Can Multiple Mini-Interviews Predict Academic Performance of Dental Students? A Two-Year Follow-Up.
Prior research has shown that students' previous grade point average (GPA) is the best predictor for future academic success. However, it can only partly predict the variability in dental school performance. The aim of this study was to assess the predictive value of multiple mini-interviews (MMI) as an admission criterion by comparing them with the academic performance of dental students over a two-year period. All incoming undergraduate dental students at the King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Dentistry (KAUFD) during academic year 2013-14 were invited to participate in MMI. Students rotated through six objective structured clinical exam (OSCE)-like stations for 30 minutes total and were interviewed by two trained faculty interviewers at each station. The stations were focused on noncognitive skills thought to be essential to academic performance at KAUFD. The academic performance of these students was then followed for two years and linked to their MMI scores. A total of 146 students (71 males and 75 females) participated in an interview (response rate=92.9%). Most students scored in the acceptable range at each MMI station. Students' total MMI score, ambitions, and motives were significant predictors of GPA during the two years of follow-up (p<0.038 and p<0.001, respectively). In this study, MMI was found to be able to predict future academic performance of undergraduate dental students.
Dr. Alaki is Associate Professor and Consultant Pediatric Dentist, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Dr. Yamany, a Diplomate ABOMR, is Assistant Professor, Oral Diagnostic Sciences Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Dr. Shinawi is Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Dr. Hassan is Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Department of Biostatistics, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt; and Dr. Tekian is Associate Dean for International Affairs and Associate Professor, Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago. salagy@kau.edu.sa.
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Alaki
Dr. Alaki is Associate Professor and Consultant Pediatric Dentist, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Dr. Yamany, a Diplomate ABOMR, is Assistant Professor, Oral Diagnostic Sciences Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Dr. Shinawi is Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Dr. Hassan is Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Department of Biostatistics, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt; and Dr. Tekian is Associate Dean for International Affairs and Associate Professor, Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Yamany
Dr. Alaki is Associate Professor and Consultant Pediatric Dentist, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Dr. Yamany, a Diplomate ABOMR, is Assistant Professor, Oral Diagnostic Sciences Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Dr. Shinawi is Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Dr. Hassan is Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Department of Biostatistics, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt; and Dr. Tekian is Associate Dean for International Affairs and Associate Professor, Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Shinawi
Dr. Alaki is Associate Professor and Consultant Pediatric Dentist, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Dr. Yamany, a Diplomate ABOMR, is Assistant Professor, Oral Diagnostic Sciences Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Dr. Shinawi is Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Dr. Hassan is Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Department of Biostatistics, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt; and Dr. Tekian is Associate Dean for International Affairs and Associate Professor, Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Hassan
Dr. Alaki is Associate Professor and Consultant Pediatric Dentist, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Dr. Yamany, a Diplomate ABOMR, is Assistant Professor, Oral Diagnostic Sciences Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Dr. Shinawi is Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Dr. Hassan is Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Department of Biostatistics, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt; and Dr. Tekian is Associate Dean for International Affairs and Associate Professor, Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago.
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D004497:Education, Dental; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D013335:Students, Dental; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult
assessment; dental education; dental school admissions; school admission criteria