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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Geographic Placement of Applicants to General Surgery Residency Programs.
D'Orleans, Charles Crepy; Hechenbleikner, Elizabeth M; Papandria, Dominic J; Xiao, Kevin; Patel, Dipan; Srinivasan, Jahnavi K; Chahine, A Alfred; Pettitt, Barbara J; Knauer, Eric M.
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  • D'Orleans CC; Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.
  • Hechenbleikner EM; Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
  • Papandria DJ; Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
  • Xiao K; The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43210.
  • Patel D; Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
  • Srinivasan JK; Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
  • Chahine AA; Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
  • Pettitt BJ; Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
  • Knauer EM; Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322. Electronic address: eric.knauer@emory.edu.
J Surg Educ ; 81(9): 1198-1202, 2024 Sep.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38910102
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

COVID-19 greatly influenced medical education and the residency match. As new guidelines were established to promote safety, travel was restricted, visiting rotations discontinued, and residency interviews turned virtual. The purpose of this study is to assess the geographic trends in distribution of successfully matched General Surgery applicants prior to and after the implementation of pandemic guidelines, and what we can learn from them as we move forward.

DESIGN:

This was a retrospective review of 129 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited, academic General Surgery Residency Programs across 46 states and the District of Columbia. Categorically matched residents' medical schools (i.e., home institutions), medical school states, and medical school regions as defined per the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), were compared to the same geographic datapoints as their residency program. Preliminary residents were excluded. Residents in the 2018, 2019, and 2020 cycles were sub-categorized into the "pre-COVID" group and residents in the 2021 and 2022 applications cycles were sub-categorized into the "post-COVID" group. The percentages of residents who matched at their home institution, in-state, and in-region were examined.

SETTING:

Multiple ACGME-accredited, university-affiliated General Surgery Residency Programs across the United States of America.

PARTICIPANTS:

A total of 4033 categorical General Surgery residents were included.

RESULTS:

Of 4033 categorical residents who matched between 2018 and 2022, 56.1% (n = 2,263) were in the pre-COVID group and 43.9% (n = 1770) were in the post-COVID group. In the pre-COVID group 14.4% (n = 325) of residents remained in-home (IH), 24.4% (n = 553) in-state (IS), and 37.0% (n = 837) in- region (IR), compared to 18.8% IH (n = 333), 27.8% IS (n = 492), and 39.9% IR (n = 706) in the post-COVID group, respectively. Significant increases for IH and IS resident matching at 4.5% and 3.4%, respectively, were noted in the post-COVID period (p < 0.05).

CONCLUSION:

The COVID-19 pandemic, and the ensuing changes adopted to promote safety, significantly impacted medical student opportunities and the General Surgery residency application process. General Surgery match data over the last 5 years reveals a statistically significant increase in the percentage of applicants matching at in-home and in-state institutions after the pandemic.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Cirugía General / Pandemias / COVID-19 / Internado y Residencia Límite: Female / Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: J Surg Educ Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Cirugía General / Pandemias / COVID-19 / Internado y Residencia Límite: Female / Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: J Surg Educ Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos