TABLE 5.

Fellow Education and Employment Opportunities

Fellow (n=44)	#	%	Fellowship Director (n=25)	#	%
Changes to education curriculum			Changes to fellow education curriculum
Met less frequently (in-person or virtually)	17	38.6	Met less frequently (in-person or virtually)	9	36.0
Met more frequently (in-person or virtually)	18	40.9	Met more frequently (in-person or virtually)	11	44.0
Changed to a digital/virtual curriculum for didactic education	35	79.6	Changed to a digital/virtual curriculum for didactic education	21	84.0
Already was using a digital/virtual curriculum for didactic education	4	9.1	Already was using a digital/virtual curriculum for didactic education	0	0.0
Offered supplemental education not typically offered	33	75.0	Offered supplemental education not typically offered	19	76.0
Home institution	30	90.9	Home institution	19	100
AO Spine	17	51.5	AO Spine	12	63.2
NASS	10	30.3	NASS	4	21.1
Other Professional Society	11	33.3	Other Professional Society	5	26.3
Industry	20	60.6	Industry	9	47.4
Collaborative Education Groups*	20	60.6	Collaborative Education Groups*	8	42.1
Other†	1	3.0	Other	1	5.3
Contact with Other Spine Fellows during Pandemic			Contact with Other Fellowship Directors about Fellow Education
Yes	19	43.2	Yes	12	48.0
No	25	56.8	No	13	52.0
Felt connected to other fellows during pandemic			Felt connected to other fellowship directors during pandemic
Yes	23	52.3	Yes	13	52.0
No	21	47.7	No	12	48.0
Concern regarding COVID impact on future job start date			Believes current fellow education has suffered due to COVID
Yes	11	25.0	Yes	17	68.0
No	27	61.4	No	8	32.0
No job lined up	6	13.6
Cancelled job interviews
Yes	10	22.7
No	34	77.3

^*Example, Seattle Science Foundation, Vumedi, etc.

^†Free response included “Virtual Global Spine Conference”.