Lines in the sand: pre-interview rank and probability of receiving admission to medical school

Background: We provide an examination of one medical school’s attempt to determine whether their cut-off point for number of interviews offered is congruent with the probability these applicants’ have for admission post-interview. Methods: Offer probability was determined by organizing pre-intervi...

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Autores principales:	Raquel Burgess, Meredith Vanstone, Margo Mountjoy, Lawrence Grierson
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Publicado:	Canadian Medical Education Journal 2019
Materias:	Education (General) L7-991 Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0b2f671c1bd54113ac13179d983bf6dc2021-12-01T22:43:48ZLines in the sand: pre-interview rank and probability of receiving admission to medical school10.36834/cmej.612751923-1202https://doaj.org/article/0b2f671c1bd54113ac13179d983bf6dc2019-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/61275https://doaj.org/toc/1923-1202Background: We provide an examination of one medical school’s attempt to determine whether their cut-off point for number of interviews offered is congruent with the probability these applicants’ have for admission post-interview. Methods: Offer probability was determined by organizing pre-interview rankings from 2013-2017 (n = 2,659) applicant cohorts into bins of 50 applicants and finding the quotient of successful and total applicants in each bin.A linear-by-linear association Chi-square test and adjusted standardized residuals with an applied Bonferroni correction were used to determine if the observed frequencies in each bin were different than expected by chance. A Spearman Correlation analysis between pre- and post-interview ranks was conducted. Results: All applicants have between a 50.0% and 76.4% chance of admission. Observed frequencies are different than chance (χ(1)=50.835, p<.001), with a significantly greater number of offers seen in the bins between 1 and 100 (p<.001 for both bins). There is a weak positive relationship between pre- and post-rank, rs(2657)= 0.258, p<.001. Conclusion: The results indicate the number of interviews conducted does not exceed a threshold wherein individuals with a relatively low chance of admission are interviewed. Findings are interpreted with respect to ethical resource allocation for both programs and applicants. Raquel BurgessMeredith VanstoneMargo MountjoyLawrence GriersonCanadian Medical Education JournalarticleEducation (General)L7-991Medicine (General)R5-920ENCanadian Medical Education Journal, Vol 10, Iss 3 (2019)
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spellingShingle	Education (General) L7-991 Medicine (General) R5-920 Raquel Burgess Meredith Vanstone Margo Mountjoy Lawrence Grierson Lines in the sand: pre-interview rank and probability of receiving admission to medical school
description	Background: We provide an examination of one medical school’s attempt to determine whether their cut-off point for number of interviews offered is congruent with the probability these applicants’ have for admission post-interview. Methods: Offer probability was determined by organizing pre-interview rankings from 2013-2017 (n = 2,659) applicant cohorts into bins of 50 applicants and finding the quotient of successful and total applicants in each bin.A linear-by-linear association Chi-square test and adjusted standardized residuals with an applied Bonferroni correction were used to determine if the observed frequencies in each bin were different than expected by chance. A Spearman Correlation analysis between pre- and post-interview ranks was conducted. Results: All applicants have between a 50.0% and 76.4% chance of admission. Observed frequencies are different than chance (χ(1)=50.835, p<.001), with a significantly greater number of offers seen in the bins between 1 and 100 (p<.001 for both bins). There is a weak positive relationship between pre- and post-rank, rs(2657)= 0.258, p<.001. Conclusion: The results indicate the number of interviews conducted does not exceed a threshold wherein individuals with a relatively low chance of admission are interviewed. Findings are interpreted with respect to ethical resource allocation for both programs and applicants.
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title	Lines in the sand: pre-interview rank and probability of receiving admission to medical school
title_short	Lines in the sand: pre-interview rank and probability of receiving admission to medical school
title_full	Lines in the sand: pre-interview rank and probability of receiving admission to medical school
title_fullStr	Lines in the sand: pre-interview rank and probability of receiving admission to medical school
title_full_unstemmed	Lines in the sand: pre-interview rank and probability of receiving admission to medical school
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publisher	Canadian Medical Education Journal
publishDate	2019
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Lines in the sand: pre-interview rank and probability of receiving admission to medical school

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