Interview Invitations for Otolaryngology Residency Positions Across Demographic Groups Following Implementation of Preference Signaling.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Preference signaling is a new initiative in the residency application process that has been adopted by 17 specialties that include more than 80% of applicants in the 2023 National Resident Matching cycle. The association of signals with interview selection rate across applicant demographics has not been fully examined.

Objective

To assess the validity of survey-based data on the association of preference signals with interview offers and describe the variation across demographic groups.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study examined the interview selection outcomes across demographic groups for applications with and without signals in the 2021 Otolaryngology National Resident Matching cycle. Data were obtained from a post-hoc collabor

SUBMITTER: Pletcher SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9993176 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature