The 2017-2018 Standardized Video Interview: An Ethical Concern: To the Editor

摘要

After a one-year study and some controversy, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), in concert with several academic emergency medicine groups, announced that all 2017-2018 emergency medicine residency applicants will be required to complete a standardized video interview (SVI) as part of an "operational pilot program."1 This operational pilot being required of emergency medicine applicants presents an ethical concern. While the academic emergency medicine community believes that programs need to "use the tool within their selection processes in order to properly assess its viability,"2 this program remains an operational pilot, with continued research planned.1"3 Whether any of these planned studies have undergone institutional review board (IRB) review and whether study participants are volunteers or provide informed consent is unclear.