Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Pediatrics. 2021 Oct;148(4). doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-052904. Epub 2021 Jul 30.
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic significantly impacted undergraduate and graduate medical education and created challenges that prevented a traditional approach to residency and fellowship recruitment and interviews. Early in the pandemic, the pediatric education community came together to support applicants and training programs and to foster an equitable recruitment process. We describe many of our community's innovations, including the use of virtual cafés to educate programs and highlight best practices for virtual recruitment and the use of regional webinars to highlight residency programs and provide information to applicants. Surveys of applicants and programs suggest that the virtual interview process worked well overall, with applicants and programs saving both time and money and programs maintaining a high rate of filling their positions. On the basis of this experience, we highlight the strengths and weaknesses of 3 potential models for future interview seasons. We close with a series of questions that need further investigation to create an effective and equitable recruitment process for the future.
2019 年冠状病毒病大流行对本科和研究生医学教育产生了重大影响，并带来了挑战，这些挑战阻碍了传统的住院医师和研究员招聘和面试方式。在大流行早期，儿科学教育界团结一致，为申请人和培训计划提供支持，并促进公平的招聘流程。我们描述了我们社区的许多创新，包括使用虚拟咖啡馆来教育计划，并强调虚拟招聘的最佳实践，以及使用区域网络研讨会来突出住院医师计划并向申请人提供信息。对申请人和计划的调查表明，虚拟面试过程总体上效果很好，申请人和计划节省了时间和金钱，而计划保持了高填补率。基于这一经验，我们强调了未来面试季节 3 种潜在模式的优缺点。最后，我们提出了一系列需要进一步调查的问题，以为未来创造一个有效和公平的招聘流程。
