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An admissions OSCE: the multiple mini-interview.

Kevin W Eva1, Jack Rosenfeld, Harold I Reiter

  • 1Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Programme for Educational Research and Development, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. evakw@mcmaster.ca

Medical Education
|March 5, 2004
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The multiple mini-interview (MMI) offers a more reliable admissions tool for health sciences programs. This innovative approach addresses context specificity issues found in traditional interviews, improving assessment of non-cognitive skills.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Admissions Assessment

Background:

  • Traditional personal interviews struggle to reliably assess non-cognitive variables like interpersonal skills and professionalism in health sciences admissions.
  • Context specificity may significantly impact the validity of conventional interview methods.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate a multiple sample approach to the personal interview, termed the Multiple Mini-Interview (MMI).
  • To address the limitations of traditional interviews in assessing non-cognitive abilities.

Main Methods:

  • A Multiple Mini-Interview (MMI) protocol was implemented with 117 applicants to an undergraduate MD program.
  • The MMI comprised 10 objective structured clinical examination (OSCE)-style stations assessing various skills through scenarios and interactions.

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Main Results:

  • The MMI demonstrated a reliability of 0.65.
  • Candidate-station interaction variance exceeded candidate variance, supporting the hypothesis on context specificity.
  • Both applicants and examiners reported positive experiences with the MMI.

Conclusions:

  • The Multiple Mini-Interview (MMI) presents a flexible, feasible, and potentially cost-effective admissions instrument.
  • The study discusses the principles, flexibility, feasibility, and cost-effectiveness of the MMI for health sciences admissions.