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. 2021 Nov 8;156(6):950-953.
doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqab065.

Pathology Residency Open-House Events: A Novel Marketing Paradigm

Haneen T Salah  1 , Kamran M Mirza  2
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Pathology Residency Open-House Events: A Novel Marketing Paradigm

Haneen T Salah et al. Am J Clin Pathol. .

Abstract

Objectives: Due to the continued impact of coronovirus 2019 (COVID-19), residency programs were advised to offer virtual interviews in place of traditional in-person interviews for the 2021 match recruitment season. As a result, many pathology residency programs offered preinterview virtual open-house events to meet prospective applicants before the interview season. This article aims to understand applicants' perspective on those events during the residency recruitment season of 2020 to 2021.

Methods: We performed a cross-sectional survey-based study involving 95 pathology residency applicants.

Results: Our results demonstrated that applicants generally have a positive perception of open house events; 91% found virtual open-house events beneficial, 63.2% attended open-house events for programs they were not considering applying to. Considering the high number of offered virtual open house events, 17% of applicants felt overwhelmed by attendance and 30% felt obligated to attend.

Conclusions: This brief report demonstrates the generally positive impact of these events.

Keywords: Match season; Pathology residency; Virtual.

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