_gettingthere_ Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 hi i just wrote casper for carms programs and i don't think it went well. i didn't finish a lot of my answers, one of the keys on my keyboard somehow got stuck for part of the test and it really threw me off, and i am just overlal not having a good week lol. how important is casper for carms? do i need to score really well to get interviews for the programs that need it, or is it just like a "red flag" type of situation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bread Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 Sorry to hear this, it sounds like it was a stressful experience. I also just wrote it and didn’t feel like it went super great, also in a blah headspace this week and ran out of time on a few stations... I remember feeling more confident after my med school one (and I feel like I should have prepared more). I’m not sure how programs look at it and am curious about that as well. Some of the wording on the descriptions sounded like they use it more as a screening, but I’m not sure (hopefully someone else knows more). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded frog Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 57 minutes ago, _gettingthere_ said: how important is casper for carms? do i need to score really well to get interviews for the programs that need it, or is it just like a "red flag" type of situation? Impossible to say, every program uses it differently. They may use it to narrow down the top applicants who to interview or just use to to screen out red flags. What proportion it matters relative to the rest of your application is also unknown. bread 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bread Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 On 1/10/2021 at 4:32 PM, bearded frog said: Impossible to say, every program uses it differently. They may use it to narrow down the top applicants who to interview or just use to to screen out red flags. What proportion it matters relative to the rest of your application is also unknown. Thanks! Safe to assume that it may also be used in post-interview ranking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded frog Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 Again, the programs get a score/percentile/whatever and how they use it is up to them, so it could be used at any time, or not used at all and merely to add another hoop to jump through to lower their application numbers somewhat, who knows lol bread 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellejolie Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 I was told by Queen's FM it's for r/o purposes only - no idea what the cut off score is was my first time taking it. hope it went decent :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haribo7173 Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 Even FM requires the Casper now? Christ almighty lol. iSpawnTrapInMW2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDinCanada Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 On 1/13/2021 at 5:43 PM, Haribo7173 said: Even FM requires the Casper now? Christ almighty lol. Only Queens, it's honestly unfortunate that it's a requirement... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterfly_ Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 32 minutes ago, MDinCanada said: Only Queens, it's honestly unfortunate that it's a requirement... And Dalhousie FM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bread Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 At one of the FM info sessions, they said that 6 FM programs are now requiring it (I think NOSM too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaRMS2021 Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 Funny how the creator of CASPer isn't requiring it for PGME, almost as if CASPer isn't validated for residency outcomes especially the new CBME curriculum and delivery... QueenStan and Tullius 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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