Virtual Residency Interviews: Do applicants really win?
Now that the dust is settling on the pandemic in America, many residency programs are asking themselves how they will conduct interviews moving forward. Traditional thought left us assuming that it would be impossible to select a qualified candidate for physician training without ever meeting them in person. The success of virtual platforms for seeing and speaking with someone really challenge traditional thought. In considering this dilemma, the benefits and disadvantages for applicants and programs need to be considered. It’s clear that the stress and expenses of the interview season have become too significant and were due for fixing anyhow. Virtual interviews allow an applicant to save thousands of dollars at a point in time where they have no money to spend and have accumulated significant debt already. With virtual interviews students are able to schedule a greater number of interviews and