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Do Orthopaedic Residency Programs Have the Least Time Between Invitation and Interview?
David Ruckle1, Montri Daniel Wongworawat2
1is a Resident, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Loma Linda University Health.
Journal of Graduate Medical Education
|August 26, 2021
Summary
Orthopaedic surgery residency interviews offer significantly less lead time compared to other specialties. This study suggests extending interview invitations into mid-October to reduce applicant stress.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Surgical Specialties
- Residency Training
Background:
- Increasing costs and stress associated with residency applications.
- Limited lead time for interview scheduling adds burden to applicants.
Purpose of the Study:
- Compare interview invitation lead time in orthopaedic surgery to other surgical and medical specialties.
- Assess if orthopaedics offers comparable scheduling flexibility.
Main Methods:
- Collected interview invitation and interview dates for multiple residency programs.
- Calculated median interview lead time for each specialty.
- Utilized Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests for statistical analysis.
Main Results:
- Orthopaedic surgery has a significantly shorter median lead time (57 days) compared to other specialties (P < .05).
- Otolaryngology had the second shortest lead time (70 days), while pediatrics had the longest (106 days).
Conclusions:
- Significant variation exists in interview lead time across residency programs, notably in orthopaedic surgery.
- Authors recommend extending interview invitations to mid-October to alleviate applicant scheduling pressures.
