Conference
Medical School Admissions: Enhancing the Reliability and Validity of an Autobiographical Screening Tool
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Most medical school applicants are screened out preinterview. Some cognitive scores available preinterview and some noncognitive scores available at interview demonstrate reasonable reliability and predictive validity. A reliable preinterview noncognitive measure would relax dependence upon screening based entirely on cognitive tendencies.
METHOD: In 2005, applicants interviewing at McMaster University's Michael G. DeGroote School …
Authors
Dore KL; Hanson M; Reiter HI; Blanchard M; Deeth K; Eva KW
Volume
81
Pagination
pp. s70-s73
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
10 2006
DOI
10.1097/01.acm.0000236537.42336.f0
Conference proceedings
Academic Medicine
Issue
10
ISSN
1040-2446