• Haneen T Salah and Kamran M Mirza.
• College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Am. J. Clin. Pathol. 2021 Nov 8; 156 (6): 950-953.

ObjectivesDue to the continued impact of coronovirus 2019 (COVID-19), residency programs were advised to offer virtual interviews in place of traditional in-person interviews for the 2021 match recruitment season. As a result, many pathology residency programs offered preinterview virtual open-house events to meet prospective applicants before the interview season. This article aims to understand applicants' perspective on those events during the residency recruitment season of 2020 to 2021.MethodsWe performed a cross-sectional survey-based study involving 95 pathology residency applicants.ResultsOur results demonstrated that applicants generally have a positive perception of open house events; 91% found virtual open-house events beneficial, 63.2% attended open-house events for programs they were not considering applying to. Considering the high number of offered virtual open house events, 17% of applicants felt overwhelmed by attendance and 30% felt obligated to attend.ConclusionsThis brief report demonstrates the generally positive impact of these events.© American Society for Clinical Pathology, 2021. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.

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