Perspectives on virtual interviews and emerging technologies integration in family medicine residency programs: a cross-sectional survey study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, in-person interviews for the recruitment of family medicine residents shifted to online (virtual) interviews. The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to gather the ideas about virtual interviews of family medicine applicants (interviewees), and faculty and staff who interviewed these applicants (interviewers), and (2) to describe interviewers' and interviewees' opinions of use of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) in the recruitment process as well as during clinical practice.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional survey study. Participants were both interviewers and candidates who applied to the McGill University Family Medicine Residency Program for the 2

SUBMITTER: Tolentino R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11382399 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature