the nuts and bolts of holistic review

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The Nuts and Bolts of Holistic Review

Amy AddamsDirector, Competency-Based AdmissionsAAMCHolistic Review in Nursing Workshop

March 23, 2016

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Holistic Review: Working with and through others

2003-04: Cohen

challenge

2005-06:AAMC

Medical School Admissions Workshop

Working Group(SMAE/EMAE)

2007:Advisory Cmte. on Holistic Review

2008:1st publication in Roadmap

series

2011:Holistic Review in Admissions:

Challenging Conventional Thinking and

Practice Workshops

2010:2nd

publication in Roadmap

series

2013:3rd

publication in Roadmap

series

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Holistic Review Core Principle

Race and ethnicity may be considered as factors when making admission-related decisions only when• such consideration is narrowly

tailored to achieve mission-related educational interests and goals associated with student diversity, and;

• when considered among a broader mix of factors such as personal attributes, experiential factors, demographics, or other considerations.

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Legal and policy resources

• AAMC Roadmaps Roadmap to Excellence: Key

Legal and Educational Policy Foundations for Medical Schools, 2nd edition

Roadmap to Excellence: Key Concepts for Evaluating the Impact of Medical School Holistic Admissions

• College Board Access & Diversity Initiative http://diversitycollaborative.collegeboard.org/

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Activity 2: Developing an admissions mission statement

1. Review the profile of a fictional nursing school located on your table.

2. As a group, develop a mission statement for admissions that includes diversity and addresses the school’s needs.

3. Develop one statement per table.

4. Select someone to share your result with the room.

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Lessons learned

• The expertise is on the ground

• Peer-to-peer learning is critical

• Frameworks have to be operational and actionable

• Important to work directly with the decision makers

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Lessons learned

• National data are important; institutional data are essential

• Holistic review = continuous quality improvement

• Requires a systems-level perspective

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• Inclusive instructional strategies

• Broad success measures

• Screening• Interviewing• Selection

INSTITUTIONAL MISSION

Executive Leadership

Alignment Across the Continuum

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Common characteristics of successful schools

• Institutional readiness

• Individual readiness

• The right people at the table

• Commitment and engagement on part of key stakeholders

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The most successful schools…

• Understood and approached holistic review as more than an admissions project.

• Perceived, planned, and implemented it from the perspective of an important institutional change initiative

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Kotter’s Accelerate 8-step Process for Leading Change

http://www.kotterinternational.com/the-8-step-process-for-leading-change/

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