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AAS Town Hall Webinar – Virtual Interviews

AAS Town Hall Webinar

Academic Surgery in the Time of COVID-19

Virtual Interviews

 

COVID has resulted in most institutions engaging in virtual interviews to match their trainees. This paradigm shift has unique challenges as interviewing and recruitment has never been done through this platform previously. To prepare trainees for virtual interviews a number of educational seminars have been created to ensure virtual interviewee success. However, there has been little direction for institutions regarding the best way to successfully administer and navigate virtual interviewing. This session is targeted at program directors, associate program directors, faculty, and staff involved with interviewing trainees for academic programs.

The objectives of this seminar is to educate institutions about how to recruit during the pandemic, interviewing for equity and diversity virtually, how to write a letter of recommendation that conveys equitable information, and describe the do’s and don’ts of virtual interviews for institutions.

Agenda
Session Moderators:

Anahita Dua, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Susanne Warner, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery & Experimental Therapeutics, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Panelist
Topic
Anahita Dua, MD
Assistant Professor of SurgeryDivision of Vascular Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
The Importance of Virtual Interviews
Mark Conrad, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Residency Program
Division of Vascular Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
The Do’s and Don’ts of Virtual Interviews (For Institutions)
Jessica Simons, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Surgery
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Residency Program
Division of Vascular Surgery
UMass Memorial Medical Center
Various Recruitment Efforts During the Pandemic (For Institutions)
Taranjit Arora, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Division of Surgical Oncology
Medical College of Georgia
How to Interview for Equity and Diversity Virtually
Colin Martin, MD, FACS, FAAP
Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Surgical Director, UAB/Children’s of Alabama Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation
Co-director Pre-college Research Internship for Students from Minority Backgrounds (PRISM)
How to Write an Equitable Letter of Recommendation

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