Department of Surgery, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey.
Department of Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey.
J Surg Educ. 2021 Nov-Dec;78(6):e137-e144. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2021.08.012. Epub 2021 Sep 20.
Medical students actively seek global health opportunities. Surgical residents also show great enthusiasm for international missions, rotations and global surgery. Unfortunately, only 18% to 34% of all surgery residency programs offer such international opportunities. We surveyed fourth year medical students applying for surgery residency to determine if international surgery opportunities offered by a program would influence their match rank list.
A 20 question survey was given to interviewees at our surgery residency program. Survey was optional and anonymous. We queried prior volunteerism, interest in global surgery and importance of international opportunities offered during residency.
Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack New Jersey PARTICIPANTS: All candidates interviewing for general surgery residency at Hackensack University Medical Center from October 2019 to January 2020.
A total of 97 fourth year medical students interviewed, with a 66% response rate to the survey. Mean age was 27 years. 92% of students had volunteered during college and/or medical school. 41% of students had volunteered internationally. Majority of students were interested in a surgery residency program offering international opportunity. 78% of students planned to volunteer internationally after residency, and two-thirds planned to include global surgery in future career. Half of the students reported they would rank a residency program higher if it offered an international opportunity. Students who were immigrants were significantly more likely to rank a program higher in the match if an international opportunity was offered, compared to students born in the US (p < 0.05).
There is great interest in global surgery and international volunteer opportunities amongst fourth year medical students who apply for surgery residency. The majority of applicants have prior volunteer experience either locally or abroad. Majority of students plan to volunteer internationally after residency and are interested in academic global surgery careers. Students will rank surgery residency programs that offer international opportunities higher in the match.
医学生积极寻求全球健康机会。外科住院医师也对国际任务、轮转和全球外科手术表现出极大的热情。不幸的是，只有 18%至 34%的外科住院医师培训计划提供此类国际机会。我们调查了申请外科住院医师的四年级医学生，以确定该计划提供的国际外科机会是否会影响他们的匹配排名。
我们向我们的外科住院医师计划的面试者发放了一份 20 个问题的调查。调查是可选的和匿名的。我们询问了之前的志愿服务、对全球外科手术的兴趣以及住院期间提供的国际机会的重要性。
新泽西州哈肯萨克的哈肯萨克大学医学中心
2019 年 10 月至 2020 年 1 月期间在哈肯萨克大学医学中心面试普通外科住院医师的所有候选人。
共有 97 名四年级医学生接受面试，对调查的回复率为 66%。平均年龄为 27 岁。92%的学生在大学和/或医学院期间有过志愿服务。41%的学生有过国际志愿服务。大多数学生对提供国际机会的外科住院医师培训计划感兴趣。78%的学生计划在住院医师后到国外志愿服务，三分之二的学生计划将全球外科纳入未来的职业规划。一半的学生表示，如果一个住院医师计划提供国际机会，他们会将该计划的排名提高。与在美国出生的学生相比，移民学生如果获得国际机会，他们更有可能在匹配中对该计划给予更高的排名（p < 0.05）。
申请外科住院医师的四年级医学生对全球外科和国际志愿机会非常感兴趣。大多数申请人之前都有过本地或国外的志愿服务经验。大多数学生计划在住院医师后到国外志愿服务，并对学术全球外科职业感兴趣。学生将在匹配中对提供国际机会的外科住院医师计划给予更高的排名。
