Early identification of emergency medicine (EM) residents who struggle with educational attainment is difficult. In‐training examination (ITE) scores predict success on the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) Qualifying Examination; however, results are not available until late in the academic year. The noncognitive trait “grit,” defined as “perseverance and passion for long‐term goals,” predicts achievement in high school graduation rates, undergraduate GPA, and gross anatomy. Grit‐S is a validated eight‐question scale scored 1 to 5; the average of responses represents a person’s grit. Our objective was to determine the correlation between EM resident Grit‐S scores and achievement, as measured by MCAT percentiles, ITE scores, and remediation rates.
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