Alternative Strategies for Evaluating General Surgery Residency Applicants and an Interview Limit for MATCH 2021: An Impending Necessity.
Ann Surg
; 273(1): 109-111, 2021 01 01.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32941286
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unique challenges for evaluating general surgery residency applicants to MATCH 2021. In the absence of away rotations, programs are likely to afford greater importance to objective data to stratify the applicant pool and medical students are likely to experience difficulty in thoroughly assessing each program. Virtual rotations, meet-and-greet events conducted before the application submission deadline, personality testing before extending interviews, standardized letters of recommendation, and skills testing can serve as valuable adjuncts for determining the best applicant-program fit. Finally, an interview limit which sets the bar for the maximum number of accepted interviews per applicant per specialty can offer a level playing field in the absence of time and cost limitations associated with travel.
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Assunto principal:
Estudantes de Medicina
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Cirurgia Geral
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Guias como Assunto
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Educação de Pós-Graduação em Medicina
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Pandemias
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COVID-19
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Internato e Residência
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article