Multiple Mini-Interviews in the Age of the Internet: Does Preparation Help Applicants to Medical School?
| Autor: | Avital Moshinsky, David Ziegler, Naomi Gafni |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Medical education
020205 medical informatics Social Psychology business.industry Item bank 02 engineering and technology Test validity Reuse Coaching Education Test (assessment) 03 medical and health sciences Norm-referenced test 0302 clinical medicine Modeling and Simulation 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Achievement test The Internet 030212 general & internal medicine business Psychology Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Testing. 17:253-268 |
| ISSN: | 1532-7574 1530-5058 |
| Popis: | Many medical schools have adopted multiple mini-interviews (MMI) as an advanced selection tool. MMIs are expensive and used to test only a few dozen candidates per day, making it infeasible to develop a different test version for each test administration. Therefore, some items are reused both within and across years. This study investigated the influence of item reuse and familiarity with test structure on scores for a high-stakes non-cognitive test administered every year to hundreds of medical school applicants. The results show no evidence that reusing items makes the test easier or less differentiating. Data are consistent across years, test versions and item types. Two additional aspects of familiarity with test structure and test items were examined: whether retaking the test has an effect and how candidates prepare for the test. It was found that retaking the test in and of itself does not result in higher scores. Notwithstanding the results, in the age of the Internet, test developers must assume ... |
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