Kulkarni Chetana A, Rasasingham Raj, Woods Nicole N, Gorman Daniel A, Szatmari Peter, Hanson Mark D
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Front Psychiatry. 2021 Apr 20;12:650317. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.650317. eCollection 2021.
The child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) subspecialty training program at the University of Toronto was among the first fully accredited CAP programs in Canada. As one of Canada's largest CAP subspecialty programs, we attract many excellent applicants annually. While objectivity and transparency in the selection of candidates have been valued, it was unclear which applicant attributes should be prioritized. This quality improvement project was undertaken to identify the key applicant attributes that should be prioritized for admission to the program. An initial list of attributes was compiled by project team members and feedback solicited. Through iterative design, this list was categorized into "end products," "branding attributes" and "generic attributes." The "end products" were removed as these represented outputs of training rather than attributes on which applicant selection should be based. Subsequent steps involved only the "branding" and "generic" attributes. A consensus-building exercise led to the creation of two short-lists of five attributes within each category. Finally, a paired-comparison forced choice methodology was used to determine the ranking of these attributes in order of importance when assessing applicants. The final lists of "generic" and "branding" attributes developed through a consensus-building exercise are presented in rank order based on the paired-comparison methodology. The overall response rate for the forced choice electronic survey was 49% of faculty and learners. This project used an iterative process of consensus building & pairwise comparison to prioritize key attributes for assessing trainee selection to the program. Going forward, these attributes will be incorporated into the file review and interview portions of our admissions process. In addition to emphasizing these priority attributes in admissions, there are implications for other aspects of the program including curriculum and faculty development, as well as guiding the overall mission and vision for the Division. A similar process could be undertaken by other training programs seeking to identify priority attributes for admission to their programs.
多伦多大学的儿童与青少年精神病学（CAP）专科培训项目是加拿大首批获得全面认证的CAP项目之一。作为加拿大最大的CAP专科项目之一，我们每年吸引众多优秀申请者。虽然在候选人选拔中重视客观性和透明度，但不清楚哪些申请者特质应被优先考虑。开展这个质量改进项目是为了确定该项目录取时应优先考虑的关键申请者特质。项目团队成员编制了一份特质初始清单并征求反馈意见。通过反复设计，这份清单被归类为“最终成果”“品牌特质”和“通用特质”。“最终成果”被剔除，因为它们代表的是培训产出，而非应作为申请者选拔依据的特质。后续步骤仅涉及“品牌”和“通用”特质。通过共识构建活动，在每个类别中创建了两份各包含五个特质的简短清单。最后，采用配对比较强制选择方法来确定这些特质在评估申请者时按重要性排序的名次。通过共识构建活动得出的“通用”和“品牌”特质最终清单，根据配对比较方法按名次顺序列出。强制选择电子调查的总体回复率为教职员工和学员的49%。本项目采用了反复的共识构建和成对比较过程，以确定评估学员进入该项目选拔的关键特质优先级。未来，这些特质将被纳入我们招生流程的档案审查和面试环节。除了在招生中强调这些优先特质外，该项目的其他方面也会受到影响，包括课程设置和师资发展，以及指导该部门的总体使命和愿景。其他寻求确定其项目录取优先特质的培训项目也可采用类似流程。
