Fish Taylor R, Markham Dane J, Galar Federico, Abdel-Aty Yassmeen
UT Health San Antonio - Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, Texas.
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona.
J Voice. 2025 Jul;39(4):1140.e9-1140.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2023.01.011. Epub 2023 Mar 21.
Prospective laryngology fellows have limited opportunities to learn about fellowship programs besides personal conversations with program directors and mentors. Online information about fellowships may optimize the laryngology match process. The purpose of this study was to assess the utility of online information about laryngology fellowship programs through analysis of program websites and surveying current and recent laryngology fellows.
The websites of 20 laryngology fellowship programs were analyzed for the presence of 18 unique criteria, previously described in the literature. A survey was distributed to current and recent fellows to determine helpful resources and improvements of fellowship websites.
On average, program websites fulfilled 33% of the 18 criteria used for analysis. The criteria most often fulfilled were "program description," "case descriptions," and "fellowship director contact information." Of respondents from our survey, 47% strongly disagreed that fellowship websites helped them identify desirable programs, and 57% somewhat or strongly agreed that more detailed websites would have made identification of desirable programs easier. Fellows were most interested in finding information about program descriptions, contact information for program directors and coordinators, and current laryngology fellows.
Based on our findings, laryngology fellowship program websites can improve, making the application process easier. As programs incorporate more information regarding contact information, current fellows, interviews, and case volume/descriptions on their websites, they will allow applicants to make more informed decisions and find the programs that fit them the best.
除了与项目主任和导师进行个人交流外，未来的耳鼻喉科研究员了解研究员培训项目的机会有限。关于研究员培训项目的在线信息可能会优化耳鼻喉科的匹配过程。本研究的目的是通过分析项目网站以及对现任和近期的耳鼻喉科研究员进行调查，来评估耳鼻喉科研究员培训项目在线信息的实用性。
分析了20个耳鼻喉科研究员培训项目网站，看其是否具备文献中先前描述的18项独特标准。向现任和近期的研究员发放了一份调查问卷，以确定有用的资源以及研究员培训项目网站的改进之处。
项目网站平均满足了用于分析的18项标准中的33%。最常满足的标准是“项目描述”“病例描述”和“研究员培训项目主任联系信息”。在我们的调查受访者中，47%强烈不同意研究员培训项目网站帮助他们识别理想的项目，57%有点同意或强烈同意更详细的网站会使识别理想项目更容易。研究员最感兴趣的是找到有关项目描述、项目主任和协调员的联系信息以及现任耳鼻喉科研究员的信息。
根据我们的研究结果，耳鼻喉科研究员培训项目网站可以改进，使申请过程更轻松。随着各项目在其网站上纳入更多有关联系信息、现任研究员、面试以及病例数量/描述的信息，它们将使申请人能够做出更明智的决定，并找到最适合他们的项目。
