Trust Me, I Know Them: Assessing Interpersonal Bias in Surgery Residency Interviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Residency selection integrates objective and subjective data sources. Interviews help assess characteristics like insight and communication but have the potential for bias. Structured multiple mini-interviews may mitigate some elements of bias; however, a halo effect is described in assessments of medical trainees, and degree of familiarity with applicants may remain a source of bias in interviews.

Objective

To investigate the extent of interviewer bias that results from pre-interview knowledge of the applicant by comparing file review and interview scores for known versus unknown applicants.

Methods

File review and interview scores of applicants to the University of Ottawa General Surgery Residency Training Program from 2019 to 2021 were gathered retrospec

SUBMITTER: Towaij C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9200259 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature