Introduction

Admissions processes for entry-to-practice pharmacy programs across North America vary in the types of information used to decide which students to admit. The use of online interviews emerged at our program as an option to assess basic communication skills and personal traits to supplement traditional achievement measures such as prerequisite course grade point average (GPA) and admissions letters.

Methods

Student cumulative grade, year-by-year grade, and some grades from selected classes were correlated with the interview score for three years of consecutive cohorts. Linear regression was used to explore relationships. A survey was completed by students to understand their views on the use of the online interview process.

Results

There was no relationship seen between the compiled GPA and the interview score. The survey data revealed a strong preference for online compared to face-to-face interviews, with high student agreement that the interviews provide a good opportunity to demonstrate general communication skills. An assessment of the strength of the relationships of interview scores with a set of program GPA outcomes showed limited predictive utility. Scores weakly correlated with performance in communications and skills courses.

Conclusions

Online interviews were preferred over in-person interviews by most students. The lack of strong significant correlations between interview scores and grades suggests that use be judiciously applied in the overall admissions decision-making process.

中文翻译：

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用于选择进入药学实习项目的申请人的在线面试：与绩效和学生观点的关系

介绍

北美地区入门药房项目的招生流程因用于决定录取哪些学生的信息类型而异。在我们的计划中，在线面试的使用作为评估基本沟通技巧和个人特征的一种选择，以补充传统的成绩衡量标准，例如先修课程平均绩点 (GPA) 和录取通知书。

方法

学生的累积成绩、逐年成绩和选定班级的一些成绩与连续三年队列的面试分数相关。线性回归用于探索关系。学生完成了一项调查，以了解他们对使用在线访谈过程的看法。

结果

编译的 GPA 和面试分数之间没有关系。调查数据显示，与面对面访谈相比，更偏爱在线访谈，学生高度认同，访谈提供了展示一般沟通技巧的好机会。对面试分数与一组计划 GPA 结果之间关系强度的评估显示预测效用有限。分数与沟通和技能课程的表现弱相关。

结论

大多数学生更喜欢在线面试而不是面对面的面试。面试分数和成绩之间缺乏强烈的显着相关性，这表明在整个招生决策过程中应谨慎使用。