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. 2024 Apr 15;56(6):367–372. doi: 10.22454/FamMed.2024.515525

Table 1. Survey Items.

Concept

Item

Response options

Agreement

How much do you agree with using a holistic approach to recruiting applicants?

• Strongly disagree

• Disagree

• Neutral

• Agree

• Strongly agree

Understanding

To what extent do you understand a holistic approach for applicant review?

• Not at all

• To some extent

• To a large extent

• Completely

Screening

To what extent does your program utilize holistic review in the initial screening of applicants to interview?

Interviewing

To what extent does your program utilize holistic review interviewing applicants?

Ranking

To what extent does your program utilize holistic review ranking applicants?

Barriers

What is the biggest barrier to implementing a holistic review framework for your program?

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• Our program is primarily ranked based on the performance metrics of applicants/matched residents.

• Concerns that holistic review is not the right approach

• Difficulty reaching consensus in defining what a holistic approach would be

• Lack of experience implementing a holistic review

• Increased resources required to implement a holistic review

• Increasing number of applicants

• Other

• None of the above

What is the second biggest barrier to implementing a holistic review framework for your program?

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Demographics

Please estimate to the best of your ability the percentage of current residents in your program that are URiM.*

• 0%

• 1%–10%

• 11%–25%

• 26%–50%

• >50%

Please estimate to the best of your ability the percentage of URiM* patients that are served by residents.

Please estimate to the best of your ability the percentage of current faculty members in your residency program that are URiM.*

*URiM as defined by the Association of American Medical Colleges (Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino/of Spanish origin, Native American/Alaskan Native/Indigenous, Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islanders)

Abbreviation: URiM: underrepresented in medicine