A comparison of multiple mini-interviews and structured interviews in a UK setting
Medical TeacherPublished 28 February 2011
Aileen O’Brien, J L Harvey, Muriel S. Shannon, Kenton Lewis, Oswaldo Valencia
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MMIs are reliable, feasible and acceptable to both applicants and interviewers and will shed more light on the validity of MMI as a way of measuring applicants’ potential to become professional, successful doctors.
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MMIs are reliable, feasible and acceptable to both applicants and interviewers. Longitudinal research will shed more light on the validity of MMI as a way of measuring applicants' potential to become professional, successful doctors.
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