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- Title
The influence of MCAT and GPA preadmission academic metrics on interview scores.
- Authors
Gay, Steven E.; Santen, Sally A.; Mangrulkar, Rajesh S.; Sisson, Thomas H.; Ross, Paula T.; Zaidi, Nikki L. Bibler
- Abstract
Medical school admissions interviews are used to assess applicants' nonacademic characteristics as advocated by the Association of American Medical Colleges' Advancing Holistic Review Initiative. The objective of this study is to determine whether academic metrics continue to significantly influence interviewers' scores in holistic processes by blinding interviewers to applicants' undergraduate grade point averages (uGPA) and Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). This study examines academic and demographic predictors of interview scores for two applicant cohorts at the University of Michigan Medical School. In 2012, interviewers were provided applicants' uGPA and MCAT scores; in 2013, these academic metrics were withheld from interviewers' files. Hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to examine the influence of academic and demographic variables on overall cohort interview scores. When interviewers were provided uGPA and MCAT scores, academic metrics explained more variation in interview scores (7.9%) than when interviewers were blinded to these metrics (4.1%). Further analysis showed a statistically significant interaction between cohort and uGPA, indicating that the association between uGPA and interview scores was significantly stronger for the 2012 unblinded cohort compared to the 2013 blinded cohort (β = .573, P < .05). By contrast, MCAT scores had no interactive effects on interviewer scores. While MCAT scores accounted for some variation in interview scores for both cohorts, only access to uGPA significantly influenced interviewers' scores when looking at interaction effects. Withholding academic metrics from interviewers' files may promote assessment of nonacademic characteristics independently from academic metrics.
- Subjects
UNITED States; UNIVERSITY &; college admission; MEDICAL College Admission Test; PREDICTIVE validity; GRADE point average; UNDERGRADUATES; MEDICAL education; YOUNG adults; HIGHER education; EDUCATIONAL test &; measurement standards; COMPARATIVE studies; EDUCATIONAL tests &; measurements; INTERVIEWING; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL schools; MEDICAL cooperation; MEDICAL students; PSYCHOLOGY of medical students; REGRESSION analysis; RESEARCH; EVALUATION research; SCHOOL entrance requirements; PREDICTIVE tests
- Publication
Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2018, Vol 23, Issue 1, p151
- ISSN
1382-4996
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s10459-017-9779-9