Journal article
Cross-Sectional Analysis of Neurosurgical Residency Websites During the Virtual Interview
WORLD NEUROSURGERY, v 180, pE158
Dec 2023
PMID: 37690576
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Abstract
-BACKGROUND: The loss of in-person interviews during the COVID-19 pandemic warrants an investigation into what information is provided to applicants through neuro-surgery residency program websites (NRPWs). This study examines NRPWs across the United States and Canada to determine what details are provided to applicants through their respective websites.-METHODS: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accredited neurologic surgery residency pro-grams were identified through the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) website. NRPWs were searched for 48 criteria, including program overview, application requirements, and curriculum information. Small programs were defined as 1-2 residents per class, while large programs were classified as those with 3-4 residents per year. Content differences were analyzed be-tween the top 20 and remaining programs per the Doximity Residency Navigator Rankings.-RESULTS: The most prevalent information among 122 NRPWs was the neurosurgery residency overview (95%), names of faculty members (95%), and names of current residents (94%). Top-20 NRPWs were more likely to include post PGY-7 fellowships (90% vs. 61% P = 0.0108), operating room virtual reality experience (35% vs. 12% P = 0.0160), and faculty research (90% vs. 62% P = 0.0182) than the remainder of the programs.-CONCLUSIONS: This study investigates NRPW content after the COVID-19 pandemic. We report broad variability in content provided by various neurosurgical training pro-grams. Higher-ranked neurosurgery programs are more likely to include fellowship information, operating room virtual reality experience, and faculty research than lower-ranked programs.
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- Title
- Cross-Sectional Analysis of Neurosurgical Residency Websites During the Virtual Interview
- Publication Details
- WORLD NEUROSURGERY, v 180, pE158
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC; NEW YORK
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001137746600001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85173224033
- Other Identifier
- 991021861190504721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Surgery