The Surgical Skills Laboratory Residency Interview: An Enjoyable Alternative

• Published in: Journal of surgical education Vol. 69; no. 3; pp. 407 - 410
• Main Authors: Dumont, Travis M., MD, Horgan, Michael A., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.2012
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis of Variance; Anatomy; Attitude of Health Personnel; Clinical Competence; Cross-Sectional Studies; Education, Medical, Graduate - methods; Environment; Female; Humans; Internship and Residency - trends; Interpersonal and Communication Skills; interview; Interviews as Topic; Job Application; Laboratories; Male; neurosurgery; Practice Based Learning and Improvement; Professionalism; residency; Specialties, Surgical - education; Surgery; United States; United States; residency; neurosurgery; Professionalism; Interpersonal and Communication Skills; Practice Based Learning and Improvement; interview

Purpose The authors aimed to trial an alternative interviewing strategy by inviting residency candidates to our surgical anatomy laboratory. Interviews were coincident with surgical dissection. The authors hypothesized that residency candidates hoping to match into a surgical subspecialty might enjo...