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  • Medical education research
  • Admissions processes

Background:

  • Medical school admissions committees are reevaluating interview formats following the end of race-conscious admissions.
  • Unstructured traditional interviews showed inconsistencies in scoring and content.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the reliability of traditional interviews versus Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs) in evaluating medical school applicants.
  • To assess potential biases in admissions processes across racial and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of data from 5799 interviewees across six admissions cycles (2018-2022).
  • Spearman correlation to assess relationships between Casper scores and interview outcomes.
  • T-tests and Cohen's d to evaluate demographic differences in interview and academic metrics.

Main Results:

  • Both MMIs and traditional interviews demonstrated similar effectiveness in reducing group differences (URM, African American, Hispanic, disadvantaged vs. non-URM).
  • MMIs showed a slight decrease in demographic differences for African-American candidates compared to traditional interviews.
  • The effect size of MMIs on reducing demographic differences was small for most groups.

Conclusions:

  • MMIs and traditional interviews exhibit comparable reliability in mitigating group disparities in medical school admissions.
  • Further research is needed to fully assess MMI utility and its correlation with clinical performance and standardized assessments.