Division of Neurosurgery, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont, USA.
Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Neurosurgery. 2021 Jun 15;89(1):53-59. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyab059.
The impact of workplace discrimination has gained recognition. Nearly two-thirds of all medical residency applicants reported being asked inappropriate or potentially illegal interview questions. The use of such questions during neurosurgery residency interviews has not yet been studied.
To evaluate the prevalence of inappropriate or potentially illegal questions in residency interviews and the impact on applicants' rank lists.
All 2018 to 2019 United States neurosurgery resident applicants were anonymously surveyed. The survey included 46 questions focused on demographics; if they were asked questions regarding rank list, age, gender, marital status, family planning, religion, sexual orientation, or disability and whether such questions affected their rank list formation.
Of 265 surveyed United States applicants, 133 (50%) responded. Most respondents were male (78%), 24% were married, and 10% had children. During the formal interview, 94% were asked at least 1 inappropriate or potentially illegal question. About 78% reported being asked about marital status, 29% were asked about intent to have children. About 46% reported being counseled on their personal life, 30% were asked about their ethnic background, and 15% were asked about their religion. A total of 2 candidates reported questions about mental illness/disability, and 2 candidates reported being asked about sexual orientation. About 45% of applicants that were asked at least 1 of these questions ranked those programs lower.
Nearly all (94%) neurosurgical residency applicants reported being asked at least 1 inappropriate or potentially illegal question during interviews. Our results indicate that inappropriate questions negatively affected program rankings.
工作场所歧视的影响已经得到认可。近三分之二的所有住院医师申请人报告说，他们被问到不适当或可能非法的面试问题。神经外科住院医师面试中尚未研究使用此类问题。
评估住院医师面试中不适当或可能非法问题的发生率及其对申请人排名的影响。
对所有 2018 年至 2019 年的美国神经外科住院医师申请人进行了匿名调查。该调查包括 46 个问题，重点关注人口统计学；如果他们被问到有关排名、年龄、性别、婚姻状况、计划生育、宗教、性取向或残疾的问题，以及这些问题是否影响他们的排名。
在接受调查的 265 名美国申请人中，有 133 名（50%）做出了回应。大多数受访者为男性（78%），24%已婚，10%有孩子。在正式面试中，94%的人至少被问到一个不适当或可能非法的问题。约 78%的人报告被问到婚姻状况，29%的人被问到生育意向。约 46%的人报告说他们的个人生活受到了指导，30%的人被问到他们的种族背景，15%的人被问到他们的宗教信仰。共有 2 名候选人报告了有关精神疾病/残疾的问题，2 名候选人报告了性取向的问题。大约 45%的被问到至少一个这些问题的申请人将这些项目的排名降低了。
几乎所有（94%）神经外科住院医师申请人报告说，在面试中至少被问到一个不适当或可能非法的问题。我们的结果表明，不适当的问题对项目排名产生了负面影响。
