Mukhdomi Taif, Woolley Parker, Mukhdomi Junaid, Beck Brandon, Patel Deeran, Harris Marcus, Yadav Abhishek, Kendall Mark C
Department of Anesthesiology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
Anesth Pain Med. 2021 Jun 27;11(3):e115981. doi: 10.5812/aapm.115981. eCollection 2021 Jun.
Pain medicine fellowship applicants often seek information about programs from the Internet, which is becoming even more relevant with the transition to virtual interviews as a consequence of the global pandemic. Previous literature has revealed the significance of training program websites as part of the application process in other specialties.
The objective of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the content, design, organization, and user friendliness by using a composite score to determine the quality of the pain medicine fellowship websites (PMFW).
Accredited pain medicine fellowship programs was queried from three databases for pain medicine education: (1) Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS); (2) the Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database (FREIDA); and (3) the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). Programs that appeared within one and/or more databases were eligible for study inclusion. PMFW were evaluated for the accessibility of recruitment and education content items. The quality of PMFW was determined as multifactorial composed of four dimensions: content, design, organization, and user friendliness.
For program recruitment, PMFW contained an average of 12 ± 4.0 of 32 content items (38%) for fellowship programs: (1) 83% of fellowship programs specified the number of positions available for the 2021 Match; (2) 17% indicated alumni career placement; (3) 6.8% supplied interview dates; and (4) merely 4.9% detailed the selection process. For program education, PMFW contained an average of 7 ± 3.4 of 16 content items (44%): (1) 70% of programs provided a rotation schedule; (2) 49% detailed operative experiences; and (3) just 16% included simulation training. Regarding the quality based on content, design, organization, and user friendliness, the average PMFW was not "good" with only 1% of PMFW meeting "great" standards. A kappa value of 0.92 was calculated for inter-rater reliability.
The web presence of pain medicine fellowship programs falls short of providing essential accessibility, content, design, organization, and user friendliness to allow applicants to adequately access information about program characteristics. There are ample opportunities to increase the effectiveness of PMFW to benefit training programs and to inform prospective applicants, especially given the rise of virtual applications and interviews.
疼痛医学 fellowship 项目的申请者经常从互联网上获取有关项目的信息，由于全球大流行，向虚拟面试的转变使互联网变得更加重要。以往的文献表明，培训项目网站在其他专业的申请过程中具有重要意义。
本横断面研究的目的是通过使用综合评分来评估疼痛医学 fellowship 项目网站（PMFW）的内容、设计、组织和用户友好性，以确定其质量。
从三个疼痛医学教育数据库中查询经认可的疼痛医学 fellowship 项目：（1）电子住院医师申请服务（ERAS）；（2）fellowship 和住院医师电子互动数据库（FREIDA）；（3）国家住院医师匹配计划（NRMP）。出现在一个和/或多个数据库中的项目有资格纳入研究。对 PMFW 的招聘和教育内容项目的可访问性进行评估。PMFW 的质量由内容、设计、组织和用户友好性四个维度组成的多因素决定。
在项目招聘方面，PMFW 包含 fellowship 项目 32 项内容中的 12 ± 4.0 项（38%）：（1）83%的 fellowship 项目明确了 2021 年匹配的可用职位数量；（2）17%指出校友职业安置情况；（3）6.8%提供面试日期；（4）仅有 4.9%详细说明了选拔过程。在项目教育方面，PMFW 包含 16 项内容中的 7 ± 3.4 项（44%）：（1）70%的项目提供轮转计划；（2）49%详细说明了手术经验；（3）只有 16%包括模拟培训。基于内容、设计、组织和用户友好性的质量，平均 PMFW 并不“好”，只有 1%的 PMFW 符合“优秀”标准。计算出评分者间信度的 kappa 值为 0.92。
疼痛医学 fellowship 项目的网络呈现未能提供必要的可访问性、内容、设计、组织和用户友好性，以使申请者能够充分获取有关项目特点的信息。有很多机会提高 PMFW 的有效性，以造福培训项目并为潜在申请者提供信息，特别是考虑到虚拟申请和面试的增加。
