[Cindy Thompson]

Rebecca,

Both the AAMC and CORD have both strongly recommended that all interviews be done virtually, that being said, it is up to the program. We are doing virtual. Some things to consider:
1. Potential of unknowingly exposing applicants as well as your residents and faculty. Applicants may have just traveled via plane through multiple airports.
2. Putting applicants in a position of having to decide between the risks associated with in-person interviews and not interviewing.
3. Potential of putting applicants in a situation of violating their institutional travel bans.
There are additional things to consider but I think these are possibly the most relevant.

Below is the link from the AAMC on the subject.
https://www.aamc.org/what-we-do/mission-areas/medical-education/conducting-interviews-during-coronavirus-pandemic

[Cindy Thompson]

Our residents use our institutional DEA.

[Cindy Thompson]

Ashley~ Those numbers will be very program dependent as not all programs rotation schedules are set up the same. For example, my residents don’t do Peds until their PGY-3 year so they wouldn’t have an Peds (with the exception of call) cases until that year. So it won’t be an easy thing to compare with other programs. That information you will have to establish over time based on your residents experience and case volume. Another option to consider is to look at the case log requirements and have someone in your billing department run a report to see what the departmental numbers are for those cases based on an academic year. Another piece of information to consider is which of your faculty members are doing those cases and what the residents involvement is with those faculty members.

[Cindy Thompson]

Hello Alisa!

West Virginia University has a research track that is completed between the PGY1 and PGY2 years.

[Cindy Thompson]

Carol,

You can find Adult Reconstruction at https://fellowship.aahks.net.

I don’t have a hand fellowship so I don’t know if there is any other place. You can find a list of the hand fellowships at https://www.assh.org/applications/s/fellowshiphome and then click on view fellowship directory – you will be able to see the list of hand fellowships but you can’t view the details (PD info) unless you have an account.

Cindy

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