Abstract
Background. Family Medicine Residency Program at the Aga Khan University has applicants for the residency position in excess of the positions offered resulting in formulation of certain selection criteria. The objective of this study was to compare MMI versus semistructured interviews for assessing noncognitive domains in the selection of residents. The secondary objectives were to determine perceptions of the interviewers and candidates for the acceptability and feasibility of MMI as a selection tool. Methods. The candidates underwent semistructured interviews along with MMI and identical attributes were tested in both. The attributes tested were safe doctor, communication skills, professionalism, problem solving, team approach, ethical issues, reasons for selecting family medicine, and commitment to the program. Descriptive statistics were calculated and comparison between ratings for MMI and interview was performed by Wilcoxon sign rank test. Results. Total number of candidates was 14. On comparison between interview and MMI, the scores were not statistically different for all attributes except ethics (mean interview scores: 3.04, mean MMI scores: 2.5, and P value 0.046). Conclusion. The study showed no difference between MMI and semistructured interviews. However, it needs to be replicated in order to determine the predictive validity and feasibility of MMI over time.
Highlights
Medicine Residency Program at the Aga Khan University has applicants for the residency position in excess of the positions offered resulting in formulation of certain selection criteria
Fifty percent (4 out of 8) interviewers were unsure of the feasibility of conducting an Multiple Mini-Interview (MMI) compared to the interviews
All but one of the interviewers thought that interviews can be replaced by MMI
Summary
Medicine Residency Program at the Aga Khan University has applicants for the residency position in excess of the positions offered resulting in formulation of certain selection criteria. The objective of this study was to compare MMI versus semistructured interviews for assessing noncognitive domains in the selection of residents. The secondary objectives were to determine perceptions of the interviewers and candidates for the acceptability and feasibility of MMI as a selection tool. The candidates underwent semistructured interviews along with MMI and identical attributes were tested in both. The study showed no difference between MMI and semistructured interviews. It needs to be replicated in order to determine the predictive validity and feasibility of MMI over time. Residency positions offered are generally limited as compared to the number of candidates applying resulting in certain selection criteria [1]. Challenges to reliability and validity of interviews remain due to lack of training, structuring, and variation in scoring [4, 5]
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