Applying to residency: survey of neurosurgical residency applicants on virtual recruitment during COVID-19

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
M. Harrison Snyder ◽  
Vamsi P. Reddy ◽  
Ankitha M. Iyer ◽  
Aruna Ganju ◽  
Nathan R. Selden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Survey ◽  
American Association ◽  
Release Dates ◽  
Application Package ◽  
Research Opportunities ◽  
Standardized Interview ◽  
Residency Recruitment ◽  
Scheduling Method ◽  
Residency Application ◽  
Neurological Surgery

OBJECTIVE The COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant disruption to residency recruitment, including a sudden, comprehensive transition to virtual interviews. The authors sought to characterize applicant experiences and perceptions concerning the change in the application, interview, and match process for neurological surgery residency during the 2020–2021 recruitment cycle. METHODS A national survey of neurosurgical residency applicants from the 2020–2021 application cycle was performed. This survey was developed in cooperation with the Society of Neurological Surgeons (SNS) and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Young Neurosurgeons Committee (YNC) and sent to all applicants (n = 280) who included academic video submissions to the SNS repository as part of their application package. These 280 applicants accounted for 69.6% of the total 402 neurosurgical applicants this year. RESULTS Nearly half of the applicants responded to the survey (44.3%, 124 of 280). Applicants favored additional reform of the interview scheduling process, including a centralized scheduling method, a set of standardized release dates for interview invitations, and interview caps for applicants. Less than 8% of students desired a virtual-only platform in the future, though the majority of applicants supported incorporating virtual interviews as part of the process to contain applicant costs and combining them with traditional in-person interview opportunities. Program culture and fit, as well as clinical and research opportunities in subspecialty areas, were the most important factors applicants used to rank programs. However, subjective program "fit" was deemed challenging to assess during virtual-only interviews. CONCLUSIONS Neurosurgery resident applicants identified standardized interview invitation release dates, centralized interview scheduling methods, caps on the number of interviews available to each candidate, and regulated opportunities for both virtual and in-person recruitment as measures that could significantly improve the applicant experience during and effectiveness of future neurosurgery residency application cycles. Applicants prioritized program culture and "fit" during recruitment, and a majority were open to incorporating virtual elements into future cycles to reduce costs while retaining in-person opportunities to gauge programs and their locations.

Orthopaedic Residency Program Website Content and Accessibility During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observational Study (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad El Shatanofy ◽  
Lauryn Brown ◽  
Peter Berger ◽  
Alex Gu ◽  
Abhinav Sharma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Residency Program ◽  
Orthopaedic Surgery ◽  
The United States ◽  
Residency Programs ◽  
Research Opportunities ◽  
Sample Rotation ◽  
Residency Recruitment ◽  
Orthopaedic Residency ◽  
Residency Application ◽  
Surgery Residency Program

BACKGROUND The exceptional competitiveness of the orthopaedic surgery specialty, combined with the unclear impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on residency recruitment, has presented significant challenges to applicants and residency program directors.1 With limited in-person opportunities in the 2020-2021 application cycle, applicants have been pressed to gauge chances and best fit by browsing program websites. OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to assess the accessibility and content of accredited orthopaedic surgery residency program websites during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS Using the online database of the Electronic Residency Application Series (ERAS), we compiled a list of accredited orthopaedic residency programs in the United States. Program websites were evaluated across four domains: program overview, education, research opportunities, and application details. Each website was assessed twice in July, during a period of adjustment to the COVID-19 pandemic, and twice in November, following the October ERAS application deadline. RESULTS 189 accredited orthopaedic surgery residency programs were identified through ERAS. Three programs did not have a website and were not evaluated for content. Data analysis of content in each domain revealed that most websites included program details, a description of the didactic curriculum, and sample rotation schedules. Between the two evaluation periods in July and November, the percentage of program websites containing informative videos and virtual tours rose from 12% to 48% and 1% to 13%, respectively (p<0.005). However, the number of programs that included information about a virtual sub-internship or virtual interview to their websites did not change. CONCLUSIONS Most residency program websites offered program details and an overview of educational and research opportunities; however, few addressed the virtual transition of interviews and sub-internships during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Traditions, Transition, and the Torch

