title: Reliability and acceptability of a five-station multiple mini-interview model for residency program recruitment.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Standard interviews are used by most residency programs in the United States for assessment of aptitude of the non-cognitive competencies, but variability of interviewer skill, interviewer bias, interviewer leniency or stringency, and context specificity limit reliability.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To investigate reliability and acceptability of five-station multiple mini-interview (MMI) model for resident selection into an internal medicine residency program in the United States.
  
  
  METHODS
  One independent academic medical center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred and thirty-seven applicants and 17 faculty interviewers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five, 10-min MMI stations with five different interviewers blinded to the candidate's records and one traditional 20-min interview with the program director. Candidates were rated on two items: interpersonal and communication skills, and overall performance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Generalizability data showed that the reliability of our process was high (>0.9). The results of anonymous surveys demonstrated that both applicants and interviewers consider the MMI as a fair and more effective tool to evaluate non-cognitive traits, and prefer the MMI to standard interviews.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The MMI process for residency interviews can generate reliable interview results using only five stations, and it is acceptable and preferred over standard interview modalities by the applicants and faculty members of one US residency program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Julian Diaz
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Fraga
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Adetokunbo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oluwasanjo
authors.affiliation: Consult-Stat, Macungie, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wasser
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Donato
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alweis
keywords: education; interviews; medical graduate; reliability; residency recruitment