泌尿外科住院申请人选择:项目主任的新标准
Juan Sebastian Rodriguez-Alvarez1, Carlos Munoz-Lopez2, Samuel Harwood2
1Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Urology
|March 11, 2024
概括
泌尿外科住院项目主任优先考虑推信和副实习. 越来越多地使用偏好信号 (PS) 显著影响面试邀请,大多数董事认为最近的申请变化使程序变得更糟.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 外科住院培训外科住院培训
背景情况:
- 泌尿器科住院申请程序最近经历了修改.
- 了解项目主管 (PD) 对这些变化的看法对于申请人成功至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估最近的泌尿器科住院申请变化如何影响PD的面试邀请标准.
- 为了衡量PDs对这些应用程序流程更改影响的意见.
主要方法:
- 一项匿名调查分发给137名泌尿器科住院PD.
- 该调查探讨了面试选择标准和每个申请人增加偏好信号 (PS) 的影响.
主要成果:
- 推信 (LoR) 和成功的副实习 (sub-I) 是主要的标准.
- 80.7%的PD报告说,申请人不发送PS会对其产生负面影响;12.2%的人不会采访这些候选人.
- 62.1%的PDs认为最近的变化使申请过程变得更糟.
结论:
- 最近的变化改变了PD的申请人评估,强调了LoR和子Is.
- 增加的偏好信号 (PS) 扩大了它们的重要性,使得信号程序对面试报价至关重要.
- 大多数PD认为最近的申请流程变化是负面的.
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