{"title":"A Systematic Review of Virtual Subinternships in Surgical Education: Impact on Curriculum Delivery and Learner Outcomes.","authors":"Olivia La Monte, Andrew Yousef, Deborah Watson","doi":"10.4300/JGME-D-24-00381.1","DOIUrl":"10.4300/JGME-D-24-00381.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background</b> The COVID-19 pandemic forced an abrupt reevaluation of traditional subinternship models in surgical education, with the adoption of virtual subinternships (VSIs) emerging as a prominent response. This review assesses VSIs as a cost-effective, equitable alternative, especially as virtual education continues since the end of the Federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and may be crucial in future crises. <b>Objective</b> Our research question asks how curriculum delivery, learner outcomes, and interpretation of program fit occur within the VSI model. <b>Methods</b> A thorough systematic review was conducted across multiple databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and Embase, adhering to PRISMA guidelines, and spanning publications in English from January 2020 to June 2023. Studies were selected based on review of VSI curriculum content, delivery formats, evaluation techniques, and student outcomes. Exclusion criteria encompassed non-original research or articles lacking comprehensive curriculum descriptions and associated outcomes. We assessed bias in study selection through independent double review and synthesized findings using thematic analysis. <b>Results</b> Of 1436 articles, 13 met the inclusion criteria. They encompassed a range of surgical fields and highlighted the diverse approaches to VSI implementation. Key themes included the integration of interactive learning sessions, balance between imparting knowledge and program familiarization, and mixed methods of program evaluation. Despite high student satisfaction reported, faculty feedback indicated it was difficult to provide an evaluation of student skills in this context and more challenging to assess students' fit for residency programs. <b>Conclusions</b> VSIs were effective in delivering curriculum and engaging learners, highlighting diverse implementation approach challenges in assessing student skills and program fit.</p>","PeriodicalId":37886,"journal":{"name":"Journal of graduate medical education","volume":"17 1","pages":"38-47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11838050/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143469032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"2025 ACGME Award Recipients.","authors":"","doi":"10.4300/JGME-D-25-00034.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-25-00034.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37886,"journal":{"name":"Journal of graduate medical education","volume":"17 1","pages":"130-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11838058/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143468371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Addressing Physician Shortages in the United States With Novel Legislation to Bypass Traditional Training Pathways: The Fine Print.","authors":"Sawsan Abdel-Razig, James K Stoller","doi":"10.4300/JGME-D-24-00591.1","DOIUrl":"10.4300/JGME-D-24-00591.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37886,"journal":{"name":"Journal of graduate medical education","volume":"17 1","pages":"16-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11838062/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143469044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aligning Graduate Medical Education With the Health Care Needs of Abu Dhabi: One Decade After the Restructuring Initiative.","authors":"Hatem Alameri","doi":"10.4300/JGME-D-24-00750.1","DOIUrl":"10.4300/JGME-D-24-00750.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37886,"journal":{"name":"Journal of graduate medical education","volume":"17 1","pages":"23-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11838060/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143469201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"International Clinical Learning Environment Pathways to Excellence: Executive Summary.","authors":"Kevin B Weiss, James A Arrighi, Robin Wagner","doi":"10.4300/JGME-D-25-00027.1","DOIUrl":"10.4300/JGME-D-25-00027.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37886,"journal":{"name":"Journal of graduate medical education","volume":"17 1","pages":"126-129"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11838063/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143469321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nancy D Spector, Jillian S Catalanotti, Donald W Brady, Karen Law, Deborah Simpson
{"title":"Leading From the Middle Empowers GME Leaders.","authors":"Nancy D Spector, Jillian S Catalanotti, Donald W Brady, Karen Law, Deborah Simpson","doi":"10.4300/JGME-D-24-01025.1","DOIUrl":"10.4300/JGME-D-24-01025.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37886,"journal":{"name":"Journal of graduate medical education","volume":"17 1","pages":"101-102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11838066/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143469325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Medicine's Sorting Hat.","authors":"Eleanor R Menzin","doi":"10.4300/JGME-D-24-00794.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-24-00794.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37886,"journal":{"name":"Journal of graduate medical education","volume":"17 1","pages":"103-104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11838047/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143469331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gabriel M Daniels, Katharine E Caldwell, Andrea M Tou, Taylor S Erickson, Maggie Curran, Andrew J Sullivan, Annie Phung, Leah Colucci, Malke Asaad, Bianca Radut
{"title":"Reclaiming Values-Driven Education: An Exploration of Medical Trainees' Values.","authors":"Gabriel M Daniels, Katharine E Caldwell, Andrea M Tou, Taylor S Erickson, Maggie Curran, Andrew J Sullivan, Annie Phung, Leah Colucci, Malke Asaad, Bianca Radut","doi":"10.4300/JGME-D-25-00032.1","DOIUrl":"10.4300/JGME-D-25-00032.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37886,"journal":{"name":"Journal of graduate medical education","volume":"17 1","pages":"119-125"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11838055/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143469424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Natasha L Romanoski, Helen K Morgan, Anna Kerlek, Jennifer Serfin, Emily G Teeter, Lonika Sood, Laura Fletcher
{"title":"The Relative Influence of Program Signaling, Geographic Preferences, and In-State Status in Determining Odds of Interview Invitation in Residency Selection.","authors":"Natasha L Romanoski, Helen K Morgan, Anna Kerlek, Jennifer Serfin, Emily G Teeter, Lonika Sood, Laura Fletcher","doi":"10.4300/JGME-D-24-00215.1","DOIUrl":"10.4300/JGME-D-24-00215.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background</b> Program signaling and geographic preferences are intended to give residency applicants agency in selecting preferred training locations while allowing programs to identify interested applicants. However, how these variables compare to in-state status (applicant's permanent addresses in the same state as a program to which they applied) when interview invitations are offered is unknown. <b>Objective</b> To identify the relative influence of program signaling, geographic preferences, and an applicant's in-state status in determining the odds of receiving an interview invitation during residency recruitment. <b>Methods</b> Data from programs and applicants in 9 specialties (anesthesiology, adult neurology, dermatology, general surgery, internal medicine, neurological surgery, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and psychiatry) from the 2023 Supplemental Electronic Residency Application Service application (SuppApp) were included. Logistic regression was used to determine odds ratios for all predictor variables. Results were aggregated across programs within each specialty. <b>Results</b> Between 51% and 81% of programs that participated in SuppApp within each specialty met inclusion criteria. Applicants were 2.71 to 9.07 times more likely to receive interview invitations when they signaled a program. When an applicant indicated a geographic preference that aligned with a program's location, or no geographic preference, the odds of receiving an interview were 1.83 to 2.75 and 1.19 to 2.16 times more likely, respectively. In-state applicants were 2.45 to 5.14 times more likely to receive an interview. <b>Conclusions</b> Use of a program signal, an aligned geographic preference, no geographic preference, and in-state status all individually increase the likelihood of an applicant receiving an interview invitation.</p>","PeriodicalId":37886,"journal":{"name":"Journal of graduate medical education","volume":"17 1","pages":"56-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11838045/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143469364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}