The Impact of COVID-19 on the Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship Application Process.

ABSTRACT: Over the last year, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread across the world as a global pandemic, bringing unprecedented changes to the healthcare landscape for patients and physicians. Medical trainees have been similarly affected, as medical schools throughout the United States have implemented remote learning-based curriculums and withdrawn third- and fourth-year students from in-hospital clerkships. Of particular importance is the impact of COVID-19 on current orthopaedic surgery residents applying to subspecialty fellowship programs. Because of the highly transmissible nature of the virus and current social distancing restrictions, orthopaedic sports medicine fellowship interviews are being held virtually during the 2020-2021 application cycle. This transition to videoconferen

SUBMITTER: Peebles LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8365211 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature