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Table 6 Costs of the 2009 procedure

From: Cutting costs of multiple mini-interviews – changes in reliability and efficiency of the Hamburg medical school admission test between two applications

2009 procedure

Scientist (50 $/h)

Admin staff (30 $/h)

Actor (10 $/h)

Student (13 $/h)

Material

Total

Hours

$

Hours

$

Hours

$

Hours

$

$

$

Writing and adaptation of 12 scenarios and score sheets

475

23,750

       

23,750

Organization of test runs

  

24

720

     

720

Test runs

180

9,000

24

720

36

360

36

468

1,500

12,048

Total costs for development of 12 stations

655

32,750

48

1,440

36

360

36

468

1,500

36,518

Room acquisition

  

3

90

     

90

Rater recruitment and allocation

3

150

15

450

     

600

Training of actors

50

2,500

  

150

1,500

   

4,000

Invitation of / feedback to candidates

  

5

150

     

150

Printing of score sheets

  

5

150

  

10

130

200

480

Preparation and clearance of rooms

5

250

10

300

  

25

325

 

875

Rater training and testing of candidates

480

24,000

25

750

150

1,500

120

1,560

 

27,810

Catering for raters

        

1,500

1,500

Scanning of score sheets and data analysis

10

500

20

600

     

1,100

Total costs for implementation

548

27,400

83

2,490

300

3,000

155

2,015

1,500

36,405

Additional costs for first implementation

100

5,000

100

3,000

  

50

650

1,500

10,150

Total costs for 80 candidates

1,303

65,150

231

6,930

336

3,360

241

3,133

4,700

83,073