title: The multiple mini-interviews as a predictor of peer evaluations during clinical training in medical school.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Multiple Mini-Interviews (MMI) is an admissions tool being used for more than a decade by medical schools worldwide to assess non-cognitive skills. In Israel, in addition to the MMI tool, two questionnaires are given to the candidates. It has been necessary to find a relevant criterion to examine the predictive validity of the MMI test. The measure developed in this study was a peer assessment tool which was filled out during clerkship.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The study aims at evaluating the predictive validity of the MMI and two questionnaires when compared with the peer assessment tool.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety nine fourth-year medical students were included in this study. All of them went through the MMI test before the beginning of their studies. The students participated in two clinical rotations and were divided into 10 groups, each consisting of 9-12 students. This study is based on assessments given to 99 students. Every member of a group evaluated his fellow members on a number of attribute. The questionnaire included 10 statements, related to a particular attributes. In addition two concluding questions were included. Pearson correlations were used to test the relationships between pre-admission variables (MMI and two questionnaires) and the peer assessments.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistically significant, moderate correlations between the general MOR and MIRKAM scores and the sum of the questionnaire assessments were 0.39 and 0.37, respectively (P-value <0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study provides important evidence for the validity of the MMI. Additional studies are required to reevaluate the predicted validity of the MMI.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , Soroka Medical Center , Beer Sheva , Israel.
authors.forename: Aviel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hadad
authors.affiliation: b National Institute for Testing and Evaluation (NITE) , Jerusalem , Israel.
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gafni
authors.affiliation: b National Institute for Testing and Evaluation (NITE) , Jerusalem , Israel.
authors.forename: Avital
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moshinsky
authors.affiliation: b National Institute for Testing and Evaluation (NITE) , Jerusalem , Israel.
authors.forename: Elliot
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Turvall
authors.affiliation: c Israel Center for Medical Simulation , Sheba Medical Center , Tel-Hashomer , Israel.
authors.forename: Amitai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ziv
authors.affiliation: d Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health , Hebrew University-Hadassah , Jerusalem , Israel.
authors.forename: Avi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Israeli
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D003099:College Admission Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D012737:Sex Factors