A Game of Adaptability : Reflecting on the Highlights and Challenges of Applying for Surgical Residency During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Virtual recruitment of candidates applying into General Surgery residency during the COVID-19 pandemic presented a number of benefits and challenges. Notable benefits for candidates included financial and resource cost savings, the ability to conduct multiple interviews within short time frame, and the ability to meet more faculty members on virtual interview day. Challenges included technological difficulties, difficulty assessing culture and authenticity of in-program relationships, zoom fatigue, and inability to form relationships with co-applicants. After assessing our experiences with these benefits and challenges, the authors recommend that future recruitment cycles maintain virtual interview days with optional, nonevaluative open house days for revisit and second look opportunities.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:274

Enthalten in:

Annals of surgery - 274(2021), 5 vom: 01. Nov., Seite e381-e382

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kubi, Boateng [VerfasserIn]
Keiler, James [VerfasserIn]
Douglas, Anthony [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 20.10.2021

Date Revised 23.09.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/SLA.0000000000004983

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM32665092X