Sydney Medical School - Education Office, The University of Sydney, Edward Ford Building A27, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Sydney Medical School - Concord, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
BMC Med Educ. 2018 Jan 25;18(1):21. doi: 10.1186/s12909-018-1128-z.
Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs) are being used by a growing number of postgraduate training programs and medical schools as their interview process for selection entry. The Australian General Practice and Training (AGPT) used a National Assessment Centre (NAC) approach to selection into General Practice (GP) Training, which include MMIs. Interviewing is a resource intensive process, and implementation of the MMI requires a large number of interviewers, with a number of candidates being interviewed simultaneously. In 2015, 308 interviewers participated in the MMI process - a decrease from 340 interviewers in 2014, and 310 in 2013. At the same time, the number of applicants has steadily increased, with 1930 applications received in 2013; 2254 in 2014; and 2360 in 2015. This has raised concerns regarding the increasing recruitment needs, and the need to retain interviewers for subsequent years of MMIs. In order to investigate interviewers' reasons for participating in MMIs, we utilised self-determination theory (SDT) to consider interviewers' motivation to take part in MMIs at national selection centres.
In 2015, 308 interviewers were recruited from 17 Regional Training Providers (RTPs) to participate in the MMI process at one of 15 NACs. For this study, a convenience sample of NAC sites was used. Forty interviewers were interviewed (n = 40; 40/308 = 13%) from five NACs. Framework analysis was used to code and categorise data into themes.
Interviewers' motivation to take part as interviewers were largely related to their sense of duty, their desire to contribute their expertise to the process, and their desire to have input into selection of GP Registrars; a sense of duty to their profession; and an opportunity to meet with colleagues and future trainees. Interviewers also highlighted factors hindering motivation, which sometimes included the large number of candidates seen in one day.
Interviewers' motivation for contributing to the MMIs was largely related to their desire to contribute to their profession, and ultimately improve future patient care. Interviewers recognised the importance of interviewing, and felt their individual roles made a crucial contribution to the profession of general practice. Good administration and leadership at each NAC is needed. By gaining an understanding of interviewers' motivation, and enhancing this, engagement and retention of interviewers may be increased.
越来越多的研究生培训项目和医学院正在使用多项迷你面试（MMI）作为其面试过程的选择入口。澳大利亚普通实践和培训（AGPT）采用国家评估中心（NAC）方法选择进入普通实践（GP）培训，其中包括 MMIs。面试是一项资源密集型的过程，实施 MMI 需要大量的面试官，同时面试多名候选人。2015 年，有 308 名面试官参与了 MMI 过程-与 2014 年的 340 名面试官和 2013 年的 310 名面试官相比有所减少。与此同时，申请人的数量稳步增加，2013 年收到 1930 份申请；2014 年为 2254 份；2015 年为 2360 份。这引起了人们对不断增加的招聘需求以及需要保留面试官以进行后续 MMI 年的关注。为了调查面试官参与 MMIs 的原因，我们利用自我决定理论（SDT）来考虑面试官在国家选拔中心参与 MMIs 的动机。
2015 年，从 17 个区域培训提供商（RTP）中招募了 308 名面试官，在 15 个 NAC 中的一个参加 MMI 过程。对于本研究，使用了 NAC 地点的便利样本。从五个 NAC 中采访了 40 名面试官（n=40; 308/40=13%）。使用框架分析对数据进行编码和分类为主题。
面试官参与面试的动机主要与他们的责任感、为该过程贡献专业知识的愿望以及对 GP 注册医师选择的投入愿望有关；对其职业的责任感；并提供与同事和未来学员见面的机会。面试官还强调了阻碍动机的因素，其中有时包括在一天内看到的大量候选人。
面试官参与 MMIs 的动机主要与他们为自己的职业做出贡献的愿望有关，最终改善未来的患者护理。面试官认识到面试的重要性，并认为他们的个人角色对普通实践专业做出了至关重要的贡献。每个 NAC 都需要良好的管理和领导力。通过了解面试官的动机并增强这一点，可能会增加面试官的参与度和保留率。
