Improving the Medical School to Residency Transition: Narrative Experiences From First-Year Residents.

Objectives: We sought to identify first-year obstetrics and gynecology residents' perceptions of both support needed at the medical school to residency transition and readiness to address structural racism and bias at the start of residency training.

Study Design: Residents were recruited by email and social media for 1:1 interviews from March to June 2021. All interviews were completed by a first-year resident or fourth-year medical student using an interview guide created by the authorship team.

Residency match interview scheduling: quantifying the applicant experience.

Background: The process of offering and scheduling residency interviews varies widely among programmes. Applicants report distress and have advocated for reform. However, there is a paucity of quantitative data to characterise applicant concerns.