University of Minnesota, Department of Surgery, 420 Delaware Street SE, Mayo Mail Code 195, Minneapolis, Minneapolis,55455.
University of Minnesota, Department of Surgery, 420 Delaware Street SE, Mayo Mail Code 195, Minneapolis, Minneapolis,55455.
J Surg Res. 2021 Oct;266:383-386. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.04.030. Epub 2021 Jun 2.
Success in the residency interview is important in obtaining a position in general surgery residency. Preparing applicants for interviews is imperative yet can be resource intensive. The primary objective of our study was to investigate whether an early interview day with feedback (IDWF) provides interview preparation to internal applicants to general surgery residency without negatively impacting their rank list position at our program.
Internal applicants to the general surgery residency program at a single academic institution were invited to an early interview day after which they received individualized feedback and attended a workshop on interview techniques. Applicants were anonymously surveyed after The Match to measure their experiences with the IDWF. Two years of post-intervention program rank lists were compared to those from the five years pre-intervention to assess for change in rank list position of internal applicants. Participants included the 16 of 20 internal applicants who completed the survey. De-identified rank order data of internal applicants between 2014 and 2020 included 48 applicants.
All applicants believed the IDWF should be continued, and over half reported improved confidence and made changes from feedback. Rank list analysis demonstrated no statistically significant change in the proportion of internal applicants who ranked in the top 40 nor the average rank position of internal applicants.
An early interview day with feedback provides interview preparation in a resource-efficient manner without harming rank list position. The IDWF may be generalizable to other institutions to provide interview preparation to general surgery residency applicants.
住院医师面试的成功对于获得普通外科住院医师职位至关重要。为面试做准备对申请人来说非常重要，但这可能需要大量资源。我们研究的主要目的是调查早期面试日（IDWF）是否可以为普通外科住院医师的内部申请人提供面试准备，而不会对他们在我们项目中的排名位置产生负面影响。
邀请单所学术机构的普通外科住院医师项目的内部申请人参加早期面试日，之后他们会收到个性化的反馈，并参加有关面试技巧的研讨会。申请人在匹配后匿名接受调查，以衡量他们对 IDWF 的体验。将干预后两年的项目排名表与干预前五年的排名表进行比较，以评估内部申请人排名位置的变化。参与者包括完成调查的 20 名内部申请人中的 16 名。2014 年至 2020 年期间，内部申请人的去识别排名顺序数据包括 48 名申请人。
所有申请人都认为应该继续进行 IDWF，超过一半的人表示信心增强，并根据反馈做出了改变。排名分析表明，内部申请人中排名前 40 名的比例或内部申请人的平均排名位置均无统计学意义上的变化。
IDWF 以资源高效的方式提供面试准备，而不会损害排名位置。IDWF 可以推广到其他机构，为普通外科住院医师申请人提供面试准备。
