Orthopaedic Surgery Program Director Expectations and Perceptions of Virtual Interviews

Orthopaedic Surgery Program Director Expectations and Perceptions of Virtual Interviews

Start of Block: Participation in Virtual Interviews

Q1 Did your program host any virtual interviews during the 2020-2021 orthopaedic surgery residency application cycle?

o

^Yes

o

^No

Skip To: End of Survey If Did your program host any virtual interviews during the 2020-2021 orthopaedic surgery residency a... = No

End of Block: Participation in Virtual Interviews

Start of Block: Applicant to Program information

Q2 Which response best describes your residency program?

o

University-based

o

Community-based

o

^Hybrid

Q3 How many resident positions are offered in your program per year?

o

²

o

³

o

⁴

o

⁵

o

⁶

o

⁷

o

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Q4 How many candidates did you interview during the current application cycle?

o

25 or fewer

o

^25-50

o

^26-50

o

^51-75

o

^76-100

o

^101-125

o

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Q5 How did virtual interviews influence the number of candidates that you interviewed compared to previous years?

o

Interviewed significantly fewer candidates

o

Interviewed somewhat fewer candidates

o

Interviewed about the same number of candidates

o

Interviewed somewhat more candidates

o

Interviewed significantly more candidates

Q6 How did the use of virtual interviews influence the number of interview days that you hosted compared to previous years?

o

Held fewer interview days

o

Held the same number of interview days

o

Held more interview days

Q7 How did the COVID-19 pandemic influence the number of in-person rotating students that your institution hosted, including from your home institution?

o

Hosted significantly fewer rotating students

o

Hosted somewhat fewer rotating students

o

Hosted about the same number of rotating students

o

Hosted somewhat more rotating students

o

Hosted significantly more rotating students

Q8 Did your program host virtual rotating students?

o

^Yes

o

^No

Skip To: Q9 If Did your program host virtual rotating students? = No Skip To: Q8a If Did your program host virtual rotating students? = Yes

Q8a How do you view virtual rotating students compared to other candidates?

o

Preference given to virtual rotating students over non-rotating students, but not over in- person rotating students

o

Equal preference given to virtual rotating students and in-person rotating students

o

No preference given to virtual rotating students

Q9 Please choose the most appropriate response regarding the importance of the following when evaluating a candidate during PREVIOUS application cycles:

Not at all important

Slightly important

Moderately important

Very important

Extremely important

Research

o o o o o

Leadership

experience

o o o o o

Step 1 and Step

2 scores

o o o o o

Medical school

transcript

o o o o o

Letters of

recommendation

o o o o o

In-person

interview

o o o o o

Q10 Please choose the most appropriate response regarding the importance of the following when evaluating a candidate during the CURRENT application cycle:

Not at all important

Slightly important

Moderately

important Very important Extremely important

Research

o o o o o

Leadership

experience

o o o o o

Step 1 and Step

2 scores

o o o o o

Medical school

transcript

o o o o o

Letters of

recommendation

o o o o o

Virtual interview

o o o o o

Q11 Please choose the most appropriate response regarding your ability to assess candidates for the following through in-person interviews during PREVIOUS application cycles:

Could not

assess Poor Fair Good Excellent

Competitiveness compared to

other applicants

o o o o o

Fit for your

program

o o o o o

Social skills

o o o o o

Clinical skills

o o o o o

Surgical skills

o o o o o

Candidate genuine interest

in your program

o o o o o

Q12 Please choose the most appropriate response regarding your anticipated ability to assess candidates for the following PRIOR to completing virtual interviews:

Could not

assess Poor Fair Good Excellent

Competitiveness compared to

other applicants

o o o o o

Fit for your

program

o o o o o

Social skills

o o o o o

Clinical skills

o o o o o

Surgical skills

o o o o o

Candidate genuine interest

in your program

o o o o o

Q13 Please choose the most appropriate response regarding your ability to assess candidates for the following AFTER completing virtual interviews:

Could not

assess Poor Fair Good Excellent

Competitiveness compared to

other applicants

o o o o o

Fit for your

program

o o o o o

Social skills

o o o o o

Clinical skills

o o o o o

Surgical skills

o o o o o

Candidate genuine interest

in your program

o o o o o

Q14 Please choose the most appropriate response regarding the ability to demonstrate your program's strengths and desirability through virtual interviews:

o

Could not demonstrate

o

^Poor

o

^Fair

o

^Good

o

Excellent

Q15 Did your program have to invest in or update technology infrastructure to accommodate virtual interviews?

o

^Yes

o

^No

Q16 Compared to previous application cycles, what was your program's estimated monetary cost of the virtual interview cycle?

o

Significantly less expensive

o

Somewhat less expensive

o

About the same

o

Somewhat more expensive

o

Significantly more expensive

Q17 Based upon previous experiences, would you have preferred in-person or virtual interviews?

o

Prefer in-person interviews

o

No preference between in-person and virtual interviews

o

Prefer virtual interviews

Q18 If you have any additional thoughts or comments regarding the effects of virtual interviews on the orthopaedic surgery application process, please feel free to share below:

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