The authors compared supervisors' global and specific item ratings of
psychiatric residents' performance in each of three years of training with
ratings of these applicants prior to their admission to the program.
Although preadmission ratings had almost no predictive power, there were
certain items that consistently discriminated between residents rated high
and those rated low by supervisors in each year of training. The authors
conclude that initial interviews of those selected cannot predict their
subsequent performance. They therefore recommend that a major portion of
these interviews be devoted to an exchange of information between the
applicant and the department.Abstract Teaser