ArticleJournal of graduate medical education2022
Learning From the 2021 Ophthalmology Match: Virtual Residency Matching During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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- The Law of Diminishing Returns in the Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Match: A Deeper Look at the Numbers.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- Cross-sectional study of attitudes toward online continuing dental education in Libya during the COVID-19 pandemic.PloS one · 2024Article
- Applicant Perceptions of In-Person versus Virtual Interview Format for Surgical Retina Fellowship.Journal of academic ophthalmology (2017) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: The effect of virtual interviews on residency match outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic is unknown. Examining the ophthalmology match may help inform all specialties undergoing virtual interviews. Objective: To determine the impact of allopathic applicant match characteristics in the first year of the virtual residency Match process. Methods: Using the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology match database, a retrospective review was conducted of all allopathic applicants to ophthalmology residency programs in the United States from the 2016 through the 2021 match cycles. Demographic information, interview numbers, and match outcomes were compared between the 2016-2020 (in-person) and 2021 (virtual) cycles. Results: A total of 3343 allopathic applicants were analyzed. Applicants in the 2021 Match applied to significantly more programs than 2016-2020 applicants did (78.7±23.6 vs 73.1±22.7, Conclusions: Significantly more applicants to ophthalmology residency programs matched at their home institutions in the 2021 virtual match cycle compared to the previous 5 years without influencing the interview numbers granted and attended.
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