Kevin P Sandhu1, Natasha M Simske, Porter Young, Nathaniel M Wilson, Lisa K Cannada, Paul S Whiting. 1. From the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI (Dr. Sandhu, Ms. Simske, Dr. Wilson, Dr. Whiting), and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL (Dr. Young, Dr. Cannada).
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: More than 90% of orthopaedic surgery graduates pursue fellowship training after residency. Previous investigations have examined factors considered important by orthopaedic sports medicine and hand surgery fellowship program directors (PDs). This study sought to identify which factors orthopaedic trauma fellowship PDs deem most important when evaluating applicants. METHODS: A web-based survey was sent to all 59 orthopaedic trauma fellowship PDs. PDs were given a list of 12 factors, which they ranked in order of importance. A weighted score for each factor was calculated. PDs could also write-in additional factors they considered important when ranking applicants. RESULTS: The overall response rate was 83% (49/59 PDs). Forty-five percent of responding PDs listed the interview as the most important factor when ranking applicants. Other factors considered most important included letters of recommendation, personal connections to the applicant and/or letter writers, and the applicant's background in trauma. Results of the weighted score calculation again identified the interview as the most important factor when ranking applicants, followed by letters of recommendation, personal connections to the applicant/letter writers, the applicant's residency program, strength of the applicant's background in trauma, and research experience. DISCUSSION: Orthopaedic trauma fellowship PDs consider the interview, letters of recommendation, and personal connections to the applicant/letter writers to be the most important factors when ranking fellowship applicants.
INTRODUCTION: More than 90% of orthopaedic surgery graduates pursue fellowship training after residency. Previous investigations have examined factors considered important by orthopaedic sports medicine and hand surgery fellowship program directors (PDs). This study sought to identify which factors orthopaedic trauma fellowship PDs deem most important when evaluating applicants. METHODS: A web-based survey was sent to all 59 orthopaedic trauma fellowship PDs. PDs were given a list of 12 factors, which they ranked in order of importance. A weighted score for each factor was calculated. PDs could also write-in additional factors they considered important when ranking applicants. RESULTS: The overall response rate was 83% (49/59 PDs). Forty-five percent of responding PDs listed the interview as the most important factor when ranking applicants. Other factors considered most important included letters of recommendation, personal connections to the applicant and/or letter writers, and the applicant's background in trauma. Results of the weighted score calculation again identified the interview as the most important factor when ranking applicants, followed by letters of recommendation, personal connections to the applicant/letter writers, the applicant's residency program, strength of the applicant's background in trauma, and research experience. DISCUSSION: Orthopaedic trauma fellowship PDs consider the interview, letters of recommendation, and personal connections to the applicant/letter writers to be the most important factors when ranking fellowship applicants.
Authors: Vinicius Tieppo Francio; Benjamin Gill; Jonathan M Hagedorn; Robert Pagan Rosado; Scott Pritzlaff; Timothy Furnish; Lynn Kohan; Dawood Sayed Journal: Reg Anesth Pain Med Date: 2022-06-27 Impact factor: 5.564