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  • Surgical Education Research

Background:

  • Trainee recruitment aims to identify high-performing future faculty, but its effectiveness is unproven.
  • This study sought to identify selection criteria that predict excellent performance in microsurgery fellows.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine which trainee selection criteria are most predictive of successful fellowship performance.
  • To evaluate the impact of weighting objective versus subjective criteria in candidate ranking.

Main Methods:

  • Twenty-nine microsurgery fellows were assessed using interview ratings (presentation, experience, academic potential, personality, teamwork) and ACGME core competencies.
  • Spearman correlation coefficients analyzed the relationship between selection criteria and performance outcomes.
  • Rank lists were generated based on weighted averages (unadjusted) and faculty discussion (adjusted).

Main Results:

  • Plastic surgery training experience (r: 0.678) and academic potential (r: 0.56) showed the strongest correlation with overall performance.
  • A scoring system weighting objective criteria more heavily significantly improved predictive accuracy (r: 0.70 vs 0.49).
  • Unadjusted rank lists were more predictive of performance than adjusted lists (r: 0.65 vs 0.45).

Conclusions:

  • Objective measures like prior plastic surgery training and academic promise are superior predictors of fellow performance compared to subjective interview data.
  • Faculty adjustments to rankings decreased predictive accuracy, potentially promoting lower-performing candidates.
  • Improving trainee selection requires refining ranking criteria, emphasizing semi-objective factors, and minimizing subjective adjustments to raw scores.