The Impact of the Interview in Pediatric Residency Selection

How We Select Our Residents—A Survey of Selection Criteria in General Surgery Residents

“…13,16,17 Personal biases have also been evaluated correlating interviewer access to USMLE scores and academic resumes to higher interview scores for applicants with higher levels of academic performance based on those objective criteria. Swanson et al 7 suggested incorporating blinded interviews (where the interviewer would not have any information on the candidate before the interview) into the selection process to give candidates a better opportunity to ex- press their communication skills, emotional stability, and personality without the bias provided by the objective and subjective factors documented in the academic record.…”

Can performance in medical school predict performance in residency? A compilation and review of correlative studies

“…6 In addition to their known use as a screening tool in certain programs and specialties, USMLE step 1 scores have been shown to correlate with the final National Resident Matching Program rank list, indicating either continued use in later stages of the Match, or true correlation with the strength and competence of the applicants. 17 When PDs evaluated residents using the form of Durning et al, 15 both steps 1 and 2 correlated significantly with the expertise domain, but failed to correlate with the professionalism domain, suggesting that the USMLE may only predict perceived cognitive competence. Indeed, studies of residents in multiple specialties have shown a positive correlation between USMLE scores and ITE or board examination scores, with the exception of two studies.…”

“…6 Multiple studies have shown the interview to be the most important factor in the determination of the final National Resident Matching Program rank for individual programs. 17,56 There are many different formats for interviews with variations in the number of interviews, interviewers, length, content, and factors evaluated. In addition, interviews often differ in their degree of blinding.…”

“…Three studies found that interview scores were significantly affected depending on whether or J AM ACAD DERMATOL VOLUME 65, NUMBER 5 not interviewers were provided with applicant USMLE scores before the interview, with higher USMLE scores leading to higher interview scores. 17,57,58 Hauge et al 59 found that blinded interviewers tended to rate known candidates higher than unknown, a tendency that was reversed with open-file interviews.…”

Assessment centres for core medical training: how do the assessors feel this compares with the traditional interview?

“…Interview, used alone, has limited capacity to enable the candidate to demonstrate all the relevant skills and attributes needed for the post. [4][5][6][7][8][9] Competency-based assessment has been utilised in the UK for selection in surgery, neurology, paediatrics and general practice and, in the last of these, validated against performance in post. [8][9][10][11] The use of an assessment centre, incorporating a variety of assessment tools and including, usually, some form of interview, is now common practice for selection into general practice in the UK.…”