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Purpose <p>There is a significant disproportion of underrepresented minorities in medicine (URiM) or female general surgery (GS) residents nationally despite an increase in URiM medical graduates. During the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual interviews (VI) became the mainstay. However, there are few studies on how VI affected the interview pool in terms of both URiM and female applicants.</p> Methods <p>Applicant data were collected from ERAS for the years 2018–2023 to a single quaternary care institution’s residency programs. The yearly proportion of applicants and interviewees was calculated for in-person interviews (IPI) (applicant cycles for 2018–2020) and VI (applicant cycles for 2021–2023) for the institution and GS, respectively. Differences were assessed using Chi-square test with a significance level of 0.05.</p> Results <p>During in-person interviews, applicants to general surgery were 39.7% female and 30.2% URiM vs interviewees that were 48.6% female and 20.0% URiM. During virtual interviews, applicants to general surgery were 44.3% female and 32.8% URiM; interviewees were 50.4% female and 20.7% URiM. At the institutional level, in IPI vs VI years, 40.5% vs 40.9% were female and 23.2% vs 21.5% URiM. There was a significant increase in female and URiM applicants for general surgery during VI, p 0.0001, and 0.009, respectively. However, there was no significant increase in those interviewed (p= 0.54 and 0.77, respectively).</p> Conclusions <p>Virtual interviews were associated with an increase in volume of applicants and increased gender and ethnic diversity in the applicant pool. However, no increase in diversity of interviewees was seen. There is further need for research and measures to improve the diversity of those interviewees.</p>

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All data supporting the findings of this study are available within the paper and its Supplementary Information: have virtual interviews affected the diversity of applicants and those offered interviews?

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    2025年5月13日

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  • Kristina Weitzel,
  • Florencia Pereira-Zigante,
  • Gerald Ogola,
  • Bola Aladegbami

摘要

Purpose

There is a significant disproportion of underrepresented minorities in medicine (URiM) or female general surgery (GS) residents nationally despite an increase in URiM medical graduates. During the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual interviews (VI) became the mainstay. However, there are few studies on how VI affected the interview pool in terms of both URiM and female applicants.

Methods

Applicant data were collected from ERAS for the years 2018–2023 to a single quaternary care institution’s residency programs. The yearly proportion of applicants and interviewees was calculated for in-person interviews (IPI) (applicant cycles for 2018–2020) and VI (applicant cycles for 2021–2023) for the institution and GS, respectively. Differences were assessed using Chi-square test with a significance level of 0.05.

Results

During in-person interviews, applicants to general surgery were 39.7% female and 30.2% URiM vs interviewees that were 48.6% female and 20.0% URiM. During virtual interviews, applicants to general surgery were 44.3% female and 32.8% URiM; interviewees were 50.4% female and 20.7% URiM. At the institutional level, in IPI vs VI years, 40.5% vs 40.9% were female and 23.2% vs 21.5% URiM. There was a significant increase in female and URiM applicants for general surgery during VI, p 0.0001, and 0.009, respectively. However, there was no significant increase in those interviewed (p= 0.54 and 0.77, respectively).

Conclusions

Virtual interviews were associated with an increase in volume of applicants and increased gender and ethnic diversity in the applicant pool. However, no increase in diversity of interviewees was seen. There is further need for research and measures to improve the diversity of those interviewees.