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Evaluation of the effect of socio-economic status on performance in a multiple mini Interview for admission to medical school
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Taylor, Celia A., Green, Kathryn E. and Spruce, Austen (2015) Evaluation of the effect of socio-economic status on performance in a multiple mini Interview for admission to medical school. Medical Teacher, 37 (1). pp. 59-63. doi:10.3109/0142159X.2014.923562 ISSN 0142-159X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2014.923562
Abstract
INTRODUCTION:
Widening participation in Medicine is a key policy priority as it helps promote a diverse and representative workforce and improves patient care. The selection process employed can influence the socio-economic composition of the student cohort and this study therefore evaluated whether Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) performance was influenced by school type or area-level Higher Education (HE) participation rates.
METHODS:
MMI performance for all UK applicants was recorded and consent to link performance with socio-economic data was requested using an applicant questionnaire. Station-level and total MMI scores, and offer rates were compared between applicants from non-selective, non-fee-paying schools and from selective and/or fee-paying schools; and between applicants from each quintile of area-level HE participation.
RESULTS:
793 applicants were included in the analysis. MMI performance and offer rates were slightly higher for applicants from non-selective, non-fee-paying schools and/or from lower HE participation quintiles, but the effects were small and not statistically significant.
CONCLUSIONS:
The MMI did not favour applicants from selective and/or fee-paying schools, or from areas with high HE participation rates. Work to evaluate whether the relationship between MMI and medical school performance is the same for all sub-groups of students is now required.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Population, Evidence & Technologies (PET) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Medical Teacher | ||||||
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | ||||||
ISSN: | 0142-159X | ||||||
Official Date: | January 2015 | ||||||
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Volume: | 37 | ||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 59-63 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.3109/0142159X.2014.923562 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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