National Pediatric Experience With Virtual Interviews: Lessons Learned and Future Recommendations.
Publication/Presentation Date
10-1-2021
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic significantly impacted undergraduate and graduate medical education and created challenges that prevented a traditional approach to residency and fellowship recruitment and interviews. Early in the pandemic, the pediatric education community came together to support applicants and training programs and to foster an equitable recruitment process. We describe many of our community's innovations, including the use of virtual cafés to educate programs and highlight best practices for virtual recruitment and the use of regional webinars to highlight residency programs and provide information to applicants. Surveys of applicants and programs suggest that the virtual interview process worked well overall, with applicants and programs saving both time and money and programs maintaining a high rate of filling their positions. On the basis of this experience, we highlight the strengths and weaknesses of 3 potential models for future interview seasons. We close with a series of questions that need further investigation to create an effective and equitable recruitment process for the future.
Volume
148
Issue
4
ISSN
1098-4275
Published In/Presented At
Frohna, J. G., Waggoner-Fountain, L. A., Edwards, J., Fussell, J. J., Wueste, B., Gigante, J., Vinci, R. J., Heitkamp, N. M., Neelakantan, M. K., Degnon, L. E., Blankenburg, R. L., & Pediatrics Recruitment Study Team (2021). National Pediatric Experience With Virtual Interviews: Lessons Learned and Future Recommendations. Pediatrics, 148(4), e2021052904. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-052904
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics
PubMedID
34330864
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article