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Content Evaluation of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Websites
Author(s) -
Patel Shiv J.,
Abdullah Mohammed S.,
Yeh Peter C.,
Abdullah Zainub,
Jayaram Prathap
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pmandr
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.617
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1934-1563
pISSN - 1934-1482
DOI - 10.1002/pmrj.12303
Subject(s) - medicine , ranking (information retrieval) , the internet , medical education , citation , residency training , medline , descriptive statistics , family medicine , world wide web , computer science , statistics , mathematics , continuing education , machine learning , political science , law
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.