From the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital at Icahn School of Medicine, New York City, NY.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2021 Sep 1;27(9):e626-e629. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000001031.
The objective was to assess female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery (FPMRS) fellowship applicants' perspectives on the effectiveness of the virtual interview format for creating their rank lists.
This was an anonymous internet-based survey study of applicants to the FPMRS fellowships in the United States, conducted from July 21, 2020, to August 5, 2020. A 34-item questionnaire queried applicants on satisfaction with interviews, comfort with creating a rank list and time, and financial cost of interviews. Applicants were invited to complete the survey via standardized emails distributed via the REDCap secure database.
Forty-two (56.7%) of 74 applicants completed the survey. The majority of respondents were somewhat satisfied or very satisfied (92.9%) with the virtual interview process and felt comfortable ranking the programs (83.3%). A total of 9.8% of respondents found virtual interviews somewhat or much better than in-person interviews with regards to being informative and helpful, whereas 61% found them to be about the same. A majority (75.6%) found virtual interviews somewhat or much less stressful compared with in-person interviews. The majority (97.5%) spent less than $2,000 during the application process compared with more than $4,000 (87.8%) that they had anticipated spending if the interviews were in person.
Our data revealed that FPMRS applicants overall had a positive experience with the virtual interview platform and felt comfortable creating a rank list of programs based on those interviews.
评估女性盆底医学和重建外科学（FPMRS）研究员申请人对虚拟面试格式在创建排名列表方面的有效性的看法。
这是一项针对美国 FPMRS 研究员职位申请人的匿名互联网调查研究，于 2020 年 7 月 21 日至 8 月 5 日进行。一份 34 项的问卷询问了申请人对面试的满意度、对创建排名列表和时间的舒适度以及面试的财务成本。申请人通过通过 REDCap 安全数据库分发的标准化电子邮件被邀请完成调查。
74 名申请人中有 42 名（56.7%）完成了调查。大多数受访者对虚拟面试过程表示满意或非常满意（92.9%），并对程序的排名感到舒适（83.3%）。共有 9.8%的受访者认为虚拟面试在提供信息和帮助方面比面对面面试稍好或好得多，而 61%的受访者认为两者差不多。大多数（75.6%）受访者认为虚拟面试的压力比面对面面试小。与如果面试是面对面的话，大多数（97.5%）申请人在申请过程中花费不到 2000 美元，而超过 87.8%的申请人预计花费超过 4000 美元。
我们的数据显示，FPMRS 申请人对虚拟面试平台总体上有积极的体验，并对根据这些面试创建程序排名列表感到舒适。
