Journal article
Effect of Applicant Gender on Multiple Mini-Interview Admissions Score
The journal of physician assistant education, Vol.30(1), pp.54-56
03/2019
DOI: 10.1097/JPA.0000000000000234
PMID: 30720706
Abstract
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.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Effect of Applicant Gender on Multiple Mini-Interview Admissions Score
- Creators
- Theresa Hegmann - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The journal of physician assistant education, Vol.30(1), pp.54-56
- DOI
- 10.1097/JPA.0000000000000234
- PMID
- 30720706
- ISSN
- 1941-9430
- eISSN
- 1941-9449
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2019
- Academic Unit
- Physician Assistant Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9984295055502771
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