Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California.
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California.
Acad Radiol. 2022 Feb;29(2):287-293. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2020.12.004. Epub 2020 Dec 17.
To assess resident and fellowship program director (PD) perceptions of the abdominal radiology fellowship application process following the first cycle in which an embargo on interviews until December 1, 2019 was set according to the Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments (SCARD) timeline for the 2021-2022 abdominal imaging fellowship year.
Eligible study participants included fellowship PDs of all abdominal imaging programs in the United States and residents that attended the Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR) 2020 Annual Meeting. A questionnaire was developed by content and survey experts, pilot tested, and administered from May to June 2020.
A total of 39% (36/92) of all PDs and 30% (46/152) of all individuals identified as residents with valid email addresses that attended the SAR 2020 Annual Meeting responded to the survey with an overall response rate of 34%. Only 42% of PDs and 33% of residents supported moving to a match, while 62% of PDs and 70% of residents thought that a match would limit the autonomy of applicants. While most PDs and residents also agreed that the first iteration of the SCARD timeline allowed residents to make a more informed choice, the majority of PDs were dissatisfied with their experience. Most PDs and residents additionally want applications to be accepted no earlier than July and/or August of the R3 year (initial SCARD guidelines did not restrict timing), interviews to begin on November 1st or earlier of the R3 year (compared to December 1st set in the first iteration of the guidelines), and a gap of 2-4 weeks between the date of first interviews and notification of first offers (initial SCARD guidelines did not restrict timing). Lastly, an overwhelming majority of PDs and residents agreed that SAR should enforce the abdominal imaging fellowship application process.
Following the first cycle of abdominal imaging fellowship applications conducted according to the SCARD guidelines, a majority of trainees and PDs felt the changes were favorable and were opposed to a formal match. Specific suggestions for improvement were elicited from stakeholders and will be incorporated for the next cycle.
评估住院医师和 fellowship 项目主任（PD）在根据学术放射学系主席协会（SCARD）为 2021-2022 年腹部成像 fellowship年度制定的时间表，将面试推迟至 2019 年 12 月 1 日之后的第一个周期中对腹部放射学 fellowship申请流程的看法。
符合条件的研究参与者包括美国所有腹部成像计划的 fellowship PD 和参加 2020 年美国放射学会（SAR）年会的住院医师。调查问卷由内容和调查专家制定，经过试点测试，并于 2020 年 5 月至 6 月进行管理。
共有 92 名 PD 中的 39%（36/92）和参加 2020 年 SAR 年会的 152 名住院医师中有 30%（46/152）的人具有有效的电子邮件地址，总体回复率为 34%。只有 42%的 PD 和 33%的住院医师支持转向匹配，而 62%的 PD 和 70%的住院医师认为匹配会限制申请人的自主权。虽然大多数 PD 和住院医师也认为 SCARD 时间线的第一个迭代允许住院医师做出更明智的选择，但大多数 PD 对他们的经历感到不满。大多数 PD 和住院医师还希望申请在 R3 年的 7 月或 8 月之后才被接受（最初的 SCARD 指南没有限制时间），面试应在 R3 年的 11 月 1 日或更早开始（与指南的第一个迭代中设定的 12 月 1 日相比），并且首次面试和首次提供通知之间的时间间隔应为 2-4 周（最初的 SCARD 指南没有限制时间）。最后，绝大多数 PD 和住院医师都认为 SAR 应该强制执行腹部成像 fellowship申请流程。
在根据 SCARD 指南进行的第一个腹部成像 fellowship申请周期之后，大多数受训者和 PD 认为这些变化是有利的，并且反对正式匹配。从利益相关者那里获得了具体的改进建议，并将在下一个周期中实施。
