title: Interview Day Environment May Influence Applicant Selection of Emergency Medicine Residency Programs.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The structure of the interview day affects applicant interactions with faculty and residents, which can influence the applicant's rank list decision. We aimed to determine if there was a difference in matched residents between those interviewing on a day on which didactics were held and had increased resident and faculty presence (didactic day) versus an interview day with less availability for applicant interactions with residents and faculty (non-didactic day).
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a retrospective study reviewing interview dates of matched residents from 2009-2015.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-two (61.8%) matched residents interviewed on a didactic day with increased faculty and resident presence versus 26 (38.2%) on a non-didactic interview day with less availability for applicant interactions (p = 0.04).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is an association between interviewing on a didactic day with increased faculty and resident presence and matching in our program.
authors.affiliation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.affiliation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dubosh
authors.affiliation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.affiliation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schoenfeld
authors.affiliation: Maricopa Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.affiliation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ullman
mesh_terms: D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States