Huang Mitchell M, Driscoll Conor B, Handa Nicole, Panken Evan J, Vo Amanda X, Bennett Nelson E
Department of Urology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL.
Department of Urology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL.
Urology. 2025 Aug;202:122-129. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2025.04.049. Epub 2025 May 7.
To compare the attitudes of urology residency applicants and program directors (PDs) toward virtual vs in-person interviews in the context of a hybrid interview approach.
We conducted 2 anonymous surveys of Urology Residency Match applicants and PDs from accredited training programs after the completion of the 2024-2025 match cycle. These surveys were approved and distributed by the Society of Academic Urologists.
A total of 168 applicants (39% of matched candidates) and 53 PDs (36% of accredited programs) responded. Among applicants, 83% preferred in-person interviews compared to 11% who preferred virtual. The strength of preference for in-person interviews varied by amount of financial debt. 88% of applicants indicated they selected an in-person interview when presented a choice at a program they were interested in and 53% indicated they felt pressured to select in-person interviews. The median cost to applicants of in-person interviews was $2000 (IQR $1000-3000) compared to $0 (IQR $0-30) for virtual (P<.001). 65% of applicants reported receiving assistance from programs to help offset the costs of in-person interviews. Among the 53 programs surveyed, 16 (30%) offered hybrid interviews; only 1 of these programs (6%) reported matching a virtual interviewee. While 92% of in-person only programs intended to continue the same format in the next application cycle, 67% of virtual interview only programs intended to add an in-person component (P=.01).
Most applicants prefer in-person interviews and the majority of hybrid interview programs did not match a virtual interviewee. Although the Urology Match should continue to allow both formats, individual programs might consider implementing a single format.
在混合面试方法的背景下，比较泌尿外科住院医师申请人和项目主任对虚拟面试与现场面试的态度。
在2024 - 2025年匹配周期结束后，我们对来自经认可培训项目的泌尿外科住院医师匹配申请人和项目主任进行了两项匿名调查。这些调查由学术泌尿外科医生协会批准并分发。
共有168名申请人（占匹配候选人的39%）和53名项目主任（占经认可项目的36%）做出回应。在申请人中，83%更喜欢现场面试，而11%更喜欢虚拟面试。对现场面试的偏好强度因经济债务金额而异。88%的申请人表示，当在他们感兴趣的项目中面临选择时，他们选择了现场面试，53%的申请人表示他们感到有压力选择现场面试。申请人参加现场面试的中位数成本为2000美元（四分位间距为1000 - 3000美元），而虚拟面试的成本为0美元（四分位间距为0 - 30美元）（P <.001）。65%的申请人报告收到项目提供的帮助以抵消现场面试的成本。在接受调查的53个项目中，16个（30%）提供混合面试；这些项目中只有1个（6%）报告匹配了一名虚拟面试者。虽然92%的仅采用现场面试的项目打算在下一个申请周期继续相同的形式，但67%的仅采用虚拟面试的项目打算增加现场面试环节（P = 0.01）。
大多数申请人更喜欢现场面试，并且大多数混合面试项目没有匹配虚拟面试者。尽管泌尿外科匹配应继续允许两种形式，但个别项目可能考虑采用单一形式。
