Importance of Residency Program Web Sites to Emergency Medicine Applicants

Interventional radiology fellowship website content: what is the relevance to potential applicants?

“…In another study, Mahler et al also reported that website accessibility and ease of navigation were important criteria in the decision-making process for 40% of emergency medicine applicants (3). Taken together, these studies demonstrate that the content and accessibility of academic training program websites are very frequently accessed and utilized by prospective trainees.…”

“…residency and fellowship) program websites are ubiquitous and frequently accessed by applicants. The importance of available online information for residency and fellowship applicants has been reported across multiple medical specialties (1- 3). Previous studies have demonstrated that amongst anesthesia and emergency medicine residency applicants, the content of the program's website influences a prospective applicant's decision to apply to the program in 56% and 78%, respectively (1, 2).…”

Accredited Hand Surgery Fellowship Web Sites: Analysis of Content and Accessibility

“…Furthermore, in that study, 41% of residents reported not applying to at least one residency program based on the poor quality of the associated Web site. 2 Finally, Mahler et al 3 reported that almost all emergency medicine applicants research programs online and 40% considered an easily navigated Web site important in the decision-making process. In conclusion, these studies demonstrate that the information available on and the accessibility of residency program Web sites are important factors in the decision-making process of residency applicants.…”

Evaluating dermatology residency program websites

“…Website content including rotation schedule, community information, and listing of current residents are of high importance to applicants [12]. We found most websites (95.7%) had a program description, but very few had a newsletter (8.7%).…”