The Impact of the Interview in Pediatric Residency Selection
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Subjects
All subjects in the study submitted applications for a position as a pediatric house officer at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) between the years 1999 and 2002. The data from 935 candidates' files were reviewed; data included date of birth, medical school attended, USMLE Step 1 scores, interview scores, selection committee scores, and final rank number on the list for the NRMP. In the academic year 1999–2000, 330 candidates accepted on-site interview invitations to the hospital.
RESULTS
Table 1 shows the demographic characteristics of the 935 candidates who interviewed for the residency program during 2000, 2001, and 2002. Among the group, the mean age was 27.2 ± 2.5, mean ± SD (range 23–39). Women comprised 67% (626/935) of applicants, while 30% of candidates (282/934) who interviewed for spots in the residency program were listed as members of AOA. There was a broad distribution of USMLE Step 1 scores among candidates who interviewed (range 181 to 269, 227.7 ± 17.1, mean ±
DISCUSSION
Papp et al6 stated that a resident's performance is a function of both who an individual is when admitted and who she or he becomes while in the program. Although the magnitude of the correlation was modest, our results demonstrate that knowledge of a candidate's USMLE score may bias the selection process. When USMLE scores were available to interviewers, trends in interview scores paralleled USMLE scores. However, in both 2001 and 2002, when non-ISC interviewers were blinded to USMLE scores,
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