Regional and Acute Pain Anesthesiology Post COVID-19 Assessment and Recommendations for Fellowship Web Based Platforms

Figures & data

Table 1 Reports and Evaluation of the Number of Websites That Contained the Information Pertaining to Each Criterion

Criteria	Number of Programs (n=90)
Program Description	100%
Applicant Process Description	100%
Program Director Contact	100%
Coordinator Contact	100%
Current Fellows	35.5%
Research	56.7%
Rotation Schedule	25.5%
Faculty	91.1%
Alumni	13.3%
Salary	82.2%
Life in the Area	16.7%

Table 2 Recommendations to Fellowship Programs About Additional Information to the Program Websites

Number and type of procedures	Disclosure of the number and type of cases current fellows participate in would assist prospective fellows in determining their potential exposure to regional and acute pain management. More exposure and procedures can develop transferable skills. Disclosure of a previous fellow’s participation in addressing procedures, such as axillary blocks or femoral blocks, would signal to a prospective fellow that they would be exposed to procedures that provide these transferable skills.
Types of evaluation and mentorship	Disclosure of how a fellow is assigned to cases would assist in a prospective fellow’s evaluation. Descriptions about a program’s mentoring system as purely rotational, or a more single mentorship system would assist the fellow in determining if they are getting their desired balance of diversity of exposure and one-on-one time with mentors.
Academic involvement and teaching	Disclosure about a fellow’s academic involvement in the program would be helpful. Regional and acute pain fellows trained within the last decade primarily work at both private and academic practices. Information about how a prospective fellow can both develop their own research and teaching experience would assist the prospective fellow in determining if the program prepares them for a future job in academics.