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Table 7 Costs of the 2010 procedure

From: Cutting costs of multiple mini-interviews – changes in reliability and efficiency of the Hamburg medical school admission test between two applications

2010 procedure

Scientist

Admin staff

Actor

Student

Material

Total

Average costs ($)

Fixed costs ($)

(50 $/h)

(30 $/h)

(10 $/h)

(13 $/h)

 

Hours

$

Hours

$

Hours

$

Hours

$

$

$

Station

Rater

Overall

Adaptation of 4 scenarios and score sheets

75

3,750

       

3,750

   

Writing of 5 new scenarios and score sheets

200

10,000

       

10,000

   

Organization of test runs

  

4

120

     

120

   

Test runs

80

4,000

8

240

10

100

25

325

400

5,065

   

Total costs for development of 9 stations

355

17,750

12

360

10

100

25

325

400

18,935

2,104a

  

Room acquisition

  

10

300

     

300

  

300

Rater recruitment and allocation

3

150

20

600

     

750

  

750

Training of actors

30

1,500

  

150

1,500

   

3,000

222a

 

1,000

Invitation of / feedback to candidates

  

15

450

     

450

  

450

Printing of score sheets

  

10

300

  

20

260

700

1,260

  

1,260

Preparation and clearance of rooms

5

250

10

300

  

30

390

 

940

  

940

Rater training and testing of candidates

995

49,750

50

1,500

400

4,000

200

2,600

 

57,850

 

2,551b

8,100

Interviewer training and testing of candidates

205

10,250

       

10,250

1,139a

  

Catering for raters

        

4000

4,000

 

170b

680

Scanning of score sheets and data analysis

10

500

20

600

     

1,100

  

1,100

Total costs for implementation

1,248

62,400

135

4,050

550

5,500

250

3,250

4,700

79,900

   

Total costs for 200 candidates

1,603

80,150

147

4,410

560

5,600

275

3,575

5,100

98,835

3,465

2,721

14,581

  1. aaverage costs per station (costs divided by the number of stations (9)); baverage costs per rater (costs divided by the number of raters per candidate (19.5)).