Medicine and Pediatrics Resident Physician at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Assistant Professor and Residency Program Director, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
J Natl Med Assoc. 2021 Feb;113(1):74-76. doi: 10.1016/j.jnma.2020.07.011. Epub 2020 Aug 4.
The COVID 19 pandemic has forced residency programs to consider virtual interview formats that can disproportionately and negatively impact unrepresented in medicine applicants. Diversity is a compelling interest for residency programs. In order to recruit and retain a diverse workforce, programs must recognize the deleterious effect virtual interviews may have on underrepresented in medicine applicants.
新冠疫情大流行迫使住院医师培训项目考虑采用虚拟面试形式,但这种形式可能会对医学专业中代表性不足的申请人产生不成比例的负面影响。多样性是住院医师培训项目的一个强烈利益。为了招募和留住多元化的员工队伍,项目必须认识到虚拟面试可能对医学专业中代表性不足的申请人产生的有害影响。