Introductory Video as a Supplemental Application for General Surgery Residency Candidates: Concept, Implementation, Preliminary Outcomes, and Future Directions.

Objective: The residency selection process has changed dramatically over the past several years, primarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing a transition to virtual interviews and limiting sub-internship opportunities. Another new major change is the transition of the USMLE Step 1 examination from a numerical score to pass/fail as of January 2022. In anticipation of this major change, our program asked applicants to submit a short video clip expressing their interest.

Concurrent Validity Evidence for Entrustable Professional Activities in General Surgery Residents.

Background: A subset of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) has been developed for general surgery. We aim to contribute validity evidence for EPAs as an assessment framework for general surgery residents, including concurrent validity compared to ACGME milestones, the current gold standard for evaluating competency.

Study Design: This is a cross-sectional study in a general surgery training program within a tertiary academic medical center.