Virtual Gastroenterology Fellowship Recruitment During COVID-19 and Its Implications for the Future.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, medical education organizations endorsed a virtual recruitment format, representing a stark change from traditional in-person interviews. We aimed to identify the attitudes and perceptions of Gastroenterology Fellowship Program Directors (PDs) and applicants regarding the virtual interview experience and the role of virtual interviews (VI) in the future.

Methods

We designed separate surveys targeting PDs and applicants using the Qualtrics software. At the end of the interview season, we e-mailed both survey links to all PDs and requested that they forward the applicant survey to their interviewed candidates. Surveys were voluntary and anonymous. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data with results presented as perc

SUBMITTER: Hamade N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8095465 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature