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Reliability of interviewing in medical student selection
P Richards1, I C McManus, S A Maitlis
1St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London.
British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Ed.)
|May 28, 1988
Summary
Medical school interview panels demonstrated excellent reliability when reassessing candidates years later. This study highlights consistent assessment standards in medical school admissions.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Admissions Assessment
- Psychometrics
Background:
- Assessing candidates for medical school is critical for selecting future physicians.
- Interview panels are a common method for evaluating applicants.
- Ensuring consistency in interview assessments is vital for fairness and validity.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the reliability of medical school interview assessments over time.
- To determine inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of interview panels.
- To assess the consistency of candidate recommendations made by different panels.
Main Methods:
- Six interviewing panels from 1984 were reconvened in 1987.
- Panels reassessed videotaped interviews from 1984.
- Assessments were made by the original panels and by other panels.
Main Results:
- Excellent reliability was observed within individual panels (intra-rater reliability).
- High reliability was found between different panels (inter-rater reliability).
- Overall recommendations showed consistent results across panels and time.
Conclusions:
- Medical school interview assessments demonstrate high reliability.
- The findings support the validity and consistency of using interviews in medical school admissions.
- Interview panel recommendations are stable over time and across different evaluators.