Baweja Rishi, Kraeutler Matthew J, Mulcahey Mary K, McCarty Eric C
Department of Orthopedics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Department of Orthopaedics, Seton-Hall Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, South Orange, New Jersey, USA.
Orthop J Sports Med. 2017 Nov 9;5(11):2325967117736726. doi: 10.1177/2325967117736726. eCollection 2017 Nov.
Orthopaedic surgery residencies and certain fellowships are becoming increasingly competitive. Several studies have identified important factors to be taken into account when selecting medical students for residency interviews. Similar information for selecting orthopaedic sports medicine fellows does not exist.
To determine the most important factors that orthopaedic sports medicine fellowship program directors (PDs) take into account when ranking applicants.
Cross-sectional study.
A brief survey was distributed electronically to PDs of the 92 orthopaedic sports medicine fellowship programs that are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Each PD was asked to rank, in order, the 5 most important factors taken into account when ranking applicants based on a total list of 13 factors: the interview, the applicant's residency program, letters of recommendation (LORs), personal connections made through the applicant, research experience, an applicant's geographical ties to the city/town of the fellowship program, United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) scores, Orthopaedic In-Training Examination (OITE) scores, history of being a competitive athlete in college, extracurricular activities/hobbies, volunteer experience, interest in a career in academics, and publications/research/posters. Factors were scored from 1 to 5, with a score of 5 representing the most important factor and 1 representing the fifth-most important factor.
Of the 92 PDs contacted, 57 (62%) responded. Thirty-four PDs (37%) listed the interview as the most important factor in ranking fellowship applicants (overall score, 233). LORs (overall score, 196), an applicant's residency program (overall score, 133), publications/research/posters (overall score, 115), and personal connections (overall score, 90) were reported as the second- through fifth-most important factors, respectively.
According to orthopaedic sports medicine fellowship PDs, the fellowship interview is the most important factor in determining how an applicant will be ranked. Other factors, including LORs, the applicant's residency program, research production, and personal connections, were also considered to be important. This information provides orthopaedic sports medicine fellowship applicants with a better understanding of which areas to focus on when preparing for the fellowship interview and matching process.
骨科手术住院医师培训项目和某些专科 fellowship 项目的竞争日益激烈。多项研究已确定在选拔医学生参加住院医师培训面试时需考虑的重要因素。但不存在关于选拔骨科运动医学专科 fellowship 学员的类似信息。
确定骨科运动医学专科 fellowship 项目主任（PD）在对申请者进行排名时考虑的最重要因素。
横断面研究。
通过电子方式向 92 个经毕业后医学教育认证委员会（ACGME）认证的骨科运动医学专科 fellowship 项目的 PD 发放一份简短调查问卷。要求每位 PD 根据 13 个因素的总清单，依次对在对申请者进行排名时考虑的 5 个最重要因素进行排序：面试、申请者的住院医师培训项目、推荐信（LOR）、通过申请者建立的个人关系、研究经历、申请者与 fellowship 项目所在城市/城镇的地域联系、美国医师执照考试（USMLE）成绩﹑骨科住院医师培训考试（OITE）成绩、大学期间作为竞技运动员的经历、课外活动/爱好、志愿者经历、对学术职业的兴趣以及发表的文章/研究/海报。因素的评分从 1 到 5，5 分代表最重要因素，1 分代表第五重要因素。
在联系的 92 位 PD 中，57 位（62%）回复。34 位 PD（37%）将面试列为对专科 fellowship 申请者进行排名时最重要的因素（总分 233）。推荐信（总分 196）、申请者的住院医师培训项目（总分 133）、发表的文章/研究/海报（总分 115）和个人关系（总分 90）分别被报告为第二至第五重要因素。
根据骨科运动医学专科 fellowship 项目的 PD 的说法，专科 fellowship 面试是决定如何对申请者进行排名的最重要因素。其他因素，包括推荐信、申请者的住院医师培训项目、研究成果和个人关系，也被认为很重要。这些信息能让骨科运动医学专科 fellowship 申请者更好地了解在为专科 fellowship 面试和匹配过程做准备时应关注哪些方面。
