Evaluation of Validity Evidence for Personality, Emotional Intelligence, and Situational Judgment Tests to Identify Successful Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The ability to identify candidates who will thrive and successfully complete their residency is especially critical for general surgery programs.

Objective

To assess the extent to which 3 screening tools used extensively in industrial selection settings-emotional intelligence (EQ), personality profiles, and situational judgment tests (SJTs)-could identify successful surgery residents.

Design, setting, and participants

In this analysis, personality profiles, EQ assessments, and SJTs were administered from July through August 2015 to 51 postgraduate year 1 through 5 general surgery residents in a large general surgery residency program. Associations between these variables and residency performance were investigated through correlation and hierarchical regres

SUBMITTER: Gardner AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6145666 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature