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- A study was conducted to evaluate the quality and availability of information on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) residency program websites, focusing on their usefulness for potential applicants.
- Out of 87 PM&R residency websites analyzed, the average website included only about 49% of 25 key pieces of information, with significant variation among programs.
- Overall, none of the websites contained all 25 criteria, suggesting that many PM&R programs need to improve their online information to better assist prospective applicants.
Article Abstract
Background: Prospective Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) applicants commonly view residency program websites to make informed decisions about where to submit their applications. To our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive review of the availability and accessibility of online content for PM&R residency programs.
Objective: To evaluate the comprehensiveness of PM&R residency websites to inform prospective applicants about the information readily available to them and identify deficient areas for program directors to address.
Design: Cross-sectional analysis of residency program websites using quantitative and descriptive statistics.
Setting: World Wide Web (Internet).
Subjects: 87 PM&R civilian residency program websites listed on the Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database (FREIDA).
Main Outcome Measurements: The presence or absence of 25 predetermined criteria on residency program websites.
Results: The individual residency program websites had a mean ± SD of 12.3 ± 4.3 (49.1%) of the 25 criteria sought. The programs ranged from having as few as one to as many as 19 of the 25 criteria. Twenty programs had 9 or fewer criteria, 35 programs had 10 to 14 criteria, 31 programs had 15 to 18 criteria, and one program had 19 criteria available online. No PM&R residency website had all 25 criteria. There was a significant association between a program's Doximity ranking as top 20 or not and the citation of published research projects by faculty on a PM&R website (P = .026), but the other 24 criteria had no significant associations.
Conclusions: Most PM&R residency websites currently do not include comprehensive information about their programs for prospective applicants.
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