Virtual “Matchmaking”: Stakeholder Perspectives on the Future of the Urology Residency Match

Warren, Christopher J.; Reitblat, Chanan; Ferreri, Charles A.; Eyrich, Nicholas W.; Daignault‐Newton, Stephanie; Andino, Juan J.; Sadeghi‐Nejad, Hossein; Pruthi, Raj S.; Kraft, Kate H.

doi:10.1016/j.urology.2022.02.016

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“…Despite these recent changes, in a recent survey of applicants and program directors, the majority of respondents preferred inperson away rotations regardless of high costs but virtual interviews to reduce financial burden and increase equity. 6 Further changes were introduced in the 2022 Urology Match with preference signaling, which allowed applicants to indicate specific interest to 5 programs. Consequently, urology programs could try to maximize resources, such as application review time and interview slots, for genuinely interested applicants.…”

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Association of Residents’ Medical School Reputation and Urology Residency Program Ranking

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Introduction:The Urology Residency Match process is a highly competitive application process that evaluates coursework performance, standardized examination scores, research productivity, quality of letter of recommendations, and participation in away rotations. With recent changes to medical school grading metrics, lack of in-person interviews, and examination scorings, less objective metrics are available to stratify applicants. We characterized the association of urology residents’ medical school and urology residency program rankings.Methods:Using publicly available resources, all urology residents from 2016 to 2022 were identified. Their medical school and urology residency rankings were determined from 2022 US News and World Reports and Doximity urology residency reputation. Ordinal logistic regression modeling was used to determine the association between medical school and residency rankings.Results:A total of 2,306 successfully matched residents were identified from 2016 to 2022. There was positive association between urology program and medical school ranking (P < .001). Within each urology program tier over the last 7 years, there was no significant change over time in the proportions of urology residents by medical school rankings (P >0.05). A consistent proportion of matched residents from higher ranked medical schools matched into top ranked urology programs, while a consistent proportion of applicants from lower ranked medical schools matched into lower ranked urology programs across each application cycle from 2016 to 2022 (P < .05).Conclusions:We observed that over the last 7 years trainees from higher ranked medical schools were more commonly represented in top urology programs while lower ranked urology programs were overrepresented by residents from lower ranked medical schools.

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“…Despite these recent changes, in a recent survey of applicants and program directors, the majority of respondents preferred in-person away rotations regardless of high costs but virtual interviews to reduce financial burden and increase equity. 6…”

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“…These shortcomings were countered by significant benefits in time savings, cost reduction for applicants and programs, and reduced carbon emissions [10][11][12][13]. Overall, in 2021, the majority of applicants and program directors (PDs) reported satisfaction with match outcomes and did not believe in-person interviews would have changed them [14]. Surveys taken after the 2022 match indicate that the perception of VIs continued to improve, with more applicants reporting that faculty interviews, resident interviews, and resident socials were well replicated virtually compared to 2021 [3].…”

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The New Urology Match: How Recent Innovations Including Virtual Interviews and Preference Signaling Have Changed Match Outcomes

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Objectives: To determine how recent changes in the urology match occurring from 2021 to 2023, including virtual interviews (VIs) and preference signals (PS), affected match outcomes. Methods: The American Urological Association (AUA) match data from 2021 to 2023 was compared to the 15 years prior. This was obtained from the AUA website and a previous study of public AUA match data. Self-reported applicant characteristics and outcomes from the Urology Residency Applicant Spreadsheet 2021-2023 were compared to the four years prior. Results: Between 2021 and 2023, residency programs offered 43 interviews each, compared to an average of 35 in the 15 years prior. Programs have been receiving more applications each year, from a low of 225 in 2019 to a peak of 347 in 2022. This resulted in an interview offer rate of 13% between 2021 and 2023, compared to 16% in the five years prior. Applicants applied to a mean of 88 programs in 2023, increasing each year since 40 in 2006. Applicants attended 12 interviews on average between 2021 and 2023, compared to 13 in the two years prior. Self-reported applicant data similarly demonstrated that, compared to the four years prior, applicants between 2021 and 2023 applied to more programs (81 vs. 70), had a lower interview offer rate (22% vs. 32%), and a higher interview acceptance rate (90% vs. 75%). Conclusions: During the years with VIs, programs offered more interviews and applicants attended fewer on average, indicating a larger applicant pool was interviewed. Despite the introduction of PS, applicants applied to more programs in 2022 and 2023 than ever before.

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“…While virtual interviews and open houses have their own inherent drawbacks, they can aid in minimizing travel costs, serving as an added equalizer to curb the financial limitations for some applicants and programs alike. 2 In combination with continued progress toward a more equitable, holistic review of residency applicants (preference signaling, secondary applications, etc), it will be interesting to observe how virtual residency recruitment activities continue to evolve as the pandemic catalyst, which gave rise to their widespread implementation, dissipates. 3…”

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Virtual “Matchmaking”: Stakeholder Perspectives on the Future of the Urology Residency Match

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Association of Residents’ Medical School Reputation and Urology Residency Program Ranking

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The New Urology Match: How Recent Innovations Including Virtual Interviews and Preference Signaling Have Changed Match Outcomes

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