• Sam D Gumbert, Katherine C Normand, Carlos A Artime, Omonele O Nwokolo, George Williams, Sara Guzman-Reyes, Semhar Ghebremichael, Srikanth Sridhar, Amy D Graham-Carlson, Olga Pawelek, Ranu Jain, Carin A Hagberg, and Evan G Pivalizza.
• Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, MSB 5.020, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX, 77030.
• J Clin Anesth. 2016 Jun 1; 31: 131-6.

Study ObjectiveTo assess reliability and reproducibility of a recently instituted anesthesiology resident applicant interview scoring system at our own institution.DesignRetrospective evaluation of 2 years of interview data with a newly implemented scoring system using randomly assigned interviewing faculty.SettingInterview scoring evaluations were completed as standard practice in a large academic anesthesiology department.SubjectsAll anesthesiology resident applicants interviewed over the 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons by a stable cohort of faculty interviewers. Data collection blinded for both interviewers and interviewees.InterventionsNone for purposes of study - collation of blinded data already used as standard practice during interview process and analysis.MeasurementsNone specific to study.Main ResultsGood inter-rater faculty reliability of interview scoring (day-of) and excellent inter-faculty reliability of application review (pre-interview).ConclusionsDevelopment of a department-specific interview scoring system including many elements beyond traditional standardized tests shows good-excellent reliability of faculty scoring of both the interview itself (including non-technical skills) and the application resume.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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