Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Pediatr Pulmonol. 2024 Jun;59(6):1731-1739. doi: 10.1002/ppul.26983. Epub 2024 Mar 28.
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic shifted medical training programs to utilize virtual interviews (VIs) starting with the 2020 interview cycle. Fellowship interviews continue in the virtual format. It is unknown how this shift has affected equity for applicants as compared to in-person interviews. Equity in this study includes consideration of the opportunity for an applicant to accept, access, and conduct a VI. This study assessed pediatric pulmonary fellows' perception of equity associated with VIs and preferences for future cycles.
An anonymous survey link was emailed to Pediatric Pulmonology Program Directors to disseminate to incoming and first-year pediatric pulmonary fellows who participated in the 2022-2023 and 2021-2022 VI seasons. Responses were summarized by frequency and percentages. Inductive coding was used to thematically analyze free-text responses.
Nearly 30% of eligible incoming and first-year pulmonary fellows (n = 35/119, 29.4%) completed the survey. Seventy-four percent felt that VIs reduce inequities as compared to in-person interviews. Sixty percent felt that VIs were the most equitable format, and 51% chose a VI as their preferred future format. Important practice considerations to promote equity for future VIs included providing applicants with instruction for the expected dress code, followed by providing applicants with virtual technology (91% and 89% of respondents ranked as at least "somewhat important," respectively).
VIs were perceived as a more equitable interview format by pediatric pulmonology fellows compared to in-person interviews in our study. To increase equity for VIs, program directors can consider additional adaptations such as providing standardized instruction for dress code and providing the required technology.
自 2020 年面试周期开始，SARS-CoV-2 大流行促使医学培训计划转为使用虚拟面试（VI）。 fellowship 面试继续采用虚拟形式。目前尚不清楚与面对面面试相比，这种转变对申请人的公平性产生了怎样的影响。本研究中的公平性包括申请人接受、访问和进行 VI 的机会。本研究评估了儿科肺科研究员对与 VI 相关的公平性的看法，以及对未来周期的偏好。
向儿科肺病计划主任发送了一份匿名调查链接，以分发给参加 2022-2023 年和 2021-2022 年 VI 季节的即将到来的和第一年的儿科肺科研究员。通过频率和百分比对回答进行总结。使用归纳编码对自由文本回答进行主题分析。
近 30%的合格新入学和一年级肺科研究员（n=35/119，29.4%）完成了调查。74%的人认为 VI 相对于面对面面试减少了不公平现象。60%的人认为 VI 是最公平的形式，51%的人选择 VI 作为他们未来首选的形式。为促进未来 VI 的公平性，需要考虑一些重要的实践措施，包括为申请人提供预期着装规范的指导，然后为申请人提供虚拟技术（分别有 91%和 89%的受访者将这两项列为至少“有些重要”）。
与面对面面试相比，儿科肺病研究员认为 VI 是一种更公平的面试形式。为了增加 VI 的公平性，项目负责人可以考虑进行额外的调整，例如为着装规范提供标准化的指导，以及提供所需的技术。
