Letter to the Editor on “Incorporating Holistic Review in Recruitment in a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program”

Response to a Letter to the Editor

“…Our publication aims to increase awareness of holistic review within the PM&R community and to provide resources to ease adoption of holistic review practices by other programs. We agree with Esparza et al 1 that adoption of holistic review practices by residency programs with varying levels of diversity would be informative. Therefore, we invite and encourage other programs to build upon this work.…”

“…We would like to thank Esparza et al 1 for their thoughtful response to our publication, “Incorporating holistic review in recruitment in a physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) residency program.” Their letter highlights intended benefits to implementing holistic review in residency recruitment, including reducing unconscious bias, improving selection equity, and fostering diversity. As Esparza et al 1 mentioned, our findings are limited by the small data set and a lack of difference in the self-reported race of matched residents recruited with traditional versus holistic recruitment. Internally, we are continually evaluating and modifying our recruitment practices to improve this process.…”