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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program Website Content and Accessibility

OBJECTIVE: When child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship applicants are applying to programs, many will use fellowship websites to gather information. This study assesses the accessibility and content available on child and adolescent fellowship websites. METHODS: Using the Electronic Residency Ap...

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Autores principales: Bernstein, Simone A., Gu, Alex, Bernstein, Sophie L., Wei, Chapman, Vogel, Alecia C., Gold, Jessica A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7839618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33502698
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40596-021-01406-1
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author Bernstein, Simone A.
Gu, Alex
Bernstein, Sophie L.
Wei, Chapman
Vogel, Alecia C.
Gold, Jessica A.
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description OBJECTIVE: When child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship applicants are applying to programs, many will use fellowship websites to gather information. This study assesses the accessibility and content available on child and adolescent fellowship websites. METHODS: Using the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) list of child and adolescent fellowship programs for 2020, 139 child and adolescent fellowship training websites were compiled. Information on websites was evaluated within the following three categories: program overview, application information and recruitment, and educational opportunities. A total of 22 criteria were evaluated within these three categories. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the websites. RESULTS: A list provided by ERAS and a Google search identified child and adolescent fellowship program websites. Analysis of content revealed most websites included an overview of the program (97.8%), but fewer included information such as the number of fellowship spots (51.5%), salary (45.5%), application deadline (41.0%), and call responsibility (19.4%). CONCLUSION: Results suggest there is room for improvement in the comprehensiveness and accessibility of child and adolescent fellowship websites. Especially during a time when much of the programmatic information will be obtained virtually due to COVID-19, it is critical that fellowship websites are uniformly curated so applicants can more easily find information about programs.
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spelling pubmed-78396182021-01-28 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program Website Content and Accessibility Bernstein, Simone A. Gu, Alex Bernstein, Sophie L. Wei, Chapman Vogel, Alecia C. Gold, Jessica A. Acad Psychiatry In Brief Report OBJECTIVE: When child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship applicants are applying to programs, many will use fellowship websites to gather information. This study assesses the accessibility and content available on child and adolescent fellowship websites. METHODS: Using the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) list of child and adolescent fellowship programs for 2020, 139 child and adolescent fellowship training websites were compiled. Information on websites was evaluated within the following three categories: program overview, application information and recruitment, and educational opportunities. A total of 22 criteria were evaluated within these three categories. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the websites. RESULTS: A list provided by ERAS and a Google search identified child and adolescent fellowship program websites. Analysis of content revealed most websites included an overview of the program (97.8%), but fewer included information such as the number of fellowship spots (51.5%), salary (45.5%), application deadline (41.0%), and call responsibility (19.4%). CONCLUSION: Results suggest there is room for improvement in the comprehensiveness and accessibility of child and adolescent fellowship websites. Especially during a time when much of the programmatic information will be obtained virtually due to COVID-19, it is critical that fellowship websites are uniformly curated so applicants can more easily find information about programs. Springer International Publishing 2021-01-27 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7839618/ /pubmed/33502698 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40596-021-01406-1 Text en © Academic Psychiatry 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7839618/
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