Submission ID 77962
| Code | OH-3-2 |
|---|---|
| At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: | |
| Category | Medical Education |
| Type | Oral |
| Will the presenter be a: | Other |
| Presenter Other | Faculty and medical education researcher |
| Title | Performance of Canadian Medical School Applicants Taking the Casper Test in Both English and French: Deux, C'est Mieux? |
| Background/Purpose | Casper is a situational judgment test used for selection into medical school. Every year, some applicants take the test in English and French. The goal of this study was to see if among English or French-speaking applicants, double test-takers (DTT) performed better than single test-takers (STT). |
| Methods | French and English-speaking applicants who sent their Casper results to a Quebec medical school in 2021 were included. Casper scores (mean=500, SD=50) were linked to a sociodemographic questionnaire and anonymized. Scores were compared between STT and DTT using independent t-tests. |
| Results | 4019 STT and 204 DTT took Casper. Mean score for STT was 508.91 (SD=48.04) and 506.33 (SD=46.65) for DTT's second test. DTT who did the first test in the other language and second test in their language (n=98; mean=511.30) did not perform significantly better than STT doing the test in their language (n=3800, mean=510.13; p=0.811). However, DTT who did the first test in their language and the second in the other language (n=106, mean=501.73) performed better than STT who did not do the test in their own language (n=219, mean=487.73) (p=0.035; Cohen's d=0.31). |
| Discussion | English or French-speaking DTT scored the same than STT, except when doing the second test in a different language than their own. This suggests that the impact of within-year repeat-testing is small and inconsistent but may mitigate language proficiency issues when the test is not performed in one's own language. The impact of repeat-testing across different years and with non-English or non-French speakers will need to be studied further. |
| Keyword 1 | Situational judgment test |
| Keyword 2 | Admissions |
| Keyword 3 | Selection |
| Abstract content most relevant to: (check all that apply) | Undergraduate Medical Education |
| Abstract Track - First Choice | Admissions |
| Authors | Jean-Michel Leduc Patricia Vohl Sébastien Béland Robert Gagnon Christian Bourdy Jean-Sébastien Renaud Martine Bourget Annie Ouellet Estelle Chétrit Saleem Razack Sara Mortaz Hejri Jean-Michel Leduc |
