research Performance Evaluation of the Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT-4) on the Family Medicine In-Training Examination Read Performance Evaluation of the Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT-4) on the Family Medicine In-Training Examination
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Home Research Research Library The Price of Fear: An Ethical Dilemma Underscored in a Virtual Residency Interview Season The Price of Fear: An Ethical Dilemma Underscored in a Virtual Residency Interview Season 2021 Author(s) Antono, Brian, Willis, Joel Steven, Phillips, Robert L, Bazemore, Andrew W, and Westfall, John M Topic(s) Education & Training Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, and Undergraduate Medical Education Volume Journal of Graduate Medical Education Source Journal of Graduate Medical Education In May 2020, the Coalition for Physician Accountability recommended that all residency programs pivot to virtual interviews for the 2020–2021 season. This kept more than 45 000 applicants from traveling cross-country during a pandemic, aiding social distancing efforts. Additionally, it removed travel costs, granting applicants the opportunity to assess more programs. With opportunity and human nature, however, comes the risk of an arms race, where a more open residency market compounds pressure on students to apply to more programs. The residency application process has gone down a behavioral economics rabbit hole, where fear and uncertainty are unnecessarily driving up applications, despite evidence of no benefit to applicants or programs. In what follows, we contextualize the growing problem of application inflation, describe contributing drivers including those introduced by virtual interviews, raise concerns about a conflict of interest for the application steward, and discuss potential solutions. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2018 Characteristics of Graduating Family Medicine Residents Who Intend to Practice Maternity Care Go to Characteristics of Graduating Family Medicine Residents Who Intend to Practice Maternity Care 2024 US Primary Care Workforce Growth: A Decade of Limited Progress, and Projected Needs Through 2040 Go to US Primary Care Workforce Growth: A Decade of Limited Progress, and Projected Needs Through 2040 2017 Fellowship or Further Training for Family Medicine Residents? Go to Fellowship or Further Training for Family Medicine Residents? 2018 Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice: What We’ve Learned and Where We Need to Go Go to Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice: What We’ve Learned and Where We Need to Go
Author(s) Antono, Brian, Willis, Joel Steven, Phillips, Robert L, Bazemore, Andrew W, and Westfall, John M Topic(s) Education & Training Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, and Undergraduate Medical Education Volume Journal of Graduate Medical Education Source Journal of Graduate Medical Education
ABFM Research Read all 2018 Characteristics of Graduating Family Medicine Residents Who Intend to Practice Maternity Care Go to Characteristics of Graduating Family Medicine Residents Who Intend to Practice Maternity Care 2024 US Primary Care Workforce Growth: A Decade of Limited Progress, and Projected Needs Through 2040 Go to US Primary Care Workforce Growth: A Decade of Limited Progress, and Projected Needs Through 2040 2017 Fellowship or Further Training for Family Medicine Residents? Go to Fellowship or Further Training for Family Medicine Residents? 2018 Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice: What We’ve Learned and Where We Need to Go Go to Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice: What We’ve Learned and Where We Need to Go
2018 Characteristics of Graduating Family Medicine Residents Who Intend to Practice Maternity Care Go to Characteristics of Graduating Family Medicine Residents Who Intend to Practice Maternity Care
2024 US Primary Care Workforce Growth: A Decade of Limited Progress, and Projected Needs Through 2040 Go to US Primary Care Workforce Growth: A Decade of Limited Progress, and Projected Needs Through 2040
2017 Fellowship or Further Training for Family Medicine Residents? Go to Fellowship or Further Training for Family Medicine Residents?
2018 Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice: What We’ve Learned and Where We Need to Go Go to Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice: What We’ve Learned and Where We Need to Go
