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A structured panel interview and group exercise in the selection of medical students
Author(s) -
Collins J P,
White G R,
Petre K J,
Willoughby E W
Publication year - 1995
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.1365-2923.1995.tb00021.x
Subject(s) - psychology , medical education , medical school , selection (genetic algorithm) , principal (computer security) , applied psychology , medicine , computer science , artificial intelligence , operating system
SUMMARY The selection of entrants for medical school, as now widely agreed, should include measurements of non‐academic as well as academic attributes. The authors have developed a process to assess the personal attributes of applicants. This included a structured panel interview carried out twice on each applicant by independent interviewers and a group exercise in which several applicants were observed whilst discussing a problem. Training for interviewers took the form of a half‐day interactive workshop. One hundred and forty‐one school‐leaving applicants completed the new assessment. No relationship was found between academic achievement as reflected by marks in a national examination and scores in the panel interview, the group exercise, or the school principal's report. However, significant intercorrelations were found between the panel interview, group exercise and school report. The results of this experience have encouraged the Auckland School to continue to explore methods to measure these attributes in a carefully controlled study.