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Best Practices for Reducing Bias in the Interview Process
Journal article   Open access   Peer reviewed

Best Practices for Reducing Bias in the Interview Process

Ilana Bergelson, Chad Tracy and Elizabeth Takacs
Current urology reports, Vol.23(11), pp.319-325
10/12/2022
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-022-01116-7
PMCID: PMC9553626
PMID: 36222998
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11934-022-01116-7View
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Abstract

Purpose of Review Objective measures of residency applicants do not correlate to success within residency. While industry and business utilize standardized interviews with blinding and structured questions, residency programs have yet to uniformly incorporate these techniques. This review focuses on an in-depth evaluation of these practices and how they impact interview formatting and resident selection. Recent Findings Structured interviews use standardized questions that are behaviorally or situationally anchored. This requires careful creation of a scoring rubric and interviewer training, ultimately leading to improved interrater agreements and biases as compared to traditional interviews. Blinded interviews eliminate even further biases, such as halo, horn, and affinity bias. This has also been seen in using multiple interviewers, such as in the multiple mini-interview format, which also contributes to increased diversity in programs. These structured formats can be adopted to the virtual interviews as well. Summary There is growing literature that using structured interviews reduces bias, increases diversity, and recruits successful residents. Further research to measure the extent of incorporating this method into residency interviews will be needed in the future.
 Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology Urology & Nephrology

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