Postgraduate-Year-1 Residents' Perceptions of Social Media and Virtual Applicant Recruitment: Cross-sectional Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The dissemination of information about residency programs is a vital step in residency recruitment. Traditional methods of distributing information have been printed brochures, websites, in-person interviews, and increasingly, social media. Away rotations and in-person interviews were cancelled, and interviews were virtual for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective

The purpose of our study was to describe postgraduate-year-1 (PGY1) residents' social media habits in regard to residency recruitment and their perceptions of the residency programs' social media accounts in light of the transition to virtual interviews.

Methods

A web-based 33-question survey was developed to evaluate personal social media use, perceptions of social media use by r

SUBMITTER: Plack DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10131859 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature