Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Incoming Pediatric Surgery Fellow at Primary Children's Hospital, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; Incoming Pediatric Surgery Fellow at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
J Surg Educ. 2021 Jul-Aug;78(4):1069-1072. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2020.12.016. Epub 2020 Dec 26.
Resident and fellow selection carried out via "the Match" has historically relied upon in-person interviews to evaluate and rank candidates. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has required fellowship matches and the upcoming Main Residency Match® to become wholly virtual. The 2020 pediatric surgery match offers a unique case study in the benefits and shortcomings of a virtual process and begins a much-needed conversation regarding opportunities for innovation in candidate selection. For many candidates, the application cycle imposes considerable costs - financial, professional, and personal - which have only escalated over time. We draw on our experience from the most recent match cycle to discuss limitations of the traditional Match® and suggest potential solutions to improve the subspecialty interview process moving forward.
住院医师和研究员选拔通过“匹配”进行，历史上依赖于面对面的面试来评估和排名候选人。然而，COVID-19 大流行要求研究员匹配和即将到来的主要住院医师匹配®完全转为虚拟。2020 年的小儿外科学匹配为虚拟流程的优势和缺陷提供了一个独特的案例研究，并开始了关于候选人选拔创新机会的急需对话。对于许多候选人来说，申请周期带来了相当大的成本——经济、专业和个人——而且随着时间的推移还在不断增加。我们从最近的匹配周期中吸取经验，讨论传统匹配®的局限性，并提出一些潜在的解决方案，以改善未来的专业面试流程。
