Content and Accessibility of Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Websites in the United States

Ferré, Alexandra; Ho, Vanessa P.; Lasinski, Alaina M; Claridge, Jeffrey A.

doi:10.1177/00031348221074233

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“…Similar studies from other specialties, including cardiovascular disease, surgical critical care, and orthopedic trauma surgery, also revealed their program websites' lack of content [4,6,7]. This lack of content can be detrimental to programs attempting to recruit prospective fellows, especially as the number of applicants finding their information online increases.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Those included: working hyperlinks, Google location, program descriptions, program director, address, phone number, email, application information, special requirements, required rotations, call schedules/call responsibilities, conferences, and any ongoing research. This method is similar to those used in studies of other specialties such as orthopedics, cardiology, and surgical critical care [ 4 , 6 , 7 ]. The information obtained from the 52 programs was then compared to each other: whether or not links were present, present but not working, not present at all, or repeated.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Each hyperlink was then assessed if it could provide a streamlined way to the fellowship website and how many steps it would take to get to the specific fellowship website. As with other studies, a specific Google search was performed for each program: [Program name as seen on ERAS] + “critical care fellowship”, and the location of the link for the program was recorded as its location on Google [ 4 , 6 , 7 ].…”

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“…Finally, content gathered from the program websites was evaluated in three categories: program description, the application process, and educational activities. These sections were chosen after reviewing other studies that had used those three larger categories [ 4 , 6 , 7 ]. The program description included: Google links, a program description + program director, phone numbers, emails, addresses, current + previous fellows, and current employment of alumni.…”

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“…There have been multiple studies describing the online content and presence of fellowship programs. A study by Ferre A et al regarding surgical critical care fellowships revealed that 36 of the 90 programs reviewed (40%) had an inaccurate PD named on the website, and that “only 25% of programs had a website containing a program description, faculty list, curriculum, and current/past fellows list,” showing a surprising lack of information [ 4 ]. Another study by Huang B et al showed that vascular surgery training programs “lack sufficient accessibility, content, organization, design, and user-friendliness to allow applicants to access information that informs them sufficiently” [ 5 ].…”

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Evaluation of Online Critical Care Fellowship Programs

Donenfeld¹,

Basnet²,

Clemen³

et al. 2023

Cureus

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BackgroundThe objective of this study was to assess the accessibility and content of the critical care fellowship websites provided on the Electronic Residency Application Services (ERAS) website. MethodsUsing the online information provided by ERAS, we compiled a list of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited critical care fellowship programs. Each of the links provided by ERAS was evaluated by a standard search on Google as follows: the program name + "critical care fellowship". After assembling the working links, those websites were subsequently evaluated based on the program description, application process, and educational content. ResultsWe reviewed 59 critical care fellowship programs that were obtained from ERAS. Of the 59 programs, one retracted its participation and was not included in the study, and six other programs were excluded due to repeated links on ERAS, nonworking links, and websites without any content. We analyzed the data collected from the remaining 52 programs. Our data shows a general lack of information being provided to prospective critical care candidates. ConclusionsERAS is a major source of information for prospective fellows looking for critical care fellowships in the current match. Unfortunately, the majority of the programs evaluated lack substantial information for prospective candidates. Despite many websites containing adequate information regarding program descriptions, there was a lack of information regarding the application process and educational activities.

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confidence: 89%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Evaluation of Online Critical Care Fellowship Programs

Donenfeld¹,

Basnet²,

Clemen³

et al. 2023

Cureus

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Evaluation of Vascular Neurology Fellowship Websites in the U.S.

Tram,

Amory,

Tosun

2024

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

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Objectives Due to the limitations of the Coronavirus disease pandemic, medical applicants have relied on remote means of information, such as a program's website, to decide where to apply. However, studies have shown that many residency and fellowship websites lack information. Vascular neurology fellowship websites have not yet been studied. This study evaluates the availability and accessibility of information on vascular neurology fellowship websites. Methods From 2021 to 2022, a total of 109 U.S. vascular neurology fellowship programs from the Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database were investigated to determine whether they had websites. Each website was evaluated on the immediate availability of 34 different criteria, which were deemed important by past studies. These criteria were reviewed under four categories: program overview, application information, fellow life, and curriculum. The comprehensiveness of the information among these different categories were analyzed. Programs were grouped by geographic region and electronic residency application service (ERAS)-participation status and comparisons were made within these groups. Results There were 107 programs with websites (98%). ERAS-participating programs fulfilled more criteria on average than non-participating programs ( P = 0.004). All websites provided information on general descriptions of their programs, but information on board exam pass rates, fellow testimonials, history of the fellowship program, responsibility progression, family and social events, parking availability, and application deadline were provided by less than 25% of websites. Conclusion This study found that there was a large lack of information on vascular neurology fellowship websites, which could be improved to attract more applicants.

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