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Applicant interviews remain an integral part of the match process used in graduate medical education. In vascular surgery, in-person interviews of the applicant by program faculty at the institution have been the standard for decades. The COVID-19 pandemic forced a dramatic pivot to virtual interviews. With this unexpected change, there is now insight that interview format can affect equal and fair access, negatively impact the environment, as well as alter financial and administrative burden for both the applicants and programs. Future modifications to the match process will have to be explored to ensure both applicants and programs are able to mutually find their best match.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2025.03.002 | DOI Listing |
J Med Internet Res
September 2025
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Background: The interprofessional educational curriculum for patient and personnel safety is of critical importance, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, to prepare junior multiprofessional teams for emergency settings.
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an innovative interprofessional educational curriculum that integrated medical movies, massive open online courses (MOOCs), and 3D computer-based or virtual reality (VR) simulation-based interprofessional education (SimBIE) with team co-debriefing to enhance interprofessional collaboration and team performance using Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS). This study addressed 3 key questions.
J Surg Educ
September 2025
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, North Carolina.
Objective: The Society of Academic Urologists (SAU) made no definitive recommendation on interview format for the 2025 urology match. The purpose of this study was to survey applicants for this cycle regarding preferences and perceptions related to interview format.
Methods: As part of a prospective assessment, surveys were administered to all applicants to our urology residency program for the 2025 cycle, both before interview and following the match process.
Hosp Pediatr
September 2025
Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington.
Objective: The Family Bridge Program was developed at a single pediatric hospital to improve outcomes for hospitalized children from families of color, who are low income, or who speak a language other than English. The program uses a family navigator ("Guide") that supports families via 6 service domains: Language Access, Orientation to the Hospital, Communication Preferences and Coaching, Addressing Unmet Social Needs, Supportive Check-Ins, and Discharge Follow-Up. This study describes an analysis to translate the program to a second pediatric hospital.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Clin Transl Sci
July 2025
School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, England.
Background/objective: Meaningful engagement with young adults (YAs) with a lived experience of cancer is important for conducting impactful research on issues that matter to them, and ensures their voices are central to shaping cancer research outcomes. This preliminary study explored barriers and facilitators to participation in research to identify strategies for making cancer research more inclusive and responsive to the needs of YAs.
Methods: This qualitative study involved twelve YAs (aged 21-43 years at time of interview) with a lived experience of cancer, who participated in a focus group or interview.