Assessment Centre
Dr Jane Kidd
Warwick Medical School
Assessment Centre Process
History and collaboration
Process
Outcomes
History and Collaboration
Medical Schools Council
Department of Health
Work Psychology Partnership
Barts
Competencies
Communication skills
Effective learning style
Empathy
Initiative and resilience
Insight and integrity
Organisation and problem solving
Team working
Why did we take the plunge?
Graduate Entry Programme
Relatively new medical school
Unease about then current process
- supplementary application form
- value of interviews
- effectiveness at assessing competencies expected by GMC
Prior to attendance at Assessment Centre: Candidates
UCAS statement
- Achieved or predicted to achieve a 2i or 1st in the biological, health, natural or physical sciences
- Academic reference
- Personal statement
- reviewed by 2 assessors
UKCAT score
Process
Each Assessment Centre runs for half a day
Each candidate completes 3 tasks
Observed by 3 different assessors
Rated on competencies specific to the task
The three tasks
Video-based exercise
(CS, EM, INI, IR, LS)
Group working exercise
(CS, OPS, TW, IR)
Written exercise
(EM, OPS, TW, INI)
Timetable for candidates
Registration
Candidate briefing
Task 1
Task 2
Break
Task 3
Research and Evaluation Questionnaire
Candidate debriefing
Timetable for Assessors
Attend training - Certificate of Attendance
Attend briefing
Allocated to task for the session
Observe and record behaviours
Classify behaviours
Evaluate behaviours
Determine overall exercise rating
Participate in “wash up”
Data analysis
Competencies weighted
Total score calculated
Offers made
Administrative support
With 48 candidates per session
- 21 assessors
- 4 task facilitators
- At Warwick we have chaperones for the video-based interview (1st year students)
- Leads for Admissions
- Administrators and clerical (registration, photographs, data checking)
Candidates views of process
Acceptability
Educational impact
Validity
Future outcomes
Predictive validity of the process
Unintentional advantage to specific groups of applicants
Review the research and evaluation data
Questions?