Comparative Study on Medical Student Personality Traits between Interview and Non-interview Admission Method in University Sains Malaysia

Azman, Muhammad Az-zuhri; Yaacob, Nor Azwany; Yusoff, Muhammad Saiful Bahri; Noor, Syed Hatim

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.01.560

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“…This is in line with earlier research showing significantly lower neuroticism scores among students who were admitted based on an interview than among students who were admitted based on a non-interview process. [ 23 ] It is possible that the voluntary nature of the selection processes induces self-selection of emotionally stable applicants. The stress of an entire day of assessments might affect applicants who are less emotionally stable more strongly than other applicants, and cause them to wait for the lottery.…”

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How Different Medical School Selection Processes Call upon Different Personality Characteristics

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BackgroundResearch indicates that certain personality traits relate to performance in the medical profession. Yet, personality testing during selection seems ineffective. In this study, we examine the extent to which different medical school selection processes call upon desirable personality characteristics in applicants.Methods1019 of all 1055 students who entered the Dutch Bachelor of Medicine at University of Groningen, the Netherlands in 2009, 2010 and 2011 were included in this study. Students were admitted based on either top pre-university grades (n = 139), acceptance in a voluntary multifaceted selection process (n = 286), or lottery weighted for pre-university GPA. Within the lottery group, we distinguished between students who had not participated (n = 284) and students who were initially rejected (n = 310) in the voluntary selection process. Two months after admission, personality was assessed with the NEO-FFI, a measure of the five factor model of personality. We performed ANCOVA modelling with gender as a covariate to examine personality differences between the four groups.ResultsThe multifaceted selection group scored higher on extraversion than all other groups(p<0.01), higher on conscientiousness than both lottery-admitted groups(p<0.01), and lower on neuroticism than the lottery-admitted group that had not participated in the voluntary selection process. The latter group scored lower on conscientiousness than all other groups(p<0.05) and lower on agreeableness than the multifaceted selection group and the top pre-university group(p<0.01).ConclusionsDifferences between the four admission groups, though statistically significant, were relatively small. Personality scores in the group admitted through the voluntary multifaceted selection process seemed most fit for the medical profession. Personality scores in the lottery-admitted group that had not participated in this process seemed least fit for the medical profession. It seems that in order to select applicants with suitable personalities, an admission process that calls upon desirable personality characteristics is beneficial.

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“…Few studies that relate personality traits with the existent medical selection tools show that different selection processes call upon different personality traits (Azman et al 2014;Griffin and Wilson 2012;Jerant et al 2012;Schripsema et al 2014;Schripsema et al 2016). For instance, if MMI performance is associated with extraversion (Griffin and Wilson 2012;Jerant et al 2012), it has been shown that the admitted medical students with higher top pre-university grades have higher conscientiousness scores when compared to the lottery-admitted group (Schripsema et al 2014;Schripsema et al 2016).…”

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Self-report personality tests and medical school selection

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2016

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Background: There has been a growing interest on the assessment of personality when selecting medical students. However, how faking may affect its usefulness has been poorly addressed. Therefore, we aimed to assess the faking effect on self-report personality tests in the selection process of graduates to a medical school. Methods: Sixty-seven graduates admitted as medical students completed the 60-item NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability short-form scale at the stage of applying (baseline assessment) and after they had already been admitted (follow-up assessment). Reliability was assessed by the intra-class correlation coefficient and means of the personality traits compared by two paired sample t tests. Results: At baseline assessment, the participants showed higher scores on the conscientiousness and lower scores on the neuroticism traits, respectively, 40.3 vs. 38.5 (p = 0.026) and 17.0 vs. 18.5 (p = 0.089). Also, at the follow-up assessment, the participants with low social desirability scored higher on the traits of openness to experience (−1.63 vs. 1.12, p = 0.036), conscientiousness (−3.09 vs. 0.03, p = 0.022), and neuroticism (3.88 vs. −0. 69, p = 0.012). Conclusions: Our study does not suggest the use of self-report personality assessment in medical student's selection as it can be faked particularly among applicants with low social desirability. Research is required to evaluate the faking effect on indirect personality assessment, namely through the tools that aim to select non-academic characteristics.

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“…D esde hace varias décadas, las entrevistas en los procesos de selección de estudiantes para las escuelas de Medicina han sido repetidamente objeto de discusión. No obstante, se ha investigado muy poco sobre la utilidad de la entrevista clásica en la admisión de los futuros médicos 1,2 .…”

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“…Un hallazgo que se puede tomar a favor de la entrevista lo presentaron Azman et al 1 ; estos investigadores observaron que los estudiantes admitidos por entrevistas puntuaron más alto en rasgos de personalidad como extroversión, escrupulosidad, agradabilidad y franqueza y más bajo en neuroticismo que aquellos elegidos sin entrevista. Mientras que Rahbar et al 2 observaron que las puntuaciones en la entrevista de admisión fueron pobres predictores del rendimiento en Anatomía, Bioquímica y Salud Comunitaria e, inclusive, los estudiantes con altas puntuaciones en la entrevista mostraron calificaciones más bajas en Fisiología.…”

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“…El proceso de selección de estudiantes de medicina y otras profesiones es un proceso complejo, sin que en la actualidad se cuente con una solución definitiva que siga principios de objetividad, justicia y equidad. La entrevista tradicional no es la mejor opción 1,2 . Sin duda, la utilización de un conjunto o batería de instrumentos o mini-entrevistas que evalúen diferentes habilidades, capacidades o destrezas puede facilitar una mejor selección de estudiantes; sin embargo, los estudios no son concluyentes 1,7,10 .…”

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