Harris Susanna, Owen Cathy
Medical Education Unit, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Med Educ. 2007 Mar;41(3):234-41. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2007.02682.x.
To describe the development and pilot testing of a set of admissions instruments based on the McMaster University multiple mini-interview (MMI) and designed to assess desirable, non-cognitive characteristics in order to inform final decisions on candidate selection for entry to medical school.
Community and faculty consultation on desirable, non-cognitive characteristics of medical students informed the development of a 10-station interview. Two stations occurred as part of a group problem-based learning scenario and 8 occurred as individual observations. All interviewers were trained. Interviews were offered to 115 candidates on an academic merit list. Interview performance was used to exclude candidates considered unsuitable, but not to re-order the academic merit list. Admissions decisions were examined in terms of individual interview station performance.
This method proved to be an efficient process by which to interview candidates and to determine suitability. Retained and rejected candidates had significantly different total scores and mean scores for each station. Ten independent observations contributed to each decision, without significant interviewer or logistic burden. Candidates reported high levels of satisfaction with the interview process.
Admissions interviews can be streamlined and efficient, yet remain informative. A longitudinal study is in progress to evaluate the value of the admissions processes in predicting successful graduation to medical practice.
描述一套基于麦克马斯特大学多重迷你面试（MMI）开发并用于试点测试的录取工具，该工具旨在评估理想的非认知特征，为医学院入学候选者的最终选拔决策提供参考。
通过社区和教师就医学生理想的非认知特征进行咨询，从而开发出一个包含10个站点的面试。其中两个站点作为基于小组问题的学习场景的一部分，另外8个站点为单独观察。所有面试官均经过培训。向115名学术成绩榜上的候选者提供面试机会。面试表现用于排除被认为不合适的候选者，但不用于重新排列学术成绩榜。根据各个面试站点的表现来审视录取决定。
该方法被证明是一种面试候选者并确定其是否合适的有效方式。被录取和被淘汰的候选者在每个站点的总分和平均分存在显著差异。每个录取决定有10个独立观察结果作为依据，且没有给面试官带来显著负担，也没有后勤方面的压力。候选者对面试过程满意度较高。
录取面试可以精简且高效，同时仍能提供有用信息。一项纵向研究正在进行中，以评估录取流程在预测医学实践成功毕业方面的价值。
