Deciding which residency applicants to interview (screening) and which to offer positions after the interview (selection) can be two daunting challenges. The investment of time and effort required to complete this two-step process is critical as the result of a decision to “match with a residency applicant” can cause years of gratification or despair.
The medical school applicants invited to join residency programs are expected to achieve certain milestones during their training. As with other projections into the future, some residents will overachieve, while others underachieve. This presentation will present and discuss screening and selection methods, with an emphasis on the interviewing process, to increase the probability that your residency program fills with overachievers (i.e., those that will exceed your expectations).
Learning Objectives
- To describe ways in which to seek out applicants with a high likelihood of success
- To explore ways to provide consistency throughout the interview season/team and reduce bias in the process
- To discuss logistics of virtual interviews to maximize time and resource use
- To identify techniques for assessing personality and skills during the interview process
- To create a process for reviewing applicants interviewed and developing a rank list
Presenters
Rob Danoff, DO, MS, FACOFP
Nikolaus Fulbright, MD
Teniesha Wright-Jones, DO, FACOFP
Laci Zawlinski, PhD, LP
Disclosure Information
In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, ACOFP requires that individuals in a position to control the content of an educational activity disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible company. ACOFP reviews the disclosed relationship and mitigates all relevant financial relationships to ensure independence, objectivity, balance, and scientific rigor in all their educational programs.
None of the individuals in control of the content of this activity have any relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Accreditation and Credit Statements
The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.
ACOFP designates this blended learning program for a maximum number of 1.0 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.
The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
ACOFP designates this blended learning activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclaimer
This program is sponsored by ACOFP for educational purposes only. The material presented is not intended to represent the sole or best medical interventions for the discussed diagnoses, but rather is intended to present the opinions of the authors or presenters that may be helpful to other practitioners. Attendees participating in this medical education program do so with the full knowledge that they waive any claim they may have against ACOFP for reliance on any information presented during these educational activities.
Questions
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