Smartphone Apps in Graduate Medical Education Virtual Recruitment During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
J Med Syst
; 45(3): 36, 2021 Feb 09.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1070897
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic required a shift of graduate medical education recruitment to a virtual format. In order to share information and insight into the culture of our program with applicants, we created a smartphone app for those that were invited for an interview. By collecting the analytics of the app, we were able to follow trends in the timing of applicants downloading the app, their viewing histories, and when information was accessed. The app was mostly downloaded at the time of the interview invite or 48 h prior to the interview day. Around the interview day, applicants tended to access trainee profiles, faculty profiles, and videos about the program and community. Closer to the rank list due date, training information, the graduate medical education (GME) documents, and the diversity and wellness initiatives seemed to have more activity. This analysis from the use of a smartphone app in virtual recruitment gives insight into the use of a smartphone app by applicants, and the information that they find useful during the process.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Personnel Selection
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Education, Medical, Graduate
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Mobile Applications
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Smartphone
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Med Syst
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S10916-021-01720-z
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