Utility of Multiple Mini-Interviews in Pathology Residency Interviews (GME)

The Multiple Mini-Interview (MMI) model is a commonly used interviewing technique at the undergraduate medical education (UME) level for medical school admissions. In this interview, candidates discuss a scenario with their interviewer. While many undergraduate medical institutions have adopted the MMI form of interviewing, it is rarely used in graduate medical education (GME/residency) interviews; no other pathology programs currently employ MMI. We share our experience with the use of MMI for Pathology GME interviews in 2023–2024. 50 interviews for the pathology residency program at Westchester Medical Center (WMC) were performed for the 2023–2024 season and included in this study (100%), with two scenarios on different interview dates. Candidates were scored from 1–5 based on five criteria. Including data from both scenarios, candidates performed well, with average scores above 4 for all categories. We found that most candidates received high scores in the MMI portion; however, the bottom ranked candidates performed very poorly in the MMIs. Traditional faculty scores varied significantly from MMI scores (p < 0.01). MMI scores were high overall and had less discriminatory value during this initial reiteration. Broader MMI implementation may provide more insights for its utilization in pathology resident selection.