Pharmacy Practice, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064, United States.
Pharmacy Practice, The University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy, 1601 Parkview Avenue, Rockford, IL, 61107, United States.
Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2021 Mar;13(3):288-291. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2020.10.010. Epub 2020 Oct 29.
Acceptance to pharmacy school relies on data such as grade point average (GPA) and Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) scores in addition to holistic review. The interview is the final step in finding successful applicants. This study sought to identify if faculty interviewers had an impact on prospective students' decisions to accept an offer of admission to our college of pharmacy.
A seven-year retrospective review of applicants granted an offer of admission was conducted. Analyses determined if interviewer assignment impacted yield of students matriculating into the program.
Fifty-two different faculty interviewed 1634 applicants who were subsequently offered admission during the seven-years of review; of these applicants, 482 matriculated (yield 29.5%). Ten faculty interviewers provided 1020 (62.4%) of these interviews, with 302 applicants matriculating (yield 29.6%). Univariate analysis of these 10 interviewers did not find a significant difference in yield. Matriculation between the highest and lowest yielding faculty members trended toward a difference but was not statistically significant. Lower cumulative GPA, lower quantitative PCAT, lack of a bachelor's degree or higher, and interviewing later in the admissions cycle correlated with a higher matriculation yield (P < 0.05).
Faculty interviewers did not impact an applicant's decision to accept an offer of admission to pharmacy school. Interviewing late in the admissions cycle, not having a bachelor's degree, lower cumulative GPA, and lower quantitative PCAT score correlated with increased matriculation yield.
除了整体评估外，药学专业的录取还取决于平均绩点（GPA）和药学院入学考试（PCAT）成绩等数据。面试是找到成功申请者的最后一步。本研究旨在确定教师面试官是否会影响未来学生接受我们药学院录取的决定。
对获得录取通知书的申请人进行了为期七年的回顾性研究。分析确定了面试官的分配是否会影响学生入读该项目的人数。
52 位不同的教师面试了 1634 名在七年审查期间获得录取通知书的申请人；其中，482 名学生入学（入学率为 29.5%）。10 位教师面试官提供了 1020 次（62.4%）面试，其中 302 名学生入学（入学率为 29.6%）。对这 10 位面试官的单变量分析并未发现入学率存在显著差异。最高和最低招生人数之间的入学人数呈差异趋势，但无统计学意义。累积 GPA 较低、定量 PCAT 较低、没有学士学位或更高学历、以及在招生周期后期面试与较高的入学率相关（P < 0.05）。
教师面试官不会影响申请人接受药学专业录取通知书的决定。在招生周期后期面试、没有学士学位、较低的累积 GPA 和较低的定量 PCAT 分数与更高的入学率相关。