1981 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. King
Keyword(s):  
American Association ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Governmental Support ◽  
Neurological Surgery ◽  
Fine Print ◽  
Formative Years

✓ The President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) emphasizes the need to participate actively in the burgeoning field of neuroscience, and the unique opportunity of neurological surgeons to apply the new knowledge to the treatment of their patients. Clinician-investigators need to be trained in their formative years in the methodology and techniques of modern neurobiology. Diminishing governmental support for training poses a grave threat to carrying on the tradition of research in neurological surgery. To meet a critical need, the formation of a Research Foundation is announced as a function of the AANS. As Science is expanded and applied, the Art of neurosurgery will continue to be refined, along with the high tradition of Ethics which has been handed down over the years as part of the heritage of neurological surgeons.

Residency training in neurological surgery, 1934–1984: evolution over 50 years of trial and tribulation

1984 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 999-1004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byron Cone Pevehouse
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Residency Training ◽  
American Association ◽  
The United States ◽  
Neurosurgical Training ◽  
Professional Liability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Neurological Surgery ◽  
Fine Print

✓ The President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) reviews formal neurosurgical training in the United States from its inception with one program in 1934 to 1984, with 94 programs and 650 residents. He reports on the 1st year's experience with a national neurosurgical residency matching plan. He presents realistic remedies for today's professional liability dilemma and analyzes socioeconomic factors that have led to the complex challenges facing neurosurgeons in this decade, relating the importance of the AANS mission and goals in resolving these issues.

scholarly journals A mulher na neurocirurgia

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (01) ◽  
pp. 7-10
Author(s):  
Catarina Couras Lins ◽  
Rodrigo Antonio Rocha da Cruz Adry ◽  
Marcio Cesar de Mello Brandão
Keyword(s):  
American Association ◽  
Neurological Surgery ◽  
De Medicina

Resumo Objetivo: Neste estudo, buscou-se analisar o crescimento da participação feminina na área neurocirúrgica. Métodos: Trata-se de uma série temporal, realizada a partir do banco de dados da Secretaria da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina, que forneceu os gêneros dos residentes de neurocirurgia registrados entre o período de 2006 e 2011. Foram utilizados também os dados dos números de membros efetivos e seus respectivos gêneros na Sociedade Brasileira de Neurocirurgia (SBN), na Academia Brasileira de Neurocirurgia (ABNc), na American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) e na American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS). Resultados: Ao se analisar o número de membros inscritos da AANS (2008), SBN (2010) e ABNc (2010), verificou-se que o sexo masculino é maioria, com 95,34% na AANS, 94,54% na SBN e 94,80% na ABNc. Conclusão: A participação feminina tem aumentado nos últimos anos na neurocirurgia, apesar de ainda existir preconceito e sobrecarga nas atividades das mulheres que escolhem a neurocirurgia como carreira.

Chronicling the philanthropic arm of neurological surgery: a review of the growth and development of the Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (6) ◽  
pp. 1905-1912
Author(s):  
Nitin Agarwal ◽  
Diego D. Luy ◽  
Joanne M. Bonaminio ◽  
Chris A. Philips ◽  
Kathryn A. Dattomo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
American Association ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Charitable Contributions ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Historical Archives ◽  
Neurological Surgery

OBJECTIVEThe Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation (NREF), previously known as the Research Foundation of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), was established in 1980 to encourage and facilitate innovation through financial support to young neurosurgeons in the process of honing their competencies in neurosciences and neurological surgery. This article provides a historical overview of NREF, its mission, and charitable contributions and the ever-expanding avenues for neurosurgeons, neurosurgical residents and fellows, and medical students to supplement clinical training and to further neurosurgical research advances.METHODSData were collected from the historical archives of the AANS and NREF website. Available data included tabulated revenue, geographic and institutional records of funding, changes in funding for fellowships and awards, advertising methods, and sources of funding.RESULTSSince 1984, NREF has invested more than $23 million into the future of neurosurgery. To date, NREF has provided more than 500 fellowship opportunities which have funded neurosurgeons’ education and research efforts at all stages of training and practice.CONCLUSIONSNREF is designed to serve as the vehicle through which the neurosurgical community fosters the continued excellence in the care of patients with neurosurgical diseases.

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