?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Personality+Perceptions+of+Medical+School+Applicants++&rft.creator=Jelley++MA%2C+R.+Blake&rft.creator=Parkes++MA%2C+Michael+A.&rft.creator=G.+Rothstein+PhD%2C+Mitchell&rft.subject=MEO+Peer+Reviewed&rft.description=Purpose+To+examine+the+extent+to+which+medical+school+interviewers+consider+perceptions+of+applicant+personality+traits+during+a+semi-structured+panel+interview%2C+the+interrater+reliability+of+assessments%2C+and+the+impact+of+such+perceptions+on+individual+admission+decisions.%0AMethod+Semi-structured+panel+interviews+were+conducted+with+applicants+to+the+Doctor+of+Medicine+Program+at+the+University+of+Western+Ontario+in+London%2C+Canada.+Interviewers+also+provided+voluntary%2C+%E2%80%9Cresearch+only%E2%80%9D+ratings+of+applicants+on+nine+relevant+personality+traits.+Data+from+345+applicants+under+consideration+for+admission+were+available+for+analysis.%0AResults+Significant+correlations+were+observed+between+personality+ratings+and+important+operational+variables+(e.g.%2C+interview+scores).+Applicants+who+were+most+likely+to+be+admitted+to+the+program+were+perceived+as+high+on+certain+traits+(i.e.%2C+Achievement%2C+Nurturance%2C+Endurance%2C+Cognitive+Structure%2C+%26+Order)+and+low+on+other+traits+(i.e.%2C+Abasement%2C+Aggression%2C+%26+Impulsivity).+Statistically+removing+variance+shared+with+personality+ratings+from+interview+scores+resulted+in+different+admission+decisions+for+over+40%25+of+the+applicants.+Interrater+reliabilities+for+personality+perceptions+were+relatively+low.+However%2C+interrater+reliability+of+the+panel+interview+used+to+make+admission+decisions+was+acceptable.+Nonlinear+relations+between+personality+perceptions+and+interview+scores+were+also+explored.%0AConclusion+Some+evidence+was+found+that+interviewers%E2%80%99+perceptions+of+applicant+personality+may+affect+their+judgments+when+assigning+interview+ratings.+Given+that+non-cognitive+characteristics+are+perceived+as+important+in+the+admissions+process+and+that+perceptions+of+personality+traits+have+implications+for+decisions+about+which+candidates+to+admit%2C+suggestions+for+identifying+desirable+non-cognitive+characteristics+and+for+increasing+the+quality+of+assessments+are+offered.+&rft.date=2002-11&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2585%2F1%2Fres00038.pdf&rft.identifier=++Jelley+MA%2C+R.+Blake+and+Parkes+MA%2C+Michael+A.+and+G.+Rothstein+PhD%2C+Mitchell++(2002)+Personality+Perceptions+of+Medical+School+Applicants.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2585%2F