I am tasked with writing a recommendation for a student collegaue. For the appli
I am tasked with writing a recommendation for a student collegaue. For the applicant name, you can refer to him as John Smith, he is a pharmacy technican. I attached the guideline for writing this letter of evaluation. Please use the personal statement as a guide to write the recommendation. Please try to follow the information for the evaluator when writing the recommendation
INFORMATION FOR THE EVALUATOR:
Your letter must be typed, dated, hand-signed and on an official letterhead. Contact information and credentials must be
included.
Address your letter to the Admissions Committee and not to HPAC or the Health Professions Advisor
Before writing your evaluation, please honestly consider the applicant’s strengths and weaknesses with these 10 areas:
CHARACTER- integrity; ethical and moral values; dependability; personal characteristics
MOTIVATION- enthusiasm and determination for the profession; certainty and commitment to career goals
MATURITY- emotional control; consistency in behavior, attitudes and judgments; response to criticism/stress
SOCIAL VALUES- interpersonal relationships; concern for others; cooperativeness; empathy
INTELLIGENCE- mental capability; perceptiveness; critical thinking and quantitative reasoning skills;
WORK ETHIC- efficiency in work habits, manual skills; initiative; resourcefulness
RESILIENCE & ADAPATABILITY- stress management skills; tolerance; recovers from set backs
LEADERSHIP- capability to inspire others; to organize and supervise others; acceptance of responsibilities
CULTURAL COMPETENCE- awareness of socio-cultural factors; unbiased; understanding of diverse groups of people
COMMUNICATION SKILLS- effective oral and written skills; verbal and nonverbal; ability to establish rapport