Thirugnanasambandam Ram Prakash, Capric Violeta, Patel Krunal H, Gill Harjinder, Geraghty Patrick
Internal Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, USA.
Cureus. 2023 Feb 13;15(2):e34927. doi: 10.7759/cureus.34927. eCollection 2023 Feb.
The residency interview is a crucial step that helps the program identify potential new trainees while the trainees find out more about the program. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, it became essential to hold interviews virtually.
Here, we conducted a questionnaire-based study to identify areas of improvement in the virtual interview process in our program.
The study was conducted among the residency interview applicants of the 2022 match cycle. A questionnaire was sent via email to all applicants who were invited to our residency program for an interview. Out of the 600 applicants who were interviewed in our program, 230 applicants answered the survey, an 11-point questionnaire pertaining to the various aspects of the interview process.
A virtual interview with an option of in-person is the most favored answer among the different groups, i.e., American Medical Graduates (AMGs), International Medical Graduates (IMGs) without need for a visa, and IMGs with a need for a visa, respectively, were, 37.5%, 42.8%, and 38.65%, respectively. An updated website with all required information was a top resource used by 95%, 84.5%, and 89.6% of the different groups of candidates. American medical graduates (32.50%) place high importance on resident interaction, while international medical graduates want the programs to focus on their website and provide more information about all aspects of the program during the virtual interview.
In the post-COVID-19 era, Internal Medicine programs will need to improve several aspects of virtual interviews while assessing what is important to candidates.
住院医师面试是一个关键步骤，有助于项目识别潜在的新学员，同时学员也能更多地了解该项目。随着新冠疫情的爆发，进行线上面试变得至关重要。
在此，我们开展了一项基于问卷调查的研究，以确定我们项目线上面试过程中需要改进的方面。
该研究在2022年匹配周期的住院医师面试申请者中进行。通过电子邮件向所有受邀参加我们住院医师项目面试的申请者发送了一份问卷。在我们项目面试的600名申请者中，有230名申请者回答了该调查，这是一份关于面试过程各个方面的11分问卷。
在不同群体中，即美国医学毕业生（AMG）、无需签证的国际医学毕业生（IMG）和需要签证的IMG中，最受欢迎的答案分别是可选择线下的线上面试，分别为37.5%、42.8%和38.65%。一个包含所有所需信息的更新网站是95%、84.5%和89.6%的不同候选人群体使用的首要资源。美国医学毕业生（32.50%）非常重视与住院医师的互动，而国际医学毕业生希望项目关注其网站，并在虚拟面试期间提供有关项目各方面的更多信息。
在新冠疫情后的时代，内科项目在评估对候选人重要的因素时，需要改进线上面试的几个方面。
