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Does the Multiple Mini-Interview Address Stakeholder Needs? An Applicant's Perspective

2014; Elsevier BV; Volume: 64; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.01.021

1097-6760

Andrew W. Phillips, Gus M. Garmel,

Diversity and Career in Medicine

INTRODUCTION The multiple mini-interview is an interview format originally created for medical school admissions to provide an objective, validated, and predictive measure for selecting applicants. It is essentially an objective structured clinical evaluation that measures noncognitive characteristics imprecisely defined in the literature to date. Applicants participate in 3 to 12 stations of one-on-one interviews, each lasting 7 to 10 minutes. Each station has 1 unique question that the applicant answers. For example, at one station a candidate may be asked to consider the ethical problems that exist in circumcision, and at another describe possible implications of health care reform. It is important to recognize the multiple mini-interview as an interview format (much like a standardized, written test is a type of test format), rather than a specific tool (such as the Medical College Admissions Test). The success of this new format depends on the complex needs and interactions of the interview process stakeholders, defined in the literature as the applicants, interviewers, and admissions teams.