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Spafford, Marlee Marie.

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Optometry admission interviews: A case study of participant expectations and experiences.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Optometry admission interviews: A case study of participant expectations and experiences./
Author:	Spafford, Marlee Marie.
Description:	236 p.
Notes:	Adviser: George L. Geis.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International60-01A.
Subject:	Education, Higher. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=NQ35330
ISBN:	9780612353305

Optometry admission interviews: A case study of participant expectations and experiences.
Spafford, Marlee Marie.

Optometry admission interviews: A case study of participant expectations and experiences. - 236 p.

Adviser: George L. Geis.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto (Canada), 1998.

The use of an admission interview by healthcare professional programs is widespread, yet the predictive ability of this selection tool has been found to be low due, in part, to the presence of numerous design flaws. This study of a Canadian optometry program at the University of Waterloo (UW) examined its admission interview from the perspective of its participants: the interviewers and the applicants. A survey was developed through a literature review, a series of research interviews, and a pilot test. The survey collected demographic information and participant perceptions relating to the purpose of and the candidate qualities assessed by: an ideal optometry admission committee, an ideal optometry interview, and the UW interview. Questions were also posed about the future of the UW interview. The questionnaire was sent in 1996 to all interviewed candidates (157) and all interviewers (23). The response rate was 71.7%. Principal component analysis was performed to reduce the data into thematic components. Independent and paired t-tests were used to compare the components. Applicants and interviewers shared a common vision of the ideal interviews purpose and content. The importance of this finding was discussed in terms of a symbolic interactionist approach. That is, through social interaction, these participants had attached a common meaning to admission interviews. Applicants and interviewers held significantly different views of the UW interviews purpose and content. Their experiences with the UW interview were also significantly different than their expectations of an ideal interview. Applicants judged their interview experience based largely on the interviewers' behavior while interviewers had the benefit of knowing more about the program's admission process. The greatest perceived difference between the UW interview and the ideal interview regarded clarifying candidate information. The inability of the UW interview to provide this function in the presence of a strong desire to do so was interpreted as a major determinant in creating a crisis of confidence in the UW interview. This descriptive study provides an approach for the program's administrators to re-evaluate the interviews purpose and content and offers an explanation for the interviews longevity.

ISBN: 9780612353305Subjects--Topical Terms:

543175
Education, Higher.

Optometry admission interviews: A case study of participant expectations and experiences.
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