Hegmann Theresa
Theresa Hegmann, MPAS, PA-C, is a clinical professor and director of curriculum and evaluation in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies and Services, Carver College of Medicine, at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
J Physician Assist Educ. 2019 Mar;30(1):54-56. doi: 10.1097/JPA.0000000000000234.
Admissions criteria for physician assistant (PA) schools vary considerably, but they often involve a combination of academic measures, noncognitive "humanistic" qualities, and mission-related items. To address noncognitive attributes, some PA schools have implemented the multiple mini-interview (MMI) format developed at McMaster University in Canada. This research project looked at differences in interview scores by gender over 3 consecutive admissions cycles at one PA program.
Three years of pre-existing de-identified data gathered as part of the routine admissions process were analyzed retrospectively using SPSS-v25.
Data were available for all interviewees for 2015, 2016, and 2017 (N = 350 total). Between-group differences were not statistically significant by gender. Reliability (Cronbach's α) was 0.865 for academic scoring and 0.694 for MMI scoring.
Analysis of 3 years of admissions data from a single program did not show evidence for gender bias in MMI scores. Although this result is reassuring, it requires continued monitoring and replication.
医师助理（PA）学校的录取标准差异很大，但通常涉及学术指标、非认知“人文”素质和与使命相关的项目的综合考量。为了评估非认知属性，一些PA学校采用了加拿大麦克马斯特大学开发的多重迷你面试（MMI）形式。本研究项目考察了一个PA项目连续三个招生周期中面试分数的性别差异。
使用SPSS-v25对作为常规招生过程一部分收集的三年预先匿名的数据进行回顾性分析。
2015年、2016年和2017年所有受访者的数据均可用（总数N = 350）。按性别划分的组间差异无统计学意义。学术评分的信度（Cronbach's α）为0.865，MMI评分的信度为0.694。
对单一项目三年招生数据的分析未显示MMI分数存在性别偏见的证据。尽管这一结果令人安心，但仍需要持续监测和重复验证。
