COVID 19 : designing and conducting an online mini-multiple interview (MMI) in a dynamic landscape
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic presented numerous, significant challenges for medical schools, including how to select the best candidates from a pool of applicants when social distancing and other measures prevented "business as usual" admissions processes. However, selection into me...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1545762021-12-28T08:18:16Z COVID 19 : designing and conducting an online mini-multiple interview (MMI) in a dynamic landscape Cleland, Jennifer Chu, Jowe Lim, Samuel Low, Jamie Low-Beer, Naomi Kwek, Tong Kiat Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) Science::Medicine Undergraduate Medicine Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic presented numerous, significant challenges for medical schools, including how to select the best candidates from a pool of applicants when social distancing and other measures prevented "business as usual" admissions processes. However, selection into medical school is the gateway to medicine in many countries, and it is critical to use processes which are evidence-based, valid and reliable even under challenging circumstances. Our challenge was to plan and conduct a multiple-mini interview (MMI) in a dynamic and stringent safe distancing context.Methods: This paper reports a case study of how to plan, re-plan and conduct MMIs in an environment where substantially tighter safe distancing measures were introduced just before the MMI was due to be delivered.Results: We report on how to design and implement a fully remote, online MMI which ensured the safety of candidates and assessors.Discussion: We discuss the challenges of this approach and also reflect on broader issues associated with selection into medical school during a pandemic. The aim of the paper is to provide broadly generalizable guidance to other medical schools faced with the challenge of selecting future students under difficult conditions. 2021-12-28T08:18:16Z 2021-12-28T08:18:16Z 2020 Journal Article Cleland, J., Chu, J., Lim, S., Low, J., Low-Beer, N. & Kwek, T. K. (2020). COVID 19 : designing and conducting an online mini-multiple interview (MMI) in a dynamic landscape. Medical Teacher, 42(7), 776-780. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2020.1762851 0142-159X https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154576 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1762851 32412815 2-s2.0-85085355345 7 42 776 780 en Medical Teacher © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group |
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Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic presented numerous, significant challenges for medical schools, including how to select the best candidates from a pool of applicants when social distancing and other measures prevented "business as usual" admissions processes. However, selection into medical school is the gateway to medicine in many countries, and it is critical to use processes which are evidence-based, valid and reliable even under challenging circumstances. Our challenge was to plan and conduct a multiple-mini interview (MMI) in a dynamic and stringent safe distancing context.Methods: This paper reports a case study of how to plan, re-plan and conduct MMIs in an environment where substantially tighter safe distancing measures were introduced just before the MMI was due to be delivered.Results: We report on how to design and implement a fully remote, online MMI which ensured the safety of candidates and assessors.Discussion: We discuss the challenges of this approach and also reflect on broader issues associated with selection into medical school during a pandemic. The aim of the paper is to provide broadly generalizable guidance to other medical schools faced with the challenge of selecting future students under difficult conditions. |
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