a Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine , Dongguk University , Goyang , South Korea.
b Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine , Dongguk University , Goyang , South Korea.
Med Educ Online. 2018 Dec;23(1):1485433. doi: 10.1080/10872981.2018.1485433.
In Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs), the candidates start out with different stations depending on the sequence of rotation they are assigned; thus, their perceived difficulty level and nervousness with their first station may differ. We examined whether such differences influenced the candidates' overall performance in the MMI. A 32-item questionnaire was developed and administered to candidates for admission interviews at a medical school regarding their perceptions of the MMI. Candidates' interview scores were also obtained and were compared across groups who differed in the sequence of rotation of MMI stations. Candidates felt nervous when they encountered the first station, which did not differ regardless of which station was their first encounter. Candidates were neutral regarding whether their first station was more difficult than the others and about whether its difficulty level influenced their overall performance in the test. Although candidates' perceived station difficulty differed across stations, there were no differences in their performance in each station between those it was their first station and those it was not. Candidates' total interview scores also did not differ across groups of different sequence of rotations. The MMI is a fair process as it does not give disadvantage to those who encounter a more difficult station than others for their first station.
在多站式面试（MMI）中，考生根据抽签顺序进入不同的站点；因此，他们对第一个站点的难度和紧张感可能会有所不同。我们考察了这种差异是否会影响考生在 MMI 中的整体表现。我们针对医学院的招生面试向考生发放了一份 32 项的调查问卷，以了解他们对 MMI 的看法。我们还获取了考生的面试成绩，并比较了在 MMI 站点抽签顺序不同的考生群体之间的成绩差异。考生在遇到第一个站点时会感到紧张，而无论他们遇到的第一个站点是哪个，这种紧张感都没有差异。考生对于自己的第一个站点是否比其他站点更难以及该站点的难度是否会影响他们在考试中的整体表现持中立态度。尽管考生对各个站点的难度感知存在差异，但对于那些第一个站点是某个站点的考生和那些第一个站点不是某个站点的考生，他们在每个站点的表现没有差异。考生的总分也没有因抽签顺序的不同而存在差异。MMI 是一个公平的过程，因为它不会让那些第一个站点比其他人更难的考生处于劣势。
