Journal article
Investigating the reliability of the medical school admissions interview
Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice, Vol.9(2), pp.147-159
2004
DOI: 10.1023/B:AHSE.0000027464.22411.0f
PMID: 15141132
Abstract
Purpose: Determining the valid andfair use of the interview for medical schooladmissions is contingent upon a demonstrationof the reproducibility of interview scores. This study seeks to establish thegeneralizability of interview scores, firstassessing the existing research evidence, andthen analyzing data from a non-experimentalindependent replications research design.Methods: Multivariate andunivariate generalizability analyses areconducted using data from a structuredinterview obtained from a population of medicalschool applicants over two years.Results: The existing literaturedoes not provide sufficient evidence regardinginterview reliability. In this study,interview scores derived from a standardizedinterview were found to display low to moderatelevels of reliability. Interview scores do notappear to possess the level of precision foundwith other measures commonly used to facilitateadmissions decisions.Discussion/Conclusion: Given theresults obtained, the fairness of using theinterview as a highly influential component ofthe admission process is called into question. Methods for using interview data in apsychometrically defensible fashion arediscussed. Specifically, attention to decisionreliability provides guidance on how interviewscores can best be integrated into theadmissions process.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Investigating the reliability of the medical school admissions interview
- Creators
- Clarence D KREITER - University of Iowa, College of Medicine, United StatesPing Yin - University of Iowa, College of Education, United StatesCatherine SOLOW - University of Iowa, College of Medicine, United StatesRobert L BRENNAN - Center for Advanced Studies in Measurement and Assessment, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice, Vol.9(2), pp.147-159
- Publisher
- Springer; Heidelberg
- DOI
- 10.1023/B:AHSE.0000027464.22411.0f
- PMID
- 15141132
- ISSN
- 1382-4996
- eISSN
- 1573-1677
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2004
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Family and Community Medicine; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984025257302771
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