The Standardized Video Interview: How Does It Affect the Likelihood to Invite for a Residency Interview?

Background The Association of American Medical Colleges instituted a standardized video interview (SVI) for all applicants to emergency medicine (EM). It is unclear how the SVI affects a faculty reviewer's decision on likelihood to invite an applicant (LTI) for an interview. Objectives The obje...

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Published in:AEM education and training 2019-07, Vol.3 (3), p.226-232
Main Authors: Husain, Abbas, Li, Ida, Ardolic, Brahim, Bond, Michael C., Shoenberger, Jan, Shah, Kaushal H., Chung, Arlene S., Dermark, Jeffrey Van, Bronner, Jonathan M., White, Melissa, Taylor, Todd, Cygan, Lukasz, Caputo, William, Silver, Matthew, Krauss, William C., Egan, Daniel J., Weizberg, Moshe, Runde, Daniel P.
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Summary:Background The Association of American Medical Colleges instituted a standardized video interview (SVI) for all applicants to emergency medicine (EM). It is unclear how the SVI affects a faculty reviewer's decision on likelihood to invite an applicant (LTI) for an interview. Objectives The objective was to determine whether the SVI affects the LTI. Methods Nine Accreditation Council of Graduate Medication Education (ACGME)‐accredited EM residency programs participated in this prospective, observational study. LTI was defined on a 5‐point Likert scale as follows: 1 = definitely not invite, 2 = likely not invite, 3 = might invite, 4 = probably invite, 5 = definitely invite. LTI was recorded at three instances during each review: 1) after typical screening (blinded to the SVI), 2) after unblinding to the SVI score, and 3) after viewing the SVI video. Results Seventeen reviewers at nine ACGME‐accredited residency programs participated. We reviewed 2,219 applications representing 1,424 unique applicants. After unblinding the SVI score, LTI did not change in 2,065 (93.1%), increased in 85 (3.8%) and decreased in 69 (3.1%; p = 0.22). In subgroup analyses, the effect of the SVI on LTI was unchanged by United States Medical Licensing Examination score. However, when examining subgroups of SVI scores, the percentage of applicants in whom the SVI score changed the LTI was significantly different in those that scored in the lower and upper subgroups (p 
ISSN:2472-5390
2472-5390
DOI:10.1002/aet2.10331