Evaluating selected internship candidates and their subsequent performances.
The authors compared selection criteria with subsequent performances of housestaff on a medical service over a 13-year period. The selection criteria studied included class rank, grades in the four major clinical clerkships, scores on the National Board of Medical Examiners Part I examination, Alpha Omega Alpha membership, and numerical ranking by the intern selection committee. Only the last criterion correlated significantly (p = .0015) with subsequent housestaff performance. The synthesis of all available information by an intern selection committee is valuable in choosing candidates with future promise.
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Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus.
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D002983:Clinical Competence; D004521:Educational Measurement; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D012570:School Admission Criteria