Are pediatric surgery fellowship websites ready for the changing paradigms in the virtual interview era?

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

With the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person fellowship interviews were curtailed, leading candidates to seek information from other resources. Our main purposes were (1) to determine what information recent participants in the match needed to evaluate programs and (2) to assess which of these were available online.

Methods

A focus group of ten recent graduates/applicants identified information that was important in choosing a fellowship program. In August 2020 and December 2021, websites belonging to the American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) and individual programs were assessed.

Results

Recent applicants identified 55 pieces of information considered important to their decision making. Of 57 pediatric surgery fellowships, 98% were listed on APSA's website.

SUBMITTER: Sacks MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9874179 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature