A Comparison of Behavioral and Multiple Mini-Interview Formats in Physician Assistant Program Admissions

Jones, P. Eugene; Forister, J. Glenn

doi:10.1097/01367895-201122010-00006

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“…In the United States, systematic data are not available, but use of the MMI has been reported in dentistry 20 and physician assistant programs. 21 According to records kept by the Association for American Medical Colleges and ProFitHR, it appears that at least 22 US medical schools are known to be using the MMI or an MMI hybrid as We found reasonably stable differences on 2 parts of a national licensing examination indicating that those accepted by the MMI-based admissions process outperformed those who were rejected but gained entry elsewhere. These differences arose 4 to 6 years after the selection decision was made and cannot be attributed solely to the curricular success of the university, because those who were accepted but chose to study elsewhere performed as well as those who matriculated at McMaster.…”

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Association Between a Medical School Admission Process Using the Multiple Mini-interview and National Licensing Examination Scores

Eva¹,

Reiter²,

Rosenfeld³

et al. 2012

JAMA

115

101

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ODERN CONCEPTIONS OF medical practice demand more of practitioners than a strong knowledge base. 1 By emphasizing compassionate care, professionalism, and interpersonal skill, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education core competencies indicate that physicians are expected to possess strong personal qualities distinct from academic achievement. 2 There is evidence of a link between these aspects of practice and quality of care. [3][4][5][6][7] At the level of medical school admissions, incoming grade point average (GPA) and Medical College Admission Test results have been found to be reasonably good determinants of academic success. 8-10 More problematic, however, has been the identification of measures capable of predicting nonacademic success despite the considerable resources most medical schools allocate to interviewing applicants. 9 Most validity studies in this domain are correlational in nature. Interpretation of the resulting statistics is difficult because restriction of range low-For editorial comment see p 2250.

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Association Between a Medical School Admission Process Using the Multiple Mini-interview and National Licensing Examination Scores

Eva¹,

Reiter²,

Rosenfeld³

et al. 2012

JAMA

115

101

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“…Many studies have examined a range of ways to identify the attributes desired in candidates for admission to health professions education programs, including several reports on the physician assistant (PA) and physical therapist (PT) professions [1-7]. However, to date there is no clear consensus on the best admissions processes in terms of measurable and consistent reliability and validity, and the continued use of multiple interview formats and consideration of many other non-cognitive variables such as personal statements and reference letters contributes to the inherent subjectivity of admission decisions.…”

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Imperfect physician assistant and physical therapist admissions processes in the United States

Jones¹,

Simpkins

Hocking

2014

J Educ Eval Health Prof

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We compared and contrasted physician assistant and physical therapy profession admissions processes based on the similar number of accredited programs in the United States and the co-existence of many programs in the same school of health professions, because both professions conduct similar centralized application procedures administered by the same organization. Many studies are critical of the fallibility and inadequate scientific rigor of the high-stakes nature of health professions admissions decisions, yet typical admission processes remain very similar. Cognitive variables, most notably undergraduate grade point averages, have been shown to be the best predictors of academic achievement in the health professions. The variability of non-cognitive attributes assessed and the methods used to measure them have come under increasing scrutiny in the literature. The variance in health professions students’ performance in the classroom and on certifying examinations remains unexplained, and cognitive considerations vary considerably between and among programs that describe them. One uncertainty resulting from this review is whether or not desired candidate attributes highly sought after by individual programs are more student-centered or graduate-centered. Based on the findings from the literature, we suggest that student success in the classroom versus the clinic is based on a different set of variables. Given the range of positions and general lack of reliability and validity in studies of non-cognitive admissions attributes, we think that health professions admissions processes remain imperfect works in progress.

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“…Although the interview modalities were standardized, the specific MMI stations did not have demonstrated reliability and validity evidence. [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Our survey lacks validity evidence, and obtaining feedback from applicants on the day of the interview may have introduced social desirability bias.…”

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Mini Surgical Simulation, Role Play, and Group and Behavioral Interviews in Resident Selection

Ogunyemi

Alexander

Tangchitnob

et al. 2016

Journal of Graduate Medical Education

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A Comparison of Behavioral and Multiple Mini-Interview Formats in Physician Assistant Program Admissions

Cited by 20 publications

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Association Between a Medical School Admission Process Using the Multiple Mini-interview and National Licensing Examination Scores

Association Between a Medical School Admission Process Using the Multiple Mini-interview and National Licensing Examination Scores

Imperfect physician assistant and physical therapist admissions processes in the United States

Mini Surgical Simulation, Role Play, and Group and Behavioral Interviews in Resident Selection

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