偏好信号可以简化申请人选择过程吗?
Jeffrey Melvin1, Luise I Pernar1, Aaron Richman1
1Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston MA; Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston MA.
Journal of surgical education
|August 23, 2025
概括
使用偏好信号来选通用外科住院申请人简化了面试过程. 这种方法有效地减少了初始申请审查工作量,但没有显著改变申请人的人口统计或质量.
科学领域:
- 医学教育
- 外科住院招生
- 申请人的选
背景情况:
- 在2022年,一般外科住院申请中引入了优先信号.
- 最初,申请人可以使用5个信号,在2025年匹配周期中增加到15个信号.
- 在2024年,除了那些发出信号的申请人之外,还采访了更多的申请人,表明了更广泛的选择标准.
研究的目的:
- 评估仅使用偏好信号进行面试选择对申请人的影响.
- 通过不同选方法在三个匹配周期 (2023-2025年) 中比较申请人的特点.
- 确定转向仅信号选是否会影响申请人群的多样性和质量.
主要方法:
- 一个单一的学术医疗中心的整体外科住院计划综合审查了申请.
- 分析了申请人的数据 (性别,种族,医学院地区,评审者得分,第二步得分).
- 对分别的分类变量和连续变量使用了基平方和t测试;ANOVA对所有三组进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 在2023年,2024年和2025年之间,全面审查的申请人没有发现显著的人口差异.
- 在2024年,教师选择和信号选择申请人之间没有人口差异.
- 仅使用偏好信号的2025年周期产生了与前几年相比的申请人群.
结论:
- 仅使用偏好信号选一般外科住院申请人是一种有效的方法.
- 这种方法大大减少了初始选工作量.
- 使用偏好信号不会对受访申请人群的多样性或质量产生负面影响.
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