Website Transparency and Information Dissemination Among Urology Residency Programs

IF 2.1 3区医学 Q2 UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY

Urology Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI:10.1016/j.urology.2025.01.044

Jate Bernard , Joon Kyung Kim , Benjamin Morrison , Katelyn Spencer , Alison Rasper , Jason Bylund , Campbell Grant , Benjamin Dropkin

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Abstract

Objective

To evaluate the transparency and quality of information dissemination among urology residency program websites and provide a checklist. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, urology residency programs have had to adjust their typical practices, including the adoption of virtual recruiting. Such efforts have included improving program websites, which are often the starting point for potential applicants to obtain information about programs.

Methods

The websites of 136 nonmilitary, accredited US urology residency programs were evaluated for presence of various measures grouped into distinct categories including program priorities, program curriculum, program profiles, program quality of life, medical student opportunities, interview process, selection/exclusion criteria, and social media.

Results

The most frequently reported category was program profiles with 81% of websites providing details about residents, faculty, and alumni. The least frequently reported category was selection/exclusion criteria (26%). Program mission/objective statements, training site locations, and current resident and faculty profiles were subcategories reported on greater than 90% of websites. Regarding virtual opportunities, 21% of websites provided online open house information, and 32% provided direct links to social media, even though 88% of programs had an active X/Twitter account. On average, program websites provided information on 52% of reportable subcategories.

Conclusion

The importance of transparency and quality of information dissemination is greater than ever with the increasing utilization of virtual formats in the residency application process. Our results indicate several areas of improvement that urology residency programs can address to provide improved transparency for applicants.

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泌尿外科住院医师项目的网站透明度和信息传播。

目的：评价泌尿外科住院医师培训网站信息传播的透明度和质量，并提供一份检查表。由于COVID-19大流行，泌尿外科住院医师项目不得不调整他们的典型做法，包括采用虚拟招聘。这些努力包括改进项目网站，网站通常是潜在申请者获取项目信息的起点。方法：对136个非军事认可的美国泌尿外科住院医师项目的网站进行评估，评估其是否存在各种措施，这些措施分为不同的类别，包括项目优先级、项目课程、项目简介、项目生活质量、医学生机会、面试过程、选择/排除标准和社交媒体。结果：最常被报道的类别是项目简介，81%的网站提供了关于学生、教师和校友的详细信息。报告频率最低的类别是选择/排除标准（26%）。超过90%的网站报告了项目使命/目标陈述、培训地点、当前居民和教师简介等子类别。在虚拟机会方面，21%的网站提供在线开放日信息，32%的网站提供直接链接到社交媒体，尽管88%的项目有一个活跃的X/Twitter账户。平均而言，节目网站提供了52%的可报告子类别的信息。结论：随着虚拟格式在住院医师申请过程中的应用越来越多，信息传播的透明度和质量比以往任何时候都更加重要。我们的研究结果表明，泌尿外科住院医师计划可以解决几个方面的改进，以提高申请人的透明度。

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Urology 医学-泌尿学与肾脏学

CiteScore

3.30

自引率

9.50%

发文量

716

审稿时长

59 days

期刊介绍： Urology is a monthly, peer–reviewed journal primarily for urologists, residents, interns, nephrologists, and other specialists interested in urology The mission of Urology®, the "Gold Journal," is to provide practical, timely, and relevant clinical and basic science information to physicians and researchers practicing the art of urology worldwide. Urology® publishes original articles relating to adult and pediatric clinical urology as well as to clinical and basic science research. Topics in Urology® include pediatrics, surgical oncology, radiology, pathology, erectile dysfunction, infertility, incontinence, transplantation, endourology, andrology, female urology, reconstructive surgery, and medical oncology, as well as relevant basic science issues. Special features include rapid communication of important timely issues, surgeon''s workshops, interesting case reports, surgical techniques, clinical and basic science review articles, guest editorials, letters to the editor, book reviews, and historical articles in urology.