Advising Medical Students During COVID‐19: The Case for a Single Emergency Medicine Rotation for All

Shandro, Jamie; Kessler, Ross; Schrepel, Caitlin; Jauregui, Joshua

doi:10.1002/aet2.10459

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“…4 Because of the disruption to the clinical learning environment and the ability to travel to away rotations, many institutions, including all four of our institutions, canceled away rotations for their students. 5 Other than anecdotal reports, there are little data on students' experiences with preparing to apply into EM given changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic or how our advising interventions in response to the pandemic were impacting them. As such, we performed a multi-institutional survey of EMbound students' experiences with preparing to apply into EM during the pandemic.…”

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“…In addition, the CORD Advising Students Committee in Emergency Medicine published a consensus statement encouraging students to go on fewer, if any, away rotations 4 . Because of the disruption to the clinical learning environment and the ability to travel to away rotations, many institutions, including all four of our institutions, canceled away rotations for their students 5 . Other than anecdotal reports, there are little data on students’ experiences with preparing to apply into EM given changes due to the COVID‐19 pandemic or how our advising interventions in response to the pandemic were impacting them.…”

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Medical student experiences of applying into emergency medicine during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A multi‐institutional survey of emergency medicine–bound medical students

Jauregui

Kessler

Villalón

et al. 2021

AEM Education and Training

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Background The COVID‐19 pandemic added new and great uncertainty to the typical approach to applying into emergency medicine (EM) for medical students. There is little data on students' lived experience of applying during this time period. We performed a multi‐institutional survey of EM‐bound students' experiences with preparing to apply into EM during the pandemic. Methods This was a cross sectional survey design study of fourth year students preparing to apply into EM during the 2020‐2021 academic year. All self‐identified EM‐bound students at four participating institutions were recruited by email in June 2020 to participate in a 13‐item, 5‐point Likert scale survey. Univariate descriptive statistics, response rate and non‐response bias were calculated. Results Sixty‐seven of 125 eligible students responded for an overall response rate of 53.6%. Nonresponse bias for specific survey items ranged from 0.01 to 0.12. Students rated the importance of securing an EM rotation at their home institution the highest of any item ( M = 4.81, SD = 0.68). Students indicated higher satisfaction with advice from their department of EM ( M = 4.28, SD = 0.75) than from their school of medicine ( M = 3.52 , SD = 0.89). Students indicated higher confidence in their home EM rotations’ ability to assure adequate PPE ( M = 3.91, SD = 0.83) than an away rotation ( M = 2.82, 1.09). Students reported feeling between moderately and quite stressed about applying into EM this year ( M = 3.49, SD = 1.01), but reported the financial stress the lowest of any item (M = 1.46, SD = 0.84). Students rated it highly important that away rotations prioritize students from institutions without an EM residency ( M = 4.51, SD = 0.93). Conclusion Medical students applying into EM during the COVID‐19 pandemic felt confident in their EM advisors’ recommendations and their home institution’s PPE provision. Students with EM residency programs at their schools recognized the importance of away rotations being prioritized for students from schools without EM residency programs. Strong EM advising is important to students.

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Medical student experiences of applying into emergency medicine during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A multi‐institutional survey of emergency medicine–bound medical students

Jauregui

Kessler

Villalón

et al. 2021

AEM Education and Training

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“…We also support the recommendation for institutions that are still hosting rotators to preferentially accept students who are unable to obtain a SLOE from their home institution. 12 , 13 A live document of schools without a home EM residency program can be found here ( https://bit.ly/37UKYEp ).…”

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COVID-19: A Driver for Disruptive Innovation of the Emergency Medicine Residency Application Process

Pelletier-Bui

Franzen

Smith

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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact on undergraduate medical education with limitation of patient care activities and disruption to medical licensing examinations. In an effort to promote both safety and equity, the emergency medicine (EM) community has recommended no away rotations for EM applicants and entirely virtual interviews during this year’s residency application cycle. These changes affect the components of the EM residency application most highly regarded by program directors – Standardized Letters of Evaluation from EM rotations, board scores, and interactions during the interview. The Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine Application Process Improvement Committee suggests solutions not only for the upcoming year but also to address longstanding difficulties within the process, encouraging residency programs to leverage these challenges as an opportunity for disruptive innovation.

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“…The Council of Residency Directors (CORD) in Emergency Medicine (EM) has recommended that all EM residency programs conduct their interviews virtually 2 . Similarly, the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada Resident Matching Committee (ARMC) decided that all interviews for the 2021 Medicine Subspecialty Match, Pediatric Subspecialty Match, and Family Medicine/Enhanced Skills Match will be in a virtual format including those for local candidates 3 . Traditionally, EM residency interviews have allowed programs to showcase their cities and facilities.…”

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“…2 Although two EM rotations including one home and one "away" or "visiting" clerkship was the pre-COVID-19 standard recommendation for medical students, students may now only be able to rotate at their home program. 4 Visiting student rotations have traditionally afforded more contact between applicants, personnel, and programs, allowing for improved assessment of compatibility. These rotations give students the chance to learn the setting (i.e., county, community, academic) they prefer and augment their perception of overall "fit."…”

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Website usability analysis of United States emergency medicine residencies

Fundingsland

Fike

Calvano

et al. 2021

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Objectives: The Council of Residency Directors (CORD) in Emergency Medicine (EM) has recommended that all residency programs should conduct virtual interviews for the 2020 to 2021 application cycle due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While factors such as geographical region, city, program size, or hospital affiliation are not modifiable, EM residencies can bridge the information gap created by a lack of face-to-face interaction by representing themselves digitally. Measuring usability provides an objective method for EM residencies to improve their Web presence and effectively represent themselves to applicants. Methods: Our sample set included 55 U.S. EM residency program websites. Using methodology replicated from previous literature on health care website usability, we divided usability into four categories for quantifiable analysis: accessibility, marketing, content quality, and technology. Analysis was performed on each website and scored in all four categories. A "general usability" score was calculated for each website using a composite of the key factors within the four categories. Using a weighted percentage across all of the factors, an overall score was calculated.Results: Content quality was the overall highest scoring category (mean ± SD = 5.4, SE = 0.33). The overall lowest performing category was technology (mean ± SD = 0.8 ± 0.09, SE = 0.01). Conclusions:Measuring usability can help EM residency programs identify ways to improve their Web presence. To effectively promote their programs, residencies need quality content that communicates their key features. Our recommendation is for all residency programs to periodically perform website audits and apply the usability measures outlined to improve their digital presence, especially during times when face-to-face interactions will be limited.

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Advising Medical Students During COVID‐19: The Case for a Single Emergency Medicine Rotation for All

Cited by 4 publications

References 6 publications

Medical student experiences of applying into emergency medicine during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A multi‐institutional survey of emergency medicine–bound medical students

Medical student experiences of applying into emergency medicine during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A multi‐institutional survey of emergency medicine–bound medical students

COVID-19: A Driver for Disruptive Innovation of the Emergency Medicine Residency Application Process

Website usability analysis of United States emergency medicine residencies

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