Division of Plastic, Reconstructive & Maxillofacial Surgery, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Surgery, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia.
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
J Surg Educ. 2023 Jan;80(1):143-156. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2022.08.001. Epub 2022 Aug 30.
We aim to survey and compare integrated plastic surgery and plastic surgery subspecialty fellowship applicants on their experiences with virtual interviews and to determine if there are differences between them.
An IRB-approved survey study was conducted using the Qualtrics platform.
The study was conducted at the Johns Hopkins University and the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore Maryland.
Applicants that applied to 1) the Johns Hopkins/University of Maryland or the University of California San Diego integrated plastic surgery residency programs, 2) craniofacial surgery fellowship, and 3) microsurgery, hand surgery, or burn surgery fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University were selected to participate in the survey.
A total of 94 surveys were completed by residency applicants and 55 by fellowship applicants. After the interview season, 80% of fellowship applicants recommended virtual interviews compared to 61.7% of residency applicants (p = 0.03). Fellowship applicants reported significantly less issues with self-advocacy and did not view the virtual interview process as significant of a detriment when meeting program residents/staff, viewing the hospital/surrounding area, and learning about the program (p < 0.05). A higher percentage of fellowship applicants interviewed at multiple programs during a single day compared to residency applicants (56.4% vs 27.7%; p < 0.001).
A higher proportion of fellowship applicants prefer virtual interviews, which associated with key differences in perceptions, expectations, and priorities. Our data supports that fellowship programs may wish to continue virtual interviews even after COVID-related restrictions are lifted, because fellows are equally able to self-advocate in a virtual format while benefiting from cost and time savings; fellowship programs would also gain the cost and time savings from this model as well.
我们旨在调查和比较综合整形外科学和整形外科学专科奖学金申请人在虚拟面试方面的经验，并确定他们之间是否存在差异。
一项经机构审查委员会批准的调查研究使用了 Qualtrics 平台进行。
该研究在马里兰州巴尔的摩的约翰霍普金斯大学和 R. 亚当斯考利创伤中心进行。
申请 1）约翰霍普金斯大学/马里兰大学或加利福尼亚大学圣地亚哥综合整形外科学住院医师计划、2）颅面外科奖学金和 3）约翰霍普金斯大学的显微外科、手外科或烧伤外科奖学金的申请人被选中参与调查。
共有 94 份住院医师申请人和 55 份研究员申请人完成了调查。在面试季节后，80%的研究员申请人推荐虚拟面试，而住院医师申请人的比例为 61.7%（p=0.03）。研究员申请人报告说，在自我倡导方面遇到的问题明显较少，并且在与住院医师/工作人员会面、查看医院/周边地区和了解计划时，他们并不认为虚拟面试过程有很大的不利影响（p<0.05）。与住院医师申请人相比，研究员申请人在一天内面试多个项目的比例更高（56.4%比 27.7%；p<0.001）。
与住院医师申请人相比， fellowship 申请人更倾向于虚拟面试，这与他们在认知、期望和优先级方面的关键差异有关。我们的数据支持 fellowship 项目可能希望在 COVID-19 相关限制解除后继续进行虚拟面试，因为研究员在虚拟环境中同样能够进行自我倡导，同时受益于成本和时间的节省； fellowship 项目也将从这种模式中受益。
