Reimagining Residency Selection: Part 1—A Practical Guide to Recruitment in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Haas, Mary R.; He, Shuhan; Sternberg, Kevan; Jordan, Jaime; Deiorio, Nicole M.; Chan, Teresa M.; Yarris, Lalena M.

doi:10.4300/jgme-d-20-00907.1

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“…Recent publications offer excellent ideas for program marketing and use of digital resources, and we encourage readers to refer to these ideas (6,19). Our program has engaged in a coordinated and deliberate effort to attract followers by providing authentic user experiences.…”

Section: Social Media Pearls and Pitfallsmentioning

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From Beginning to End: A Single Radiology Residency Program's Experience with Web-Based Resident Recruitment during COVID-19 and a Review of the Literature

2021

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COVID-19 disrupted the practice of in-person visits for the 2020-2021 recruitment cycle. This past year, Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs converted to online interviews and virtual visits for all applicants. Given the unpredictable nature of this pandemic, it remains unclear when or if conventional travel for residency interviews will resume. Therefore, it is important to reflect on this past season and look ahead to our next recruitment and interview cycle. Here, we review prior publications studying faculty and applicant experiences with web-based interviewing strategies, and we describe our own residency program's recruitment strategy for a virtual interview season, including survey results of reactions by both interviewers and candidates following our first season in this new era of virtual meetings and interviews. Web-based recruitment and interviews are feasible and can be done well with careful planning and preparation of those involved. Concerns persist primarily among applicants that virtual visits to a training program are inadequate for providing sufficient information prior to ranking. Regardless of future travel restrictions, GME programs will likely benefit all stakeholders by offering web-based recruitment and interviews, while also providing opportunities for optional in-person visits.

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Section: Social Media Pearls and Pitfallsmentioning

confidence: 99%

From Beginning to End: A Single Radiology Residency Program's Experience with Web-Based Resident Recruitment during COVID-19 and a Review of the Literature

2021

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“…131,132 The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the residency application process in numerous ways, [133][134][135][136] accelerating calls for disruptive innovation and affording opportunities for novel reform. 1,[137][138][139][140][141] Application caps were the most frequently proposed reform (n ¼ 28 articles), and many specialties have recommended limits for the 2020-2021 cycle. 138,142 Some have suggested deriving application caps from the AAMC Apply Smart tool, which correlates application data with specialty entrance rates to identify the point of diminishing returns for application submissions stratified by applicant type (MD/ DO/IMG) and Step 1 score tertile.…”

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Systems-Level Reforms to the US Resident Selection Process: A Scoping Review

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Burk-Rafel²,

London

2021

Journal of Graduate Medical Education

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Background Calls to reform the US resident selection process are growing, given increasing competition and inefficiencies of the current system. Though numerous reforms have been proposed, they have not been comprehensively cataloged. Objective This scoping review was conducted to characterize and categorize literature proposing systems-level reforms to the resident selection process. Methods Following Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines, searches of Embase, MEDLINE, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were performed for references published from January 2005 to February 2020. Articles were included if they proposed reforms that were applicable or generalizable to all applicants, medical schools, or residency programs. An inductive approach to qualitative content analysis was used to generate codes and higher-order categories. Results Of 10 407 unique references screened, 116 met our inclusion criteria. Qualitative analysis generated 34 codes that were grouped into 14 categories according to the broad stages of resident selection: application submission, application review, interviews, and the Match. The most commonly proposed reforms were implementation of an application cap (n = 28), creation of a standardized program database (n = 21), utilization of standardized letters of evaluation (n = 20), and pre-interview screening (n = 13). Conclusions This scoping review collated and categorized proposed reforms to the resident selection process, developing a common language and framework to facilitate national conversations and change.

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“…Furthermore, with the recent suspension of in-person away rotations, many programs have shifted towards virtual clerkships and have been advertising their rotations on Twitter. [27][28][29][30] Instagram, an image-based social media platform that has gained traction recently, allows users to share images for teaching. In addition to these social media platforms-based resources, other valuable mediums for radiology exposure, such as podcasts and volunteering opportunities also exist.…”

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“…In response to the cancelations of in-person interviews, residency programs have rapidly modified recruitment strategies and formed social media committees, bolstering their social media presence in hopes of attracting diverse and highly-qualified residents. 30 Instagram and Twitter have been the primary platforms of choice for sharing high-quality, curated program information. For example, Instagram is used to showcase residents, alumni, faculty, and their cities, posting photos of wellness activities or utilizing the 'takeover' model to highlight a resident's day-today life.…”

Section: The Emerging Role Of Social Media In Radiology Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Engaging Medical Students in the Virtual, Socially Distant Era of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Online Radiology Resources Worth Exploring

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Reimagining Residency Selection: Part 1—A Practical Guide to Recruitment in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Cited by 32 publications

References 36 publications

From Beginning to End: A Single Radiology Residency Program's Experience with Web-Based Resident Recruitment during COVID-19 and a Review of the Literature

From Beginning to End: A Single Radiology Residency Program's Experience with Web-Based Resident Recruitment during COVID-19 and a Review of the Literature

Systems-Level Reforms to the US Resident Selection Process: A Scoping Review

Engaging Medical Students in the Virtual, Socially Distant Era of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Online Radiology Resources Worth Exploring

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