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Successfully matching into orthopaedic surgery residency is a challenging endeavor due to the limited number of available positions. Implementation of the Standard Letter of Recommendation (SLOR) in 2017 was intended to allow better comparisons between applicants; however, the form suffered from notable rank inflation ultimately requiring introduction of an updated SLOR for the 2023 to 2024 application cycle. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the 2023 SLOR improves on deficiencies of the 2017 SLOR.
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