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Influence of the interview on ranking in the residency selection process
Author(s) -
GONG H.,
PARKER N. H.,
APGAR F. A.,
SHANK CANDACE
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1984.tb01284.x
Subject(s) - interview , ranking (information retrieval) , personnel selection , psychology , selection (genetic algorithm) , medical education , applied psychology , medicine , computer science , statistics , information retrieval , sociology , mathematics , artificial intelligence , anthropology
Summary The authors evaluated semi‐quantitatively the influence of the personal interview on the ranking of internal medicine residency applicants by teaching staff interviewers. Pre‐ and post‐interview rankings of 236 student applicants were compared. Approximately a third of the applicants were ranked more favourably, a third less, and a third remained unchanged following the interview. The magnitude and implications of the post‐interview changes in rankings are discussed. Although the interview is a controversial component of the residency selection process, the present study indicates that the interview experience can have a major influence on the interviewer of an applicant and the interviewer's ranking of an applicant in a training programme's match list.