Evaluating Neuroradiology Fellowship Program Websites: A Critical Analysis of all 84 Programs in the United States

Abstract

PurposeTo investigate the accessibility and content of neuroradiology fellowship program websites (NRFW). MethodsA list of neuroradiology fellowship programs were obtained from the official Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) website. A google search was used to identify each NRFW of individual programs. Each NRFW was evaluated for the availability of content under recruitment and education domains. ResultsAt the time of the study, there were 84 ACGME accredited neuroradiology fellowship websites available for analysis. In the recruitment domain, evaluators found program description (98.8%), contact address (94.1%), and searchable on google (97.7%) most readily available while, interview day itinerary (3.5%), meal allowance (16.5%), and parking (21.2%) were least readily available. In the education domain, research (91.8%), facility description (89.4%), and faculty listing (82.4%) were most readily available, while postfellowship placement (10.6%), alumni education history (17.7%), and responsibility progression (25.9%) were least readily available. ConclusionsNRFW vary greatly in the amount of information they display. Programs display their descriptions and contact information most frequently while interview day itinerary was the least likely to be found. There were no statistically significant differences between the amount of recruitment and educational content listed when programs were stratified by rank (top ten vs below top ten), region (west, midwest, northeast, and south), and program size (>3 fellows vs 1-3 fellows). Website content development is relatively low cost and our findings suggest that there is room for improvement in website comprehensiveness.