Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University.
Eval Health Prof. 2010 Jun;33(2):140-63. doi: 10.1177/0163278710361920. Epub 2010 Mar 31.
Medical schools in Taiwan have recently adopted the U.S. medical school admissions model by incorporating interviews into the selection process. The objective of this study was to investigate factors that contribute to successful medical school applications through the national entrance examination and interview admission routes. The sample consisted of survey data from five entry cohorts of medical students admitted to the National Yang-Ming University Faculty of Medicine from 2003 to 2007. Of the 513 students, 62% were admitted through the traditional national entrance examination route and 38% were admitted early after achieving a threshold score on the composite national exam followed by a structured interview. Students admitted through the interview route were more likely to be female, with an odds ratio (OR) of 2.17 (1.20-3.93). Maternal education level was an independent predictor of both early admission through a successful interview and higher medical school grade point average (GPA). Students admitted through the interview route had a 3.20 point higher first-year medical school GPA (p < .001) as determined by regression analyses. Those students who were admitted via interview did not have significantly different personality traits than those admitted through the traditional route. This study calls into question the ability of an admissions interview to select for noncognitive character traits.
台湾的医学院校最近采用了美国医学院校的招生模式，将面试纳入招生过程。本研究的目的是通过全国入学考试和面试录取途径，探讨有助于成功申请医学院的因素。样本由 2003 年至 2007 年期间国家阳明大学医学系录取的五批入学学生的调查数据组成。在 513 名学生中，62%是通过传统的全国入学考试途径录取的，38%是在全国考试综合成绩达到一定分数线后通过结构化面试提前录取的。通过面试途径录取的学生更有可能是女性，优势比（OR）为 2.17（1.20-3.93）。母亲的教育水平是通过成功面试和更高的医学院平均绩点（GPA）提前录取的独立预测因素。通过面试途径录取的学生的第一学年医学院 GPA 高出 3.20 分（p <.001），这是通过回归分析确定的。通过面试录取的学生与通过传统途径录取的学生在人格特质方面没有显著差异。本研究质疑招生面试选拔非认知特质的能力。
