{"doi":"10.1016/j.adro.2024.101473","title":"Applicant and Program Director Perceptions of Second Look Events During the 2023 Radiation Oncology Residency Match","abstract":"Purpose: Virtual radiation oncology (RO) residency interviews may impair applicant and program evaluation. Second look events (SLEs) exist; however, the frequency, nature, and implications are unknown. We surveyed applicants and program directors (PDs) to characterize the 2023 RO Match SLEs and assess perspectives. Method and Materials: An online, anonymous survey was distributed to 2023 RO Match applicants and American College of Graduate Medical Education-accredited RO PDs post-Match. Number and percentage are reported as response per question. Likert-type scores (1, strongly agree; 5, strongly disagree) are reported as median, IQR. Results: Responses were received from 51 of 246 applicants (21%) and 52 of 88 PDs (59%). Forty applicants (87%) were offered in-person and virtual SLEs; 20 (51%) and 17 (44%) applicants were invited to 1 to 3 and 4 to 6 events, respectively. Most invited applicants attended none (21, 54%). Applicants reported that all (21, 54%) or some (16, 41%) programs communicated intentions to finalize rank order lists (ROLs) before SLEs. Most applicants (29, 74%) agreed that SLEs were optional without ROL consequences (median, 2, IQR 1-3). Applicants declined in-person SLEs due to city/facility indifference (10, 43%), finances (10, 43%), and logistics (9, 39%). Most (12, 86%) in-person SLE attendees agreed that SLEs influenced their ROL (median, 2, IQR 1-2). Nineteen PDs (40%) reported offering SLEs, with 18 of 19 being in-person. PDs who did not offer SLEs cited ethical concerns (13, 45%) and institutional policies (11, 38%). All PDs reported that SLEs were optional, and 18 of 19 explained that the SLE would be without ROL consequences. SLEs mostly occurred in February before (11, 58%) and after (15, 79%) ROL submission. Conclusions: In-person SLEs occurred during Match 2023. All PDs considered SLEs optional which was trusted by most applicants. Attendance at in-person SLEs influenced applicants' ROLs; however, finances and logistics impaired applicant attendance. Further work is needed to appreciate SLE implications and ensure equitable residency recruitment.","journal":"Advances in Radiation Oncology","year":2024,"id":494426,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":0,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.8888,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2024-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":449670,"name":"Kelsey L. Corrigan","orcid":"0000-0003-0314-6972","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1340999,"name":"Lauren C Linkowski","orcid":"0000-0003-4374-3384","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1341208,"name":"Moamen R. Abdelaal","orcid":null,"position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":605549,"name":"Mark F. Munsell","orcid":"0000-0001-9654-4958","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1111289,"name":"Denise De La Cruz","orcid":null,"position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1341209,"name":"Angelika Royal","orcid":null,"position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":259414,"name":"Steve Braunstein","orcid":"0000-0002-9841-9357","position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":989061,"name":"M. Mix","orcid":"0000-0002-7287-1791","position":8,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":388065,"name":"Jillian R. Gunther","orcid":"0000-0001-5727-7594","position":9,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1340998,"name":"Mary T Mahoney","orcid":"0000-0002-1857-9423","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":13,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T02:09:11.736910Z","pmid":"38681887","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}