title: Can a structured, behavior-based interview predict future resident success?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether a structured, behavior-based applicant interview predicts future success in an obstetrics and gynecology residency program.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using a modified pre-post study design, we compared behavior-based interview scores of our residency applicants to a postmatch evaluation completed by the applicant's current residency program director. Applicants were evaluated on the following areas: academic record, professionalism, leadership, trainability/suitability for the specialty, and fit for the program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Information was obtained for 45 (63%) applicants. The overall interview score did not correlate with overall resident performance. Applicant leadership subscore was predictive of leadership performance as a resident (P = .042). Academic record was associated with patient care performance as a resident (P = .014), but only for graduates of US medical schools. Five residents changed programs; these residents had significantly lower scores for trainability/suitability for the specialty (P = .020).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Behavioral interviewing can provide predictive information regarding success in an obstetrics and gynecology training program.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, IN 46260, USA. eastrand@stvincent.org
authors: Eric A
authors: EA
authors: Strand
authors: Elizabeth
authors: E
authors: Moore
authors: Douglas W
authors: DW
authors: Laube
mesh_terms: D006176:Gynecology / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education*; D011361:Professional Competence