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How many schools adopt interviews during the student admission process across the health professions in the United States of America?

Health profession schools use interviews during the admissions process to identify certain non-cognitive skills that are needed for success in diverse, inter-professional settings. This study aimed to assess the use of interviews during the student admissions process across health disciplines at sch...

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Autores principales: Glazer, Greer, Startsman, Laura F., Bankston, Karen, Michaels, Julia, Danek, Jennifer C., Fair, Malika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korea Health Personnel Licensing Examination Institute 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4789565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26924541
http://dx.doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2016.13.12
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author Glazer, Greer
Startsman, Laura F.
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Michaels, Julia
Danek, Jennifer C.
Fair, Malika
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description Health profession schools use interviews during the admissions process to identify certain non-cognitive skills that are needed for success in diverse, inter-professional settings. This study aimed to assess the use of interviews during the student admissions process across health disciplines at schools in the United States of America in 2014. The type and frequency of non-cognitive skills assessed were also evaluated. Descriptive methods were used to analyze a sample of interview rubrics collected as part of a national survey on admissions in the health professions, which surveyed 228 schools of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, and public health. Of the 228 schools, 130 used interviews. The most desirable non-cognitive skills from 34 schools were identified as follows: communication skills (30), motivation (22), readiness for the profession (17), service (12), and problem-solving (12). Ten schools reported using the multiple mini-interview format, which may indicate potential for expanding this practice. Disparities in the use of interviewing across health professions should be verified to help schools adopt interviews during student admissions processes.
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spelling pubmed-47895652016-03-16 How many schools adopt interviews during the student admission process across the health professions in the United States of America? Glazer, Greer Startsman, Laura F. Bankston, Karen Michaels, Julia Danek, Jennifer C. Fair, Malika J Educ Eval Health Prof Brief Report Health profession schools use interviews during the admissions process to identify certain non-cognitive skills that are needed for success in diverse, inter-professional settings. This study aimed to assess the use of interviews during the student admissions process across health disciplines at schools in the United States of America in 2014. The type and frequency of non-cognitive skills assessed were also evaluated. Descriptive methods were used to analyze a sample of interview rubrics collected as part of a national survey on admissions in the health professions, which surveyed 228 schools of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, and public health. Of the 228 schools, 130 used interviews. The most desirable non-cognitive skills from 34 schools were identified as follows: communication skills (30), motivation (22), readiness for the profession (17), service (12), and problem-solving (12). Ten schools reported using the multiple mini-interview format, which may indicate potential for expanding this practice. Disparities in the use of interviewing across health professions should be verified to help schools adopt interviews during student admissions processes. Korea Health Personnel Licensing Examination Institute 2016-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4789565/ /pubmed/26924541 http://dx.doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2016.13.12 Text en © 2016, Korea Health Personnel Licensing Examination Institute This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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How many schools adopt interviews during the student admission process across the health professions in the United States of America?
title How many schools adopt interviews during the student admission process across the health professions in the United States of America?
title_full How many schools adopt interviews during the student admission process across the health professions in the United States of America?
title_fullStr How many schools adopt interviews during the student admission process across the health professions in the United States of America?
title_full_unstemmed How many schools adopt interviews during the student admission process across the health professions in the United States of America?
title_short How many schools adopt interviews during the student admission process across the health professions in the United States of America?
title_sort how many schools adopt interviews during the student admission process across the health professions in the united states of america?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4789565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26924541
http://dx.doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2016.13.12
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