Psychology

Videoconferencing

Social psychology

Computer science

Medical education

Sociology

Multimedia

Gratitude

Medicine

Interview

Anthropology

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Background: In 2017, approximately 90% of U.S. orthopaedic residents chose to participate in orthopaedic fellowships. The process of applying and interviewing for an orthopaedic fellowship is expensive and time-consuming for both orthopaedic residents and orthopaedic residency programs. Considerable physician man-hours are allocated to fellowship interviews and the match ranking process, and there are unintended consequences of time away from work for the resident and his or her training program. To reduce time and cost allocated to fellowship interviews, we implemented videoconference interviews for our adult reconstruction fellowship. The purpose of this article was to communicate the lessons that we learned about this innovation. Methods: Candidates and faculty who participated in videoconference interviews for our adult reconstruction fellowship during 2015 through 2017 were surveyed to learn more about the utility and acceptance of videoconference interviewing. Results: Eighty-five percent of the 47 vide...

Videoconference Interviews for an Adult Reconstruction Fellowship: Lessons Learned