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

Table 7 Costs of the 2010 procedure

2010 procedure	Scientist		Admin staff		Actor		Student		Material	Total	Average costs ($)		Fixed costs ($)
	(50 $/h)		(30 $/h)		(10 $/h)		(13 $/h)			Total	Average costs ($)		Fixed costs ($)
	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	2,104^a
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	222^a		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		2,551^b	8,100
Interviewer training and testing of candidates	205	10,250								10,250	1,139^a
Catering for raters									4000	4,000		170^b	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

^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)).

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