Mitigating Bias in Virtual Interviews for Applicants Who are Underrepresented in Medicine.

J Natl Med Assoc

Professor and Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.

Published: February 2021

The COVID 19 pandemic has forced residency programs to consider virtual interview formats that can disproportionately and negatively impact unrepresented in medicine applicants. Diversity is a compelling interest for residency programs. In order to recruit and retain a diverse workforce, programs must recognize the deleterious effect virtual interviews may have on underrepresented in medicine applicants.

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