Office of Student Affairs, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, NY, USA.
Med Educ Online. 2022 Dec;27(1):2054304. doi: 10.1080/10872981.2022.2054304.
Due to Covid-19, fellowship programs could not conduct in-person interviews during the 2020-2021 interview cycle and were forced to implement virtual interviews. We conducted two nationwide surveys of residency and fellowship Program Directors (PDs) involved in the Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ob/Gyn) Subspecialty Fellowship match cycle to gain a better understanding of virtual interviews from each of their perspectives. 1) Fellowship PDs' confidence in using a virtual platform to holistically evaluate applicants during the 2020-2021 match cycle, 2) Residency PD's perception of virtual interviews and impact on their program's operations, and 3) to assess the desire of fellowship and residency PDs to continue virtual recruitment during forthcoming interview seasons. Two separate nationwide web-based surveys were administered to 1) Ob/Gyn fellowship PDs and 2) residency PDs through SurveyMonkey from July-September 2020 to assess the impact of virtual interviews form each parties' perspective. Surveys solicited demographic information, four-point Likert scale questions, and free response questions Of programs meeting inclusion criteria, 75/111 (67.6%) fellowship PDs and 67/117 (57.3%) residency PDs responded to their respective surveys. Most fellowship PDs believed that they could confidently assess applicants' professionalism (88%) during a virtual interview and (90.7%) felt confident in making a rank-order list. However, only 73.3% were just as confident in preparing a rank list after a virtual interview as they have been with in-person interviews. Most residency PDs (69.9%) believed that virtual interviews made it easier for their program to comply with duty hours, and 76.8% agreed that virtual interviews allowed their residents to accept more interviews than an in-person format. Most fellowship PDs found virtual interviews convenient. However, difficulty in observing social interaction and gauging applicant interest may be the biggest challenge moving forward.
由于新冠疫情，2020-2021 年的住院医师培训实习计划无法进行面对面的面试，被迫改为线上视频面试。我们对参与妇产科专科住院医师实习匹配周期的住院医师和实习计划主任（PD）进行了两次全国性调查，以便从他们各自的角度更好地了解虚拟面试。1）实习计划 PD 在 2020-2021 年匹配周期中使用虚拟平台全面评估申请人的信心；2）住院医师 PD 对虚拟面试的看法及其对项目运作的影响；3）评估实习计划和住院医师 PD 在即将到来的面试季节继续进行虚拟招聘的意愿。我们通过 SurveyMonkey 在 2020 年 7 月至 9 月期间向 1）妇产科实习计划 PD 和 2）住院医师 PD 分别进行了两次全国性的在线调查，以从双方的角度评估虚拟面试的影响。调查征求了人口统计信息、四点李克特量表问题和自由回答问题。在符合纳入标准的项目中，75/111（67.6%）名实习计划 PD 和 67/117（57.3%）名住院医师 PD 对各自的调查做出了回应。大多数实习计划 PD 认为他们可以在虚拟面试中自信地评估申请人的专业精神（88%），并且（90.7%）对制作排名清单有信心。然而，只有 73.3%的人对虚拟面试后制作排名清单的信心与面对面面试时一样。大多数住院医师 PD（69.9%）认为虚拟面试使他们的项目更容易遵守工作时间规定，76.8%的人同意虚拟面试使他们的住院医师可以接受比面对面格式更多的面试。大多数实习计划 PD 发现虚拟面试很方便。然而，在观察社交互动和评估申请人兴趣方面可能存在困难，这可能是未来最大的挑战。
