Reliability of a regional junior doctor recruitment process.
BACKGROUND
Recruitment to Paediatric Senior House Officer (SHO) posts has traditionally been undertaken by each individual hospital trust. This study looks at a regional recruitment process.


METHODS
Shortlisting was carried out in a single day marking application forms according to set criteria. A 3 station interview was used.


RESULTS
Reliability for both shortlisting and interviews was high (G co-efficients > or = 0.8).


CONCLUSIONS
This regional recruitment process for SHOs showed high reliability and is a model applicable to all specialties.
Goodyear
Helen M
HM
Birmingham Heartlands Hospitals, UK. Helen.Goodyear@wmdeanery.org
Jyothish
Deepthi
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Diwakar
Vinod
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Wall
David
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D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000592:standards*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D006113:United Kingdom; D000078329:Workforce