Kraus Jonathan C, Perlewitz Madeline A, Shi Glenn G, Law Brian C
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Foot Ankle Orthop. 2021 Nov 15;6(4):24730114211041544. doi: 10.1177/24730114211041544. eCollection 2021 Oct.
The Internet is often the first resource used by applicants to evaluate fellowship programs. However, information on these websites can be often incomplete, inaccessible, and/or inaccurate. The primary objective of this study was to examine key factors that orthopedic foot and ankle fellowship applicants use to rank programs. The secondary objective was to assess both the accessibility and availability of the information on orthopedic foot and ankle fellowship program websites.
A Qualtrics survey was distributed via e-mail to those who matched into an orthopedic foot and ankle fellowship position from years 2008-2020. A comprehensive list of orthopedic foot and ankle fellowship programs was created. Program websites were evaluated for accessibility as well as the quality of recruitment and educational content.
There were a total of 114 survey responses out of 644 invites (17.7%). The most important factors for establishing a rank list were operative experience, current faculty, and program reputation. Eighty-five percent (41/48) of orthopedic foot and ankle fellowship websites were directly accessible using Google. On average, accessible orthopedic foot and ankle fellowship websites contained only 57% (11.5/20) of the content deemed desirable.
Orthopedic foot and ankle websites are widely accessible and have higher recruitment and educational quality content scores compared with previously published data. The most important factors for establishing a rank list are consistent with previous literature. Those who ranked operative experience as one of the most important factors when establishing a rank list did not complete more operative cases than those who did not.
Level IV.
互联网常常是申请者评估 fellowship 项目时首先使用的资源。然而，这些网站上的信息往往不完整、无法获取且/或不准确。本研究的主要目的是调查足踝外科 fellowship 申请者用于对项目进行排名的关键因素。次要目的是评估足踝外科 fellowship 项目网站上信息的可获取性和可用性。
通过电子邮件向 2008 年至 2020 年期间匹配到足踝外科 fellowship 职位的人员发放了 Qualtrics 调查问卷。创建了一份足踝外科 fellowship 项目的综合列表。对项目网站的可访问性以及招聘和教育内容的质量进行了评估。
在 644 份邀请中，共收到 114 份调查回复（17.7%）。制定排名列表的最重要因素是手术经验、现任教员和项目声誉。85%（41/48）的足踝外科 fellowship 网站可通过谷歌直接访问。平均而言，可访问的足踝外科 fellowship 网站仅包含 57%（11.5/20）被认为理想的内容。
与先前公布的数据相比，足踝外科网站广泛可访问，且招聘和教育质量内容得分更高。制定排名列表的最重要因素与先前的文献一致。在制定排名列表时将手术经验列为最重要因素之一的人，完成的手术病例数并不比未将其列为最重要因素的人多。
IV 级。
