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Outputs Team
Update by co-chairs; Drs. Melissa Pawelczak, Karen Friedman, and Doreen Olvet.
During the February Outputs meeting, the team evaluated the methods used by three industries outside of Medicine to showcase evidence of skills, mainly the Acting, Sports, and Consulting industries.
The discussion centered around the utility and ability in transferring these methods in evaluating medical students. Both the Acting and Sports industries heavily utilize videos of applicants in decision-making. The group felt that Residency Program Directors likely would not have time to view a large volume of videos, that student personality may drive their performance in a video, and that videos may introduce unconscious bias. The Consulting industry often evaluates their applicants via their performance in video games that incorporate skills or traits vital to the industry. The group felt that this method would only be useful if incorporated nationally across medical schools as opposed to any one or few individual schools, as there would be no basis to compare applicants. The team also felt that incorporating patient views on students, either by video or in writing, may be an effective way to capture Zucker School of Medicine students' outstanding communication skills.
In addition, business schools use Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to objectively measure empathy and compassion. The group felt that investigating this further may be of interest. At the next meeting on March 23, the team will discuss how schools that do not provide grade in the third year of medical school present applicants to residency programs. The group will explore this by answering the following question: What methods are used/available in industries outside of medicine to showcase evidence of skills?
For the Curious Questioning Team schedules, click here.
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