TY - JOUR
T1 - Students versus faculty members as admissions interviewers
T2 - Comparisons of ratings data and admissions decisions
AU - Eddins-Folensbee, Florence F.
AU - Harris, Toi Blakley
AU - Miller-Wasik, Melody
AU - Thompson, Bruce
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - Purpose: To explore variations both in interview ratings data and in medical school admissions decisions when current medical students do and do not participate in interviewing applicants. Methods: The research team conducted this randomized controlled trial by performing identical analyses for each of six independent cohorts of applicants (n = 3,868) to Baylor College of Medicine for the academic years 2005-2006 through 2010-2011. A pair of randomly selected interviewers-either two faculty members or a faculty member and a student-interviewed each applicant in a one-on-one interview. Results: Interviewer pairs randomly structured to include either two faculty members (n = 1,523) or one faculty member and one student (n = 2,345) produced ratings of similar means as well as homogeneity across ratings. The structure of the rater pairs, as expected, was not predictive of the final admissions decisions after the authors took into account Medical College Admission Test scores and grade point average. Conclusions: These results, showing that student involvement does not compromise the ratings of interviewed applicants, support the continued involvement of students in medical school admissions interviews.
AB - Purpose: To explore variations both in interview ratings data and in medical school admissions decisions when current medical students do and do not participate in interviewing applicants. Methods: The research team conducted this randomized controlled trial by performing identical analyses for each of six independent cohorts of applicants (n = 3,868) to Baylor College of Medicine for the academic years 2005-2006 through 2010-2011. A pair of randomly selected interviewers-either two faculty members or a faculty member and a student-interviewed each applicant in a one-on-one interview. Results: Interviewer pairs randomly structured to include either two faculty members (n = 1,523) or one faculty member and one student (n = 2,345) produced ratings of similar means as well as homogeneity across ratings. The structure of the rater pairs, as expected, was not predictive of the final admissions decisions after the authors took into account Medical College Admission Test scores and grade point average. Conclusions: These results, showing that student involvement does not compromise the ratings of interviewed applicants, support the continued involvement of students in medical school admissions interviews.
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U2 - 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318249687d
DO - 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318249687d
M3 - Article
C2 - 22361799
AN - SCOPUS:84859434166
VL - 87
SP - 458
EP - 462
JO - Academic Medicine
JF - Academic Medicine
SN - 1040-2446
IS - 4
ER -