Tseng Jennifer
Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
J Surg Educ. 2020 Sep-Oct;77(5):999-1004. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2020.05.018. Epub 2020 May 20.
To evaluate the effect of COVID-19 on the costs of the surgical fellowship interview process.
A literature review of the historical costs of surgical fellowship interviews and a summary of how the shift to virtual interviews has unintended positive and negative effects on costs for applicants and training programs.
Transitioning fellowship interviews to virtual platforms affects expenditures of finances and time. Each fellowship candidate saves close to $6,000 in interview travel expenses. Applicants require less time off from their residency programs during this critical time of need for frontline healthcare workers. However, applicants miss some of the live aspects of interviewing, and training programs invest more effort upfront altering their interviews to virtual formats.
The COVID-19 public health crisis has had a significant impact on surgical education, including how selection is conducted. Virtual recruitment has the potential for cost savings but should continue to be refined. This is an opportune time to innovate and rethink how to recruit prospective surgical residency and fellowship candidates during the current and forthcoming interview seasons.
评估2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）对外科住院医师培训面试过程成本的影响。
对外科住院医师培训面试的历史成本进行文献综述，并总结向虚拟面试的转变对申请人和培训项目成本产生的意外的积极和消极影响。
将住院医师培训面试转移到虚拟平台会影响财务和时间支出。每位住院医师培训候选人在面试差旅费方面节省近6000美元。在一线医护人员急需的关键时期，申请人从其住院医师培训项目请假的时间减少。然而，申请人错过了面试的一些现场环节，培训项目需要预先投入更多精力将面试改为虚拟形式。
COVID-19公共卫生危机对外科教育产生了重大影响，包括选拔方式。虚拟招聘有可能节省成本，但仍需不断完善。这是一个创新和重新思考如何在当前及即将到来的面试季招募未来外科住院医师和住院医师培训候选人的契机。
