Quantifying the Subjective: Creating Admissions Rubrics for Holistic Admissions

Thursday, October 10, 2024

1:30 PM – 2:50 PM East Coast USA Time

Location: UDC/Catholic (M1 Level)

CMEs: 1.25

Primary Speaker(s)

John Weinstein, PhD, MS (he/him/his)

Director of Research
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts

Slides Handouts

Co-Speaker(s)

Aliza A. Stern, MMSc (she/her/hers)

Associate Program Director and Director of Didactic Education
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts
AR

Angela Reffel, MHP, PA-C (she/her/hers)

Director of Clinical Education
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
MD

Melissa DiPetrillo, MD

Medical Director
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts
Susan E. White, MD (she/her/hers)

Program Director, Clinical Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts

Disclosure(s):

John Weinstein, PhD, MS: No financial relationships to disclose

Aliza A. Stern, MMSc: No financial relationships to disclose

Angela Reffel, MHP, PA-C: No financial relationships to disclose

Melissa DiPetrillo, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Susan E. White, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Description: This session will be a facilitated walk through to create a rubric to use in evaluating applications as part of holistic PA program admissions. The method used in the recent overhaul of our admissions process, IATTS-U (Ideate-Aggregate-Triangulate-Tabulate-Simulate-Update), is adaptable across programs to meet their individual goals and ARC-PA standards.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, the participant will be able to describe our program’s process of creating the application rubric
Upon completion, the participant will be able to adapt our methodology to develop a weighted rubric for holistic admissions appropriate for their individual institutions
Upon completion, the participant will be able to demonstrate how to update rubric items and their weights tailored to their program
Upon completion, the participant will be able to identify the benefits of creating a rubric for holistic admissions