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ArticleAdvances in health sciences education : theory and practice2025

Interactional competencies in medical student admission- what makes a "good medical doctor"?

Leonie Fleck, Dorothee Amelung, Anna Fuchs, Benjamin Mayer, Malvin Escher, Lena Listunova, Jobst-Hendrik Schultz, Andreas Möltner, Clara Schütte, Tim Wittenberg and 2 more

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Leonie Fleck *Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Dorothee Amelung *Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Anna FuchsDepartment of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Benjamin MayerMedical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Malvin EscherMedical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Lena ListunovaMedical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Jobst-Hendrik SchultzDepartment of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Andreas MöltnerMedical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Clara SchütteMedical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Tim WittenbergMedical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Isabella Schneider *Department of General Psychiatry, Heidelberg University Hospital, Voßstraße 4, 69115, Heidelberg, Germany. Isabella.schneider@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
Sabine C Herpertz *Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.

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Abstract

Doctors' interactional competencies play a crucial role in patient satisfaction, well-being, and compliance. Accordingly, it is in medical schools' interest to select candidates with strong interactional abilities. While Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs) provide a useful context to assess such abilities, the evaluation of candidate performance during MMIs is not always based on a solid theoretical framework. The newly developed selection procedure "Interactional Competencies - Medical Doctors (IC-MD)" uses an MMI circuit with five simulation patient scenarios and is rated based on the theoretically and empirically grounded construct of emotional availability. A first validation study with N = 70 first-semester medical students took place in 2021. In terms of convergent validity, IC-MD ratings showed strong correlations with simulation patients' satisfaction with the encounter (r =.57) but no association with emotional intelligence measures. IC-MD ratings were not related to high school performance or a cognitive student aptitude test, indicating divergent validity. Inter-rater reliability (ICC = 0.63) and generalizability (Eρ

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Clinical CompetencePhysician-Patient RelationsSchool Admission CriteriaStudents, MedicalAdultEducation, Medical, UndergraduateFemaleHumansInterviews as TopicMalePatient SimulationReproducibility of ResultsYoung AdultAdmission to medical schoolsCommunicationDoctor-patient relationshipEmotional availabilityInteraction

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