Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah.
J Surg Educ. 2023 Aug;80(8):1172-1178. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2023.05.010. Epub 2023 Jun 8.
Plastic and reconstructive surgery is among the most competitive specialties in the National Resident Matching Program match. Though efforts to institute unbiased and equitable measures of an applicant's success have been made, many barriers still hinder suitable applicants from successfully matching. We sought to identify whether interview day influenced applicants' likelihood of being ranked favorably in both independent and integrated plastic surgery residency programs at a single academic institution.
Data from 10 years of independent plastic surgery applicants and 8 years of integrated plastic surgery applicants were queried. Data regarding whether applicants were interviewed on day 1, day 2, or during subinternships (integrated cohort only) and what number they were on the programs rank list were included in the analysis.
A total of 226 independent applicants 237 integrated applicants were identified. For integrated applicants, those who interviewed on day 1 were weighted toward worse rank scores. Applicants who interviewed during their subinternship had a bimodal distribution either ranking favorably or poorly. Integrated applicants who interviewed on the second day were more likely to be ranked in the first quartile. For those who interviewed on day 1, the odds of being ranked in the last quartile was 2.34 times higher than those who interviewed on day 2 (p = 0.02).
Our results demonstrating that interview day may influence an applicant's final rank in the MATCH. Further study is needed to determine if this effect is can be observed in other academic plastic surgery programs.
整形外科学是全美住院医师匹配项目（National Resident Matching Program，NRMP）中竞争最激烈的专业之一。尽管已经做出了努力，以制定公正和平等的申请人成功衡量标准，但仍有许多障碍阻碍了合适的申请人成功匹配。我们试图确定在单一学术机构中，面试日是否会影响申请人在独立和综合整形外科学住院医师项目中被有利排名的可能性。
查询了 10 年独立整形外科申请人和 8 年综合整形外科申请人的数据。分析中包括申请人是否在第 1 天、第 2 天或在实习期间（仅综合队列）接受面试以及他们在项目排名列表中的排名号。
共确定了 226 名独立申请人和 237 名综合申请人。对于综合申请人，第 1 天接受面试的人排名较低。在实习期间接受面试的申请人排名呈双峰分布，要么排名靠前，要么排名靠后。第 2 天接受面试的综合申请人更有可能排在前四分之一。对于第 1 天接受面试的申请人，排在最后四分之一的几率是第 2 天接受面试的申请人的 2.34 倍（p=0.02）。
我们的研究结果表明，面试日可能会影响申请人在 MATCH 中的最终排名。需要进一步研究以确定这种影响是否可以在其他学术整形外科学计划中观察到。
