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Virtual grand rounds as a novel means for applicants and programs to connect in the era of COVID-19
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has disrupted the 2020–2021 residency application cycle with the cancellation of away rotations and in-person interviews. This study seeks to investigate the feasibility and utility of video conferencing technology (VCT) as an opportunity for applicants to interact with faculty...
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Elsevier Inc.
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7467106/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32912659 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.08.044 |
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author | Xu, Linhan Ambinder, David Kang, Juhye Faris, Sarah Scarpato, Kristen Moy, Lou Kobashi, Kathleen Lemack, Gary Malik, Rena |
author_facet | Xu, Linhan Ambinder, David Kang, Juhye Faris, Sarah Scarpato, Kristen Moy, Lou Kobashi, Kathleen Lemack, Gary Malik, Rena |
author_sort | Xu, Linhan |
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description | BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has disrupted the 2020–2021 residency application cycle with the cancellation of away rotations and in-person interviews. This study seeks to investigate the feasibility and utility of video conferencing technology (VCT) as an opportunity for applicants to interact with faculty from outside programs. METHODS: 18 prospective urology applicants were randomized to 6 urology programs to give a virtual grand rounds (VGR) talk. Presentations were recorded and analyzed to determine audience engagement. Students were surveyed regarding perceived utility of VGR. Faculty were surveyed to determine system usability of VCT and ability to evaluate the applicant. RESULTS: 17 students completed the survey, reporting a 100% satisfaction rate with VGR. A majority felt this was a useful way to learn about outside programs. 85 physicians completed the faculty survey, with nearly half feeling confident in their ability to evaluate the applicant. Video transcription data shows sessions were interactive with minimal distractions. CONCLUSIONS: VGR can be a useful means for medical students to express interest in programs as well as an additional marker for faculty to evaluate applicants. |
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spelling | pubmed-74671062020-09-03 Virtual grand rounds as a novel means for applicants and programs to connect in the era of COVID-19 Xu, Linhan Ambinder, David Kang, Juhye Faris, Sarah Scarpato, Kristen Moy, Lou Kobashi, Kathleen Lemack, Gary Malik, Rena Am J Surg Article BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has disrupted the 2020–2021 residency application cycle with the cancellation of away rotations and in-person interviews. This study seeks to investigate the feasibility and utility of video conferencing technology (VCT) as an opportunity for applicants to interact with faculty from outside programs. METHODS: 18 prospective urology applicants were randomized to 6 urology programs to give a virtual grand rounds (VGR) talk. Presentations were recorded and analyzed to determine audience engagement. Students were surveyed regarding perceived utility of VGR. Faculty were surveyed to determine system usability of VCT and ability to evaluate the applicant. RESULTS: 17 students completed the survey, reporting a 100% satisfaction rate with VGR. A majority felt this was a useful way to learn about outside programs. 85 physicians completed the faculty survey, with nearly half feeling confident in their ability to evaluate the applicant. Video transcription data shows sessions were interactive with minimal distractions. CONCLUSIONS: VGR can be a useful means for medical students to express interest in programs as well as an additional marker for faculty to evaluate applicants. Elsevier Inc. 2020-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7467106/ /pubmed/32912659 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.08.044 Text en © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Article Xu, Linhan Ambinder, David Kang, Juhye Faris, Sarah Scarpato, Kristen Moy, Lou Kobashi, Kathleen Lemack, Gary Malik, Rena Virtual grand rounds as a novel means for applicants and programs to connect in the era of COVID-19 |
title | Virtual grand rounds as a novel means for applicants and programs to connect in the era of COVID-19 |
title_full | Virtual grand rounds as a novel means for applicants and programs to connect in the era of COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | Virtual grand rounds as a novel means for applicants and programs to connect in the era of COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | Virtual grand rounds as a novel means for applicants and programs to connect in the era of COVID-19 |
title_short | Virtual grand rounds as a novel means for applicants and programs to connect in the era of COVID-19 |
title_sort | virtual grand rounds as a novel means for applicants and programs to connect in the era of covid-19 |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7467106/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32912659 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.08.044 |
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