Information scarcity among otolaryngology applicants: A review of the largest database of programs

OBJECTIVE: Otolaryngology residency applicants face challenges finding accurate information about training programs. Social media platforms are not verified, and official training program websites are not standardized. Currently, the American Medical Association's Fellowship and Residency Elect...

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Autores principales: Roychowdhury, Prithwijit, Wu, Matthew James, Kozin, Elliott Davin, Remenschneider, Aaron Kyle, Gray, Stacey Tutt
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9194981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35734059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lio2.739
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author Roychowdhury, Prithwijit
Wu, Matthew James
Kozin, Elliott Davin
Remenschneider, Aaron Kyle
Gray, Stacey Tutt
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description OBJECTIVE: Otolaryngology residency applicants face challenges finding accurate information about training programs. Social media platforms are not verified, and official training program websites are not standardized. Currently, the American Medical Association's Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database (FREIDA) is the most comprehensive sanctioned and verified otolaryngology residency program database. However, the exact amount of information shared by individual programs included is not presently known. METHODS: Herein, we analyzed the available data on all 124 otolaryngology residency programs in FREIDA to assess the completeness of the database. RESULTS: While every program listed an address, contact email, and the name of the program director, more than half of programs (n = 65, 52.4%) did not provide additional information. Most programs (70.2%) did not include a one‐paragraph program description. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that while FREIDA is the only sanctioned online database for residency programs, it is inadequately populated with detailed program information. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: N/A
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spelling pubmed-91949812022-06-21 Information scarcity among otolaryngology applicants: A review of the largest database of programs Roychowdhury, Prithwijit Wu, Matthew James Kozin, Elliott Davin Remenschneider, Aaron Kyle Gray, Stacey Tutt Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol Comprehensive (General) Otolaryngology OBJECTIVE: Otolaryngology residency applicants face challenges finding accurate information about training programs. Social media platforms are not verified, and official training program websites are not standardized. Currently, the American Medical Association's Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database (FREIDA) is the most comprehensive sanctioned and verified otolaryngology residency program database. However, the exact amount of information shared by individual programs included is not presently known. METHODS: Herein, we analyzed the available data on all 124 otolaryngology residency programs in FREIDA to assess the completeness of the database. RESULTS: While every program listed an address, contact email, and the name of the program director, more than half of programs (n = 65, 52.4%) did not provide additional information. Most programs (70.2%) did not include a one‐paragraph program description. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that while FREIDA is the only sanctioned online database for residency programs, it is inadequately populated with detailed program information. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: N/A John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2022-03-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9194981/ /pubmed/35734059 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lio2.739 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of The Triological Society. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Roychowdhury, Prithwijit
Wu, Matthew James
Kozin, Elliott Davin
Remenschneider, Aaron Kyle
Gray, Stacey Tutt
Information scarcity among otolaryngology applicants: A review of the largest database of programs
title Information scarcity among otolaryngology applicants: A review of the largest database of programs
title_full Information scarcity among otolaryngology applicants: A review of the largest database of programs
title_fullStr Information scarcity among otolaryngology applicants: A review of the largest database of programs
title_full_unstemmed Information scarcity among otolaryngology applicants: A review of the largest database of programs
title_short Information scarcity among otolaryngology applicants: A review of the largest database of programs
title_sort information scarcity among otolaryngology applicants: a review of the largest database of programs
topic Comprehensive (General) Otolaryngology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9194981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35734059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lio2.739
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