National survey of internal medicine residency programs of their 1st-year experience with the Electronic Residency Application Service and National Resident Match Program changes

Citation
Lj. Adams et al., National survey of internal medicine residency programs of their 1st-year experience with the Electronic Residency Application Service and National Resident Match Program changes, TEACH L MED, 13(4), 2001, pp. 221-226
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Health Care Sciences & Services
Journal title
TEACHING AND LEARNING IN MEDICINE
ISSN journal
10401334 → ACNP
Volume
13
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
221 - 226
Database
ISI
SICI code
1040-1334(200123)13:4<221:NSOIMR>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Background: The residency recruitment and selection process is a critical o ne for residency programs and medical students. In 1999, internal medicine programs conducted the residency match on the Web for the first time using the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Purpose: The authors wished to study the impact of this change on house sta ff recruitment and quality of match. Method: A Web-based survey with e-mail, paper and fax reminders was sent to all 407 internal medicine residency programs after the 1999 match. Results: Eighty-six percent of reporting programs found the screening of ap plicants easier The overall number of applicants varied greatly (48% of pro grams reported more applicants; 32% reported fewer). The quality of final m atch was rated the same as previous years by 47%, better by 38%, and worse by 15%. Conclusions: The transition to ERAS was successful in internal medicine. Ho wever, there are several areas that were identified that will improve the E RAS process as it evolves.