Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
Urology. 2024 May;187:33-37. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2023.11.043. Epub 2024 Mar 11.
To evaluate the impact of the recent changes to the urology residency application process on the criteria utilized by residency program directors (PDs) for interview invitations and their perspectives concerning these changes.
One hundred thirty-seven urology residency PDs were invited to participate in an anonymous survey to explore interview selection criteria and the impact of the increase in preference signals (PS) per applicant.
Fifty-eight PDs (42.8%) completed the survey. The highest-ranked criteria were letters of recommendation (LoR) and successful sub-internship (sub-I) at the PD's institution, without statistically significant differences between these 2. Gender, ethnicity, and medical school prestige were the lowest rated criteria, without significant differences between these 3. Compared to before the increase in the number of PS per applicant, 80.7% of PDs reported that not receiving a PS from an applicant this cycle would more negatively impact the chances of offering an interview to that applicant. Moreover, 12.2% stated they would not interview any applicants who did not send a PS. Finally, 62.1% of PDs believed recent changes worsened the process.
Recent changes impacted PDs applicant evaluation, with the highest ranked criteria being LoRs and sub-I. Paradoxically, the increase in the number of PS per applicant has increased their importance as applicants are much less likely to receive interview offers from programs they have not signaled. Lastly, most PDs believe changes have worsened the evaluation process.
评估泌尿科住院医师申请流程最近的变化对住院医师项目主任（PD）使用的面试邀请标准的影响，以及他们对这些变化的看法。
邀请 137 名泌尿科住院医师 PD 参与匿名调查，以探讨面试选择标准以及每位申请人偏好信号（PS）增加的影响。
58 名 PD（42.8%）完成了调查。排名最高的标准是推荐信（LoR）和 PD 所在机构的成功实习（sub-I），这两者之间没有统计学上的显著差异。性别、族裔和医学院声望是评分最低的标准，这三者之间没有显著差异。与每位申请人的 PS 数量增加之前相比，80.7%的 PD 报告说，在这个周期内没有收到申请人的 PS，会更不利于向该申请人提供面试机会。此外，12.2%的 PD 表示他们不会面试任何未发送 PS 的申请人。最后，62.1%的 PD 认为最近的变化使这个过程恶化了。
最近的变化影响了 PD 对申请人的评估，排名最高的标准是 LoR 和 sub-I。矛盾的是，每位申请人的 PS 数量增加增加了它们的重要性，因为申请人不太可能收到他们没有发出信号的项目的面试邀请。最后，大多数 PD 认为变化已经恶化了评估过程。
