Noteworthy Characteristics are almost equally weighed by most residency programs. How Important is the Noteworthy Characteristics Section? It’s residency after all-most medical students are so nervous and excited about moving into specialty training that the urge to be wordy and heavily self-marketing would be all but irresistible were there no limit.īut with constraint comes the demand for creativity, and you and your evaluators will need to be surgically precise-and downright artful-to make these stand out. Were there no limit, these characteristics would surely be sprawling, heavily qualified descriptions of complex behaviors and traits. It is an incredibly challenging exercise in being concise. These can include things like hobbies, work experiences, non-academic roles, and so on, but they all need to be aimed at presenting an honest picture of you as a capable and desirable candidate for residency.Ĭrucially, there is a strict limitation on the entries in this section: each Noteworthy Characteristic must be described in a maximum of 2 sentences. It asks for a list of 3 characteristics that your evaluators feel best represent you and your abilities. The Noteworthy Characteristics section differs greatly from these sections. To understand the role of the MSPE Noteworthy Characteristics section in the overall document we should briefly lay out each of the MSPE’s sections: What is the MSPE Noteworthy Characteristics Section?