Selection of medical students: a controlled experiment

Urlings‐Strop, Louise C.; Stijnen, Theo; Themmen, Axel P. N.; Splinter, Ted A.W.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03267.x

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“…The administration was solely for research purposes and participation was voluntarily. The Erasmus MC Medical School selects students on their participation in extracurricular activities, their performance on five cognitive tests during three on-site testing days (Urlings-Strop et al 2009) and their pre-university Grade Point Average (GPA). The administration of the SJT was conducted during the on-site testing days, using paper-and-pencil.…”

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Scoring method of a Situational Judgment Test: influence on internal consistency reliability, adverse impact and correlation with personality?

Leng

Stegers‐Jager

Husbands

et al. 2016

Adv in Health Sci Educ

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Situational Judgment Tests (SJTs) are increasingly used for medical school selection. Scoring an SJT is more complicated than scoring a knowledge test, because there are no objectively correct answers. The scoring method of an SJT may influence the construct and concurrent validity and the adverse impact with respect to non-traditional students. Previous research has compared only a small number of scoring methods and has not studied the effect of scoring method on internal consistency reliability. This study compared 28 different scoring methods for a rating SJT on internal consistency reliability, adverse impact and correlation with personality. The scoring methods varied on four aspects: the way of controlling for systematic error, and the type of reference group, distance and central tendency statistic. All scoring methods were applied to a previously validated integrity-based SJT, administered to 931 medical school applicants. Internal consistency reliability varied between .33 and .73, which is likely explained by the dependence of coefficient alpha on the total score variance. All scoring methods led to significantly higher scores for the ethnic majority than for the non-Western minorities, with effect sizes ranging from 0.48 to 0.66. Eighteen scoring methods showed a significant small positive correlation with agreeableness. Four scoring methods showed a significant small positive correlation with conscientiousness. The way of controlling for systematic error was the most influential scoring method aspect. These results suggest that the increased use of SJTs for selection into medical school must be accompanied by a thorough examination of the scoring method to be used.

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Section: Methods Proceduresmentioning

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Scoring method of a Situational Judgment Test: influence on internal consistency reliability, adverse impact and correlation with personality?

Leng

Stegers‐Jager

Husbands

et al. 2016

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“…Whenever performance differences are found, however small they are, applying a selection procedure seems favourable over applying weighted lottery (de Visser et al 2016;Lucieer et al 2015;Schripsema et al 2014;Urlings-Strop et al 2009. However, the differences are often not statistically significant (de Visser et al 2016;Hulsman et al 2007;Lucieer et al 2015;Schripsema et al 2014;Stegers-Jager et al 2015;Urlings-Strop et al 2009).…”

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A multi-site study on medical school selection, performance, motivation and engagement

Wouters

Croiset

Schripsema

et al. 2017

Adv in Health Sci Educ

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Medical schools seek ways to improve their admissions strategies, since the available methods prove to be suboptimal for selecting the best and most motivated students. In this multi-site cross-sectional questionnaire study, we examined the value of (different) selection procedures compared to a weighted lottery procedure, which includes direct admission based on top pre-university grade point averages (C8 out of 10; top-pu-GPA). We also considered whether students had participated in selection, prior to being admitted through weighted lottery. Year-1 (pre-clinical) and Year-4 (clinical) students completed standard validated questionnaires measuring quality of motivation (Academic Self-regulation Questionnaire), strength of motivation (Strength of Motivation for Medical School-Revised) and engagement (Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-Student). Performance data comprised GPA and course credits in Year-1 and clerkship performance in Year-4. Regression analyses were performed. The response rate was 35% (387 Year-1 and 273 Year-4 students). Top-pu-GPA students outperformed selected students. Selected Year-1 students reported higher strength of motivation than top-pu-GPA students. Selected students did not outperform or show better quality of motivation and engagement than lotteryadmitted students. Participation in selection was associated with higher engagement and better clerkship performance in Year-4. GPA, course credits and strength of motivation in Year-1 differed between students admitted through different selection procedures. Top-pu- GPA students perform best in the medical study. The few and small differences found raise questions about the added value of an extensive selection procedure compared to a weighted lottery procedure. Findings have to be interpreted with caution because of a low response rate and small group sizes.

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“…En el caso de Medicina, la literatura reconoce que debe seguirse un exigente proceso de selección y acompañamiento a los postulantes, estableciendo ciertas condiciones de entrada que operan en diverso grado como predictores de rendimiento y logro académico en Medicina, entre ellas se encuentran: el rendimiento escolar previo 10,13 y conocimientos académicos específicos, 11 en materias asociadas a asignaturas biomédicas 14 química, biología 6 y otras más específicas como habilidades cognitivas 6,14,15 , inter e intrapersonales 15,16 asociadas a características personales como integridad, responsabilidad y madurez 16,17 . Si bien este último grupo de condiciones no cuenta con evidencia concluyente 12,13 , su valor no radica sólo en el potencial predictivo de niveles de logro, sino en su uso como criterios prospectivos por su vinculación directa con aspectos del razonamiento clínico eficaz 11,18 .…”

Section: La Selección En La Carrera De Medicinaunclassified

“…Estos elementos guardan relación con la conciencia de las emociones y del impacto de éstas en el proceso de toma de decisiones, la capacidad para hacer frente a las emociones problemáticas y modular el estrés, además de la capacidad para mantener relaciones de trabajo efectiva y colaborativas 18 . Por otra parte, la evidencia da cuenta que la inclusión de este tipo de aspectos, además de los cognitivos y los antecedentes académicos, tienden a disminuir la deserción temprana, mejorando los estándares de rendimiento en diversos niveles 13,38 y permanencia en la carrera 15,37 .…”

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Repensando la selección de la carrera de Medicina desde los factores que inciden en la formación

Pérez

et al. 2015

Rev. méd. Chile

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Rethinking the selection of medical students, considering non-cognitive skills Acerca del proceso de selección de postulantes en educación superior L a masificación de la educación superior ha implicado el ingreso de alumnos con diversos niveles de desarrollo de sus habilidades de entrada, reflejando la pluralidad cultural y socioeducativa de sus respectivos orígenes 1 . La instalación de un sistema de selección de estudiantes por más de siete décadas, se ha sustentado en la premisa que no todos los egresados de la enseñanza secundaria cuentan con las habilidades, condiciones, capacidades, aptitudes o competencias para concluir estudios universitarios 2 . Así, el propósito del proceso de selección es certificar un nivel mínimo de desempeño, para aumentar la posibilidad de retención y éxito académico de los estudiantes 3 . No obstante, existe evidencia que indica que este sistema no sería del todo equitativo, marginando a los postulantes de sectores socioeconómicos y socioculturales menos favorecidos 4 . Esta realidad impone a las universidades, el desafío de perfeccionar sus prácticas para optimizar el proceso de formación, adaptación y selección de estos estudiantes, a fin de garantizar una educación con calidad y equidad 5 , por lo que, en los últimos años se han probado variadas fórmulas que permitan asegurar un acceso a la educación superior más igualitaria 6 .Respecto a los procesos de selección de estudiantes para la educación superior, existe evidencia que señala como condiciones predictoras de per-

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Selection of medical students: a controlled experiment

Cited by 63 publications

References 21 publications

Scoring method of a Situational Judgment Test: influence on internal consistency reliability, adverse impact and correlation with personality?

Scoring method of a Situational Judgment Test: influence on internal consistency reliability, adverse impact and correlation with personality?

A multi-site study on medical school selection, performance, motivation and engagement

Repensando la selección de la carrera de Medicina desde los factores que inciden en la formación

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