The Standardized Video Interview: How Does It Affect the Likelihood to Invite for a Residency Interview?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Association of American Medical Colleges instituted a standardized video interview (SVI) for all applicants to emergency medicine (EM). It is unclear how the SVI affects a faculty reviewer's decision on likelihood to invite an applicant (LTI) for an interview.

Objectives

The objective was to determine whether the SVI affects the LTI.

Methods

Nine Accreditation Council of Graduate Medication Education (ACGME)-accredited EM residency programs participated in this prospective, observational study. LTI was defined on a 5-point Likert scale as follows: 1 = definitely not invite, 2 = likely not invite, 3 = might invite, 4 = probably invite, 5 = definitely invite. LTI was recorded at three instances during each review: 1) after typical screening (blinded to th

SUBMITTER: Husain A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6637009 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature