{"id":6833,"date":"2025-07-28T12:22:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T16:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/student-affairs\/?page_id=6833"},"modified":"2025-09-12T12:14:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:14:32","slug":"medical-student-performance-evaluation-mspe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/student-affairs\/for-current-students\/advising\/career-development\/specialty-data-and-reports\/medical-student-performance-evaluation-mspe\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<som-cell cell-info=\"{&quot;ID&quot;:6033,&quot;post_author&quot;:&quot;79967&quot;,&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2024-09-16 14:24:44&quot;,&quot;post_date_gmt&quot;:&quot;2024-09-16 18:24:44&quot;,&quot;post_content&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_title&quot;:&quot;About: MSPE Featured Download block&quot;,&quot;post_excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_status&quot;:&quot;publish&quot;,&quot;comment_status&quot;:&quot;closed&quot;,&quot;ping_status&quot;:&quot;closed&quot;,&quot;post_password&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_name&quot;:&quot;about-mspe-featured-download-block&quot;,&quot;to_ping&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;pinged&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_modified&quot;:&quot;2025-09-12 12:07:02&quot;,&quot;post_modified_gmt&quot;:&quot;2025-09-12 16:07:02&quot;,&quot;post_content_filtered&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_parent&quot;:0,&quot;guid&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/md\\\/studentaffairs-dev\\\/cell\\\/about-mspe-featured-download-block\\\/&quot;,&quot;menu_order&quot;:0,&quot;post_type&quot;:&quot;somcell&quot;,&quot;post_mime_type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;comment_count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;filter&quot;:&quot;raw&quot;}\" cell-meta=\"{&quot;_wpv_contains_gutenberg_views&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;_upd_sortorder&quot;:[&quot;1&quot;],&quot;layout&quot;:[&quot;SingleCellBlocks&quot;],&quot;cellInformation&quot;:[&quot;{\\&quot;singleCellBlocks\\&quot;:{\\&quot;imagePercent\\&quot;:50,\\&quot;imageMinHeight\\&quot;:350,\\&quot;mediaType\\&quot;:\\&quot;image\\&quot;,\\&quot;textAlignment\\&quot;:\\&quot;left\\&quot;,\\&quot;titleAccent\\&quot;:1,\\&quot;cellHeader\\&quot;:\\&quot;Latest MSPE &#039;Appendix D&#039;\\&quot;,\\&quot;cellText\\&quot;:\\&quot;The Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) for the Class of 2026 is available to download here. 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In 2016, the AAMC MSPE Task Force released recommendations for revising the MSPE that emphasized increased standardization across schools and inclusion of grading rubrics and comparative performance data. These recommendations remain in place, but some elements of them needed to be adapted for the upcoming residency application cycle to reflect the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aamc.org\/career-development\/affinity-groups\/gsa\/medical-student-performance-evaluation\">More from the AAMC<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Past MSPE Reports<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/student-affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1430\/2024\/09\/UNC-SOM-Appendix-D-Class-of-2025-FINAL.pdf\">Class of 2025 Appendix D<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/student-affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1430\/2023\/08\/UNC-SOM-Appendix-D-Class-of-2024-FINAL.pdf\">Class of 2024 Appendix D<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/student-affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1430\/2022\/08\/UNC-SOM-Appendix-D-Class-of-2023-FINAL-Aug-22-2022.pdf\">Class of 2023 Appendix D<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/student-affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1430\/2021\/09\/UNC-SOM-Appendix-D-Class-of-2022-Sept-29-FINAL.pdf\">Class of 2022 Appendix D<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/student-affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1430\/2020\/10\/UNC-SOM-Appendix-D-Class-of-2021-Final.pdf\">Class of 2021 Appendix D<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/md\/student-affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1430\/2018\/11\/2018-19-mspe-appendix-c-d.pdf\">Class of 2019 Appendix D<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the MSPE Appendix D? 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