Open AccessComprehensive Evaluation of Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Websites
Author(s) -
Robert Pagan-Rosado,
Mark Friedrich B. Hurdle,
Claudia Jiménez,
Andrea L. Cheville,
Raúl A. RosarioConcepción
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of medical education and curricular development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2382-1205
DOI - 10.1177/23821205211028346
Subject(s) - primary care , sports medicine , specialty , medicine , family medicine , the internet , service (business) , medical education , world wide web , physical therapy , business , computer science , marketing
Objective: To evaluate the comprehensiveness of primary care sports medicine fellowship websites and identify potential areas of improvement.Design: Cross-sectional analysis of fellowship program websites using quantitative and descriptive statistics.Setting: Internet.Participants: A total of 192 primary care sports medicine fellowship websites listed on the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) website.Independent Variables: Program Specialty and Program Region.Main Outcome Measures: The presence or absence of 19 predetermined criteria on primary care sports medicine fellowship websites.Results: The average number of criteria that was included on each website was 9.8 (SD 3.5) (51.6%) of the possible 19. Programs had as few as 2 of the 19 (10.5%) criteria included on their website, and others had as many as 17 of the 19 (89.4%) criteria. Of the 192 primary care sports medicine fellowships, only 5 (2.6%) addressed at least 80% of the 19 different criteria. No primary care sports medicine fellowship website included all 19 criteria.Conclusions: Most primary care sports medicine fellowship websites do not offer comprehensive information about their programs for prospective applicants.