Evaluation of house staff candidates for program fit: a cohort-based controlled study

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Residents’ Academic and Interview Performance at the Time of Application

Performance Dimensions	Group	n	Mean	s.d.	p-value^*	Cohen’s d^**
USMLE Step 1 Score	CONTROL Cohort	44	245.18	15.34
USMLE Step 1 Score	INTERVENTION Cohort	44	247.43	13.38	0.47	0.15
USMLE Step 2 Score	CONTROL Cohort	34	250.74	21.54
USMLE Step 2 Score	INTERVENTION Cohort	38	258.18	10.67	0.07	0.35
AOA Membership	CONTROL Cohort	44	0.32	0.47
AOA Membership	INTERVENTION Cohort	45	0.58	0.50	0.01	1.89
Medical School Ranking	CONTROL Cohort	42	12.05	17.74
Medical School Ranking	INTERVENTION Cohort	45	9.51	11.43	0.43	0.21
Interview Ranking	CONTROL Cohort	43	137.47	75.40
Interview Ranking	INTERVENTION Cohort	44	139.73	79.85	0.89	0.02

s.d. = standard deviation
^*Bonferroni corrected threshold for significance p = 0.01
^**Cohen’s d < 0.1 (trivial effect size); Cohen’s d between 0.1–0.3 (small effect size); Cohen’s d between 0.3–0.5 (moderate effect size) Cohen’s d > 0.5 (large effect size)²⁶

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