Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Yale University, Department of Surgery, New Haven, Connecticut.
J Surg Educ. 2021 Jul-Aug;78(4):1066-1068. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2020.12.011. Epub 2020 Dec 17.
General surgery residency programs' use of social media has exploded since early spring 2020, as it became clear that the COVID-19 pandemic would prevent away rotations and in-person interviews. Faced with the prospect of ranking programs they cannot visit, applicants are becoming reliant on programs' use of social media to showcase program culture, now a key recruitment tool. However, proper etiquette for applicant engagement with programs' social media accounts is unclear. Who administers these accounts - residents, program directors, program coordinators, or marketing staff? The subjectivity of criteria for "potentially unprofessional" content may pose disproportionate risks to female applicants and applicants of color. From this applicant's perspective, programs' recent use of social media has been informative and humanizing. It is our hope that departments, programs, and residents continue to post on social media throughout the application cycle. However, we applicants would benefit from clear guidance and expectations as to how to engage with residency programs via social media.
自 2020 年初春以来，由于 COVID-19 大流行阻止了轮转和面对面的面试，普通外科住院医师培训计划对社交媒体的使用呈爆炸式增长。面对无法访问的项目排名的前景，申请人越来越依赖项目在社交媒体上展示项目文化，现在这是一个关键的招聘工具。然而，申请人与项目社交媒体账户互动的适当礼仪尚不清楚。这些账户由谁管理——住院医师、项目主任、项目协调员还是营销人员？“潜在不专业”内容的标准的主观性可能会给女性申请人和少数族裔申请人带来不成比例的风险。从这位申请人的角度来看，项目最近对社交媒体的使用既有信息性又有人情味。我们希望各部门、项目和住院医师在整个申请周期内继续在社交媒体上发布信息。然而，我们申请人将受益于有关如何通过社交媒体与住院医师培训项目互动的明确指导和期望。
