Impact of COVID-19 on away rotations in surgical fields

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a variety of challenges in the medical education curriculum, one of which is the possible loss of summer and fall away rotations for fourth year students applying into surgical subspecialties. Subsequently, a lack of in-person evaluations may have a major impact on an applicant ’s perception of the residency and the program’s ability to assess the individual applicant. This is especially crucial for applicants without a home program in their specialty of interest, as away rotations are an important opportunity to confirm interest in pursuit of a subspecialty, obtain le tters of recommendation, and make positive impressions at programs of interest.

Source: Journal of Surgical Research - May 20, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Carter J. Boyd, Dani C. Inglesby, Britney Corey, Benjamin J. Greene, Michael A. Harrington, Michael D. Johnson, Timothy W. King, Soroush Rais-Bahrami, M. Lance Tavana Source Type: research