Can we Improve on how we Select Medical Students?

Hughes, Patricia

doi:10.1177/014107680209500106

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“…Exam performance or GPA even as objective measures of intellectual ability have been shown to have drawbacks, and interviews have been shown to be an appropriate complement to examination scores (Morris, 1999). Examination scores also fail to capture the SES dimension of students, even though SES has been shown to be a major causal determinant of academic performance (Hughes, 2002). Previous studies have not paid adequate attention to the role of socioeconomic status on medical school admissions and academic performance (McHarg et al, 2007).…”

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“…There are many studies in the literature concerning the selection of personal qualities in the medical school admissions process, but they offer little guidance on how best to assess these characteristics (Albanese et al, 2003;Benbassat & Baumal, 2007;Hughes, 2002;Kulatunga-Moruzi & Norman, 2002;Lumsden, Bore, Millar, Jack, & Powis, 2005;Parry et al, 2006;Reiter & Eva, 2005). Furthermore, studies on the value, reliability, and validity of interviews have produced quite variable results (Hughes, 2002;Kay-Lambkin, Pearson, & Rolfe, 2002;Morris, 1999;Story & Mercer, 2005). Thus, the pervasive tendency to adopt noncognitive admissions criteria, however, is inconsistent with their uncertain value (Hughes, 2002;Morris, 1999).…”

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“…Furthermore, studies on the value, reliability, and validity of interviews have produced quite variable results (Hughes, 2002;Kay-Lambkin, Pearson, & Rolfe, 2002;Morris, 1999;Story & Mercer, 2005). Thus, the pervasive tendency to adopt noncognitive admissions criteria, however, is inconsistent with their uncertain value (Hughes, 2002;Morris, 1999).…”

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“…They suggest that the use of a standardized, structured interview format can reduce subjectivity and increase the reliability of estimating personal qualities (Albanese, Snow, Skochelak, Huggett, & Farrell, 2003;Edwards, Johnson, & Molidor, 1990;Hughes, 2002;Morris, 1999). Therefore, the NYMU faculty formed an interdisciplinary committee to develop and evaluate a structured interview process.…”

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A Longitudinal Study of the Impact of Interviews on Medical School Admissions in Taiwan

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Tsai

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Medical schools in Taiwan have recently adopted the U.S. medical school admissions model by incorporating interviews into the selection process. The objective of this study was to investigate factors that contribute to successful medical school applications through the national entrance examination and interview admission routes. The sample consisted of survey data from five entry cohorts of medical students admitted to the National Yang-Ming University Faculty of Medicine from 2003 to 2007. Of the 513 students, 62% were admitted through the traditional national entrance examination route and 38% were admitted early after achieving a threshold score on the composite national exam followed by a structured interview. Students admitted through the interview route were more likely to be female, with an odds ratio (OR) of 2.17 (1.20-3.93). Maternal education level was an independent predictor of both early admission through a successful interview and higher medical school grade point average (GPA). Students admitted through the interview route had a 3.20 point higher first-year medical school GPA (p < .001) as determined by regression analyses. Those students who were admitted via interview did not have significantly different personality traits than those admitted through the traditional route. This study calls into question the ability of an admissions interview to select for noncognitive character traits.

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A Longitudinal Study of the Impact of Interviews on Medical School Admissions in Taiwan

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“…Medical educators, perhaps vainly, pay a lot of attention to the design of the curriculum and little to the selection of students. Hughes has posed the question, “Can we select better medical students?”1 Surely we can, and we should then apply the aphorism “first do no harm” to our medical education programmes.…”

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