Assuring Fairness in the Medical School Admission Interview Through Analysis of Rater Difficulty and Consistency

• Main Authors: Markert, Ronald J, Shores, Jay H
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 01.04.1980
• Subjects: Admission Criteria; Bias; College of Osteopathic Medicine TX; Higher Education; Interrater Reliability; Interviews; Medical School Faculty; Medical Schools; Personality Assessment; Predictive Validity; Rating Scales; Reliability

Although unreliable and not predictive of medical school performance, the admission interview continues to be used extensively to collect noncognitive data about medical school applicants. A procedure is suggested for assuring that a group of interviewers assigned to an applicant does not unfairly h...