Mastering the Match: Recruiting a Successful Surgery Resident

Designing the “match of the future”: challenges and proposed solutions in the interview and match phase of the UME–GME transition

“…Residency websites have increased in prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic, though the quality of surgical training program websites varies significantly in terms of providing information such as resident research requirements, mentorship, evaluation methods, resident demographics, or diversity information [23][24][25][26]. Surgical training programs have also increased their presence on social media platforms such as Twitter and Instagram to disseminate information about their programs, both discrete information about operative experience and resident research output, but more qualitative materials regarding resident culture, camaraderie, and social life [27][28][29][30][31]. Online platforms such as Slack and Reddit can also be used to provide applicants with information regarding programs, allowing an asynchronous Q & A that is visible to all applicants [32,33].…”