Friedman C P, Trier W C, Thomas C G
Office of Research and Development for Education in the Health Professions, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
J Med Educ. 1987 Nov;62(11):886-94. doi: 10.1097/00001888-198711000-00003.
The present paper is a report of the evaluation and subsequent revision of a selection system for surgical house officers. The authors conducted a series of studies to determine the content validity, concurrent validity, and predictive validity of the system used by the surgery department prior to 1982. The results did not support the validity of that ranking system. In particular, the system was found not to evaluate candidates on criteria considered important by the faculty. Based on these findings, the department adopted a new ranking system organized around a multimethod-multitrait matrix (that is, using multiple methods to assess multiple traits) and based on a new set of traits that had been identified as important in the earlier validity studies. The new system has been used for five years, since 1982, with acceptance and favorable evaluation by the faculty. During that period, the median and mean rank of candidates who were matched to the residency program improved.
本文是关于外科住院医师选拔系统评估及后续修订的报告。作者开展了一系列研究，以确定1982年之前外科部门所使用系统的内容效度、同时效度和预测效度。结果并不支持该排名系统的效度。特别是，该系统被发现没有依据教员认为重要的标准来评估候选人。基于这些发现，该部门采用了一种新的排名系统，该系统围绕多方法多特质矩阵构建（即使用多种方法评估多种特质），并基于一组在早期效度研究中被确定为重要的新特质。自1982年以来，新系统已使用了五年，得到了教员的认可和好评。在此期间，与住院医师培训项目匹配的候选人的中位数和平均排名有所提高。
