title: The reliability and acceptability of the Multiple Mini-Interview as a selection instrument for postgraduate admissions.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Multiple Mini-Interview (MMI) is useful in selecting undergraduate medical trainees. Postgraduate applicant pools have smaller numbers of more homogeneous candidates that must be actively recruited while being assessed. This paper reports on the MMI's use in assessing residency candidates.
  
  
  METHODS
  Canadian and international medical graduates to three residency programs--obstetrics-gynecology and pediatrics (McMaster University) and internal medicine (University of Alberta)--underwent the MMI for residency selection (n = 484) in 2008 and 2009. Reliability was determined and candidates and interviewers completed an exit survey assessing acceptability.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall reliability of the MMI was acceptable, ranging from 0.55 to 0.72. Using 10 stations would increase reliability to 0.64-0.79. Eighty-eight percent of candidates believed they could accurately portray themselves, while 90% of interviewers believed they could reasonably judge candidates' abilities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The MMI provides a reliable way to assess residency candidates that is acceptable to both candidates and assessors across a variety of programs.
authors.affiliation: McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. dore@mcmaster.ca
authors.forename: Kelly L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Dore
authors.forename: Sharyn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kreuger
authors.forename: Moyez
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ladhani
authors.forename: Darryl
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rolfson
authors.forename: Doris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kurtz
authors.forename: Kulamakan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kulasegaram
authors.forename: Amie J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Cullimore
authors.forename: Geoffrey R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Norman
authors.forename: Kevin W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Eva
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: Harold I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Reiter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000416:Alberta; D003099:College Admission Test; D003657:Decision Making; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005260:Female; D005550:Foreign Medical Graduates; D006176:Gynecology / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards*; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods*; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D011361:Professional Competence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results