The Effect of Changing Fellowship Interview Format on Candidate Ranking Variabilities: The COVID-19 Experience

Autor: Ta Chen Chang, Elizabeth A. Hodapp, Richard K. Parrish, Alana L. Grajewski, Steven J. Gedde, Richard K. Lee, Sarah R. Wellik, Anna K. Junk, Luis Vazquez, Swarup S. Swaminathan, Elena Bitrian, Adam L. Rothman, Elizabeth A. Vanner
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol 2022 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2090-0058
DOI: 10.1155/2022/7402079
Popis: Purpose. This study investigated the effect of interview format changes (in-person to virtual, one-to-one to multiple-to-one) necessitated by the COVID-19 travel restrictions on preliminary fellowship candidate ranking variabilities. Design. Cross-sectional observational study. Method. In 2018 and 2019, the glaucoma fellowship interviews were conducted in-person in a one-to-one format, whereas in 2020, interviews were virtual and in a multiple (interviewers)-to-one (candidate) format. We compared ranking ranges of interviewers within the same virtual room (WSR) and not within the same virtual room (NWSR) to assess the effect of WSR versus NWSR on ranking variabilities. We also compared ranking categories (“accept,” “alternate,” and “pass”) agreements between 2018, 2019, and 2020 to assess the effect of virtual versus in-person interviews on ranking variabilities. Results. NWSR and WSR mean rankings differed by 1.33 (95% confidence interval difference 0.61 to 2.04, p = 0.0003), with WSR interviewers having less variability than NWSR pairs. The variability between 2018/2019 (in-person interviews) and 2020 (virtual interviews) showed no differences between in-person and virtual interviews (weighted Kappa statistic 0.086 for 2018, 0.158 for 2019, and 0.101 for 2020; p
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