Increasing Fellow Recruitment: How Can Fellowship Program Websites Be Optimized?

To our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate that most orthopaedic trauma fellowship applicants use fellowship websites when researching programs. Programs may use this study to optimize their fellowship experience to reflect what the applicants value. In addition, programs may use this study as a guide when updating their websites. Fellowships with informative websites that meaningfully highlight their fellowship experience may have a competitive edge in attracting applicants to their programs.