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Introducing a Novel Applicant Ranking Tool to Predict Future Resident Performance: A Pilot Study.

Sarah N Bowe¹, Erik K Weitzel¹, William N Hannah¹

¹San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, San Antonio Military Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234.

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This study introduces a new Applicant Ranking Tool, aligning with Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education competencies. Preliminary results show the tool effectively predicts resident performance by stratifying trainees into upper and lower halves.

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Medical Education
Graduate Medical Training
Competency-Based Assessment

Background:

Assessing resident performance is crucial for medical education.
Existing methods may not fully capture essential competencies.
A need exists for tools aligning with Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education competencies.

Purpose of the Study:

Introduce a novel Applicant Ranking Tool.
Align the tool with Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education competencies.
Compare applicant rank predictions with actual resident performance.

Main Methods:

Developed a new Applicant Ranking Tool after literature review and expert discussions.
Assessed feasibility, satisfaction, and critiques through feedback.
Evaluated inter-rater reliability using weighted kappa (κ) and Kendall's W.
Used Fisher's exact tests to compare performance stratification.
Piloted the tool with internal medicine and anesthesiology residents.

Main Results:

The tool was user-friendly for data input and analysis.
Strongest inter-rater reliability observed in intradisciplinary evaluations (W = 0.8-0.975).
Successfully stratified resident performance into upper vs. lower halves in Clinical Anesthesia-3 (p = 0.008).

Conclusions:

The Applicant Ranking Tool supports using cognitive and noncognitive traits for predicting resident performance.
Pilot data suggest the tool is valuable for further investigation.
Long-term validation is needed to confirm predictive accuracy for future resident performance.