TABLE 1.

Letter writer background

POSITION	AVERAGE YEARS AT POSITION (SD)	AVERAGE NUMBER OF MONTHS OF KNOWING APPLICANT (SD)
Department chair	8.0 (9.1)	13.1 (13.2)
Program director	7.8 (5.7)	14.6 (15.2)
Assistant program director	2.6 (0.9)	4.5 (6.7)
Dermatology faculty	9.2 (10.8)	11.3 (12.9)
TOTAL	7.8 (8.4)	12.2 (13.5)

SD: standard deviation