The validity of the selection methods for recruitment to UK core psychiatry training: cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims and method

Selection into core psychiatry training in the UK uses a computer-delivered Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment (MSRA; a situational judgement and clinical problem-solving test) and, previously, a face-to-face Selection Centre. The Selection Centre assessments were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to evaluate the validity of this selection process using data on 3510 psychiatry applicants. We modelled the ability of the selection scores to predict subsequent performance in the Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competencies (CASC). Sensitivity to demographic characteristics was also estimated.

Results

All selection assessment scores demonstrated positive, statistically significant, independent relationships with CASC performance and were sens

SUBMITTER: Tiffin PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11810473 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature