The effect of virtual interviews on the musculoskeletal radiology fellowship match.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, a virtual interview format was adopted in lieu of in-person interviews for fellowship recruitment. The purpose of this study is to analyze the potential effect that virtual interviews have on musculoskeletal radiology fellowship match results and collect opinions of the process.

Materials and methods

An anonymous survey was sent to 87 listed US-based musculoskeletal radiology fellowship directors, who were asked for their 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 match data: fellowship positions, interviewees, ranked interviewees, and matched ranks. They rated effectiveness of virtual interviews on a ten-point scale (1 poor-10 excellent) and provided an ideal percentage of future interviews to be conducted virtually.

Results

Thirty respon

SUBMITTER: Ho CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9376565 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature