Assessment of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellowship Programs Website

The aim of the study was to assess the comprehensiveness of the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) fellowship program websites in North America. All active REI fellowship program websites in the United States of America (USA) and Canada were evaluated and assessed using 72-point scoring criteria. Any fellowship programs without publicly accessible websites were excluded. The scoring criteria consisted of the following domains - recruitment, faculty information, fellow information, research and education, surgical program, clinical work, benefits and career planning, wellness, and environment. We identified 49 REI fellowship programs in the USA and nine in Canada of which 47 A programs and all Canadian programs had an accessible website. The mean score was significantly higher for USA program websites (61.5% (USA) versus 47.7% (Canada); p<0.001). The "wellness" domain had the highest prevalence of criteria (85.3% of websites) across all program websites, whereas the "fellow information" domain had the lowest (20.0% of websites). In conclusion, American REI fellowship program websites included more program-related content, compared to Canadian program websites.