Journal article
Examining the influence of using same versus different questions on the reliability of the medical school preadmission interview
Teaching and learning in medicine, Vol.18(1), pp.4-8
2006
DOI: 10.1207/s15328015tlm1801_2
PMID: 16354132
Abstract
Researchers generally recommend a structured format for the medical school preadmission interview (MSPI). However, the relative benefits of various elements of structure remain unexamined.
In this study, we compared the performance of a highly structured interview format with a semistructured format. Specifically, we examined how the reliability of interview ratings is likely to change when using the same versus different questions for each applicant being interviewed.
Variance components from a generalizability (G) study of a structured interview are used in decision studies to compare the relative efficiency of using the same versus different questions for each applicant.
Using different questions for each interviewee is practically as reliable as using the same questions for all applicants (G = .55 vs. .57, respectively).
Because there are a number of drawbacks to using the same questions for all applicants (i.e., security and validity) and little advantage in terms of increased reliability, the semistructured question format should be considered when conducting the MSPI. A suggested method of implementing a semistructured interview is by presenting each applicant a set of questions randomly drawn from a pool of interview questions.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Examining the influence of using same versus different questions on the reliability of the medical school preadmission interview
- Creators
- Clarence D Kreiter - University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1000, USA. clarence-kreiter@uiowa.eduCatherine SolowRobert L BrennanPing YinKristi FergusonKathi Huebner
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Teaching and learning in medicine, Vol.18(1), pp.4-8
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1207/s15328015tlm1801_2
- PMID
- 16354132
- ISSN
- 1040-1334
- eISSN
- 1532-8015
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2006
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Family and Community Medicine; General Internal Medicine; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984025296902771
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