Current Communication Practices Between Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Applicants and Program Directors.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In order to equitably improve the residency application process, it is essential to understand the problems we need to address.

Objective

To determine how obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN) applicants and faculty communicate applicants' interest to residency programs, and how program directors report being influenced by these communications.

Design, setting, and participants

This survey study was conducted with email surveys of OBGYN application stakeholders in 2022. Included participants were OBGYN applicants, clerkship directors, and residency program directors in medical education associations' email listservs.

Exposures

Surveys sent by the American Association of Medical Colleges, Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Council

SUBMITTER: Morgan HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9606842 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature