Using Kotter’s Change Management Framework to Redesign Departmental GME Recruitment

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Background In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, dramatic change in the graduate medical education (GME) trainee recruitment process was required. Kotter’s 8-Step Change Model is a change management framework that has been successfully applied to a variety of GME initiatives but not for recruitment redesign. Objective To implement major change in program recruitment during the COVID-19 pandemic while maintaining Match outcomes and a high-quality candidate experience. Methods In 2020, we applied Kotter’s 8 steps to implement major changes to program recruitment for a department of internal medicine including 15 GME programs (1 internal medicine residency and 14 subspecialty fellowships). We collected each program’s Match fill rates and used Google Analytics to collect monthly website traffic for the year prior to our change process and the subsequent 2 years. Standardized post-interview survey questions were created, and these results were reviewed for descriptive analysis. Results We successfully used Kotter’s 8 steps to change recruitment to a virtual format. Program fill rates remained high after implementation. Website engagement improved with peak monthly page rates doubling over previous values. During the highest traffic month, the average time on site increased for 7 programs, while the bounce rate decreased by more than half for 10 programs. Candidate descriptive feedback was positive. Conclusions The application of Kotter’s 8 steps guided major changes to GME recruitment for 15 programs and was associated with maintained Match fill rates and increased website engagement.

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Miles, M. C., Richardson, K. M., Wolfe, R., Hairston, K., Cleveland, M., Kelly, C., … Pruitt, Z. (2023). Using Kotter’s Change Management Framework to Redesign Departmental GME Recruitment. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 15(1), 98–104. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-22-00191.1

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