Designing the "match of the future": challenges and proposed solutions in the interview and match phase of the UME-GME transition

Sophia K McKinley; Maria S Altieri; Olabisi Sheppard; Kimberly Hendershot; Keneeshia Williams; Brigitte K Smith; ASE Graduate Surgical Education Committee

doi:10.1007/s44186-022-00073-6

Designing the "match of the future": challenges and proposed solutions in the interview and match phase of the UME-GME transition

Global Surg Educ. 2022;1(1):69. doi: 10.1007/s44186-022-00073-6. Epub 2022 Nov 17.

Authors

Sophia K McKinley¹, Maria S Altieri², Olabisi Sheppard³, Kimberly Hendershot⁴, Keneeshia Williams⁵, Brigitte K Smith⁶; ASE Graduate Surgical Education Committee

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065 USA.
² Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE USA.
⁴ Department of Surgery, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL USA.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA USA.
⁶ Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT USA.

Abstract

This review focuses on the interview and match process with the purpose of broadly reviewing challenges in the current surgical residency selection process, detailing potential solutions, and identifying future avenues of investigation.

Keywords: Graduate medical education; Interview; Residency selection; Undergraduate medical education; Virtual interview.

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Publication types

Review