Qpercom supports Medical and Dental Recruitment and Selection (MDRS) which is part of NHS England (NHSE) in the UK, through its digital assessment and recruitment platforms. More specifically, Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs) are used in the selection process. The MDRS framework ensures that medical and dental recruitment is standardised and transparent across the four UK nations. Below we discuss in more detail how Qpercom supports this process.
1. Specialised online MMI Platform:
Qpercom provides a specialised platform for conducting Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs), which is an integral part of the MDRS recruitment process for selecting doctors and dentists.
- Standardisation: The use of Qpercom ensures that assessments across different regions are standardised, offering a consistent method for evaluating clinical skills and competencies.
- Scalability: Qpercom’s tools allow MDRS to scale its recruitment efforts to accommodate large numbers of candidates across multiple locations, both remotely and in-person.
2. Remote Assessment Capability:
Qpercom’s platform supports remote assessments, which is crucial for MDRS given the geographical spread of candidates across the UK. During recruitment, candidates can take part in MMIs without having to travel, making the process more accessible and efficient.
- Remote MMIs: Qpercom allows MDRS to conduct secure, high-stakes, remote interviews, ensuring that candidate skills are thoroughly evaluated even if assessments are not conducted in person.
- Data Security: Given the high stakes of medical recruitment, Qpercom’s platform offers secure environments for both remote and on-site assessments, ensuring that candidate data is protected.
3. Live Scoring and Feedback:
Qpercom’s assessment platform integrates live scoring systems that streamline the evaluation of candidates, offering immediate feedback available for administrators and reducing administrative workloads for assessors.
- Efficient Evaluation: Live digital scoring makes the recruitment process faster and more objective, ensuring that results are available sooner and that human error is minimised.
- Live Digital Scoring: The platform allows for real-time digital scoring during assessments, helping administrators manage the data.
- Feedback: The platform allows feedback to be sent directly to candidates, removing a manual process for administrators and allowing candidates to review their performance more effectively.
4. Advanced Analytics and Reporting:
Qpercom provides MDRS with comprehensive data analytics and reporting tools. This allows for a deeper understanding of candidate performance, trends in recruitment, and areas for improvement in the selection process.
- Performance Monitoring: MDRS can track performance trends across candidates, examiners, and scenarios to ensure that the recruitment process is fair and effective.
- Improvement of Selection Criteria: The analytics tools help in refining the selection criteria by providing data-driven insights into which assessment methods or criteria are most predictive of future success.
5. Fairness and Transparency:
A core principle of MDRS is to ensure fairness and transparency in recruitment, and Qpercom’s platform enhances this by providing standardised and bias-reducing assessments.
- Objective Assessment: Qpercom ensures that all candidates are evaluated using the same criteria, reducing the likelihood of bias or variation between interviewers and examiners.
- Comprehensive Documentation: The platform keeps detailed records of assessments, allowing for complete transparency and accountability during recruitment.
6. Collaboration Across Regions:
Since MDRS involves recruitment across the four UK nations, Qpercom facilitates collaboration and coordination between different stakeholders involved in the recruitment process.
- Shared Platform: All regions can access and use the same platform for recruitment, making it easier to standardise the selection process across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
- Centralised Management: The platform allows for centralised management of recruitment events, schedules, and results, which is crucial for handling the large volume of applicants involved in MDRS.
7. Streamlining Recruitment Workflow:
Qpercom automates and simplifies many aspects of the recruitment process, from registration, to conducting interviews and delivering results.
- Time Efficiency: The automation of administrative tasks reduces the workload for recruitment teams, allowing them to focus more on the quality of the assessments.
- Improved Candidate Experience: The platform offers a smooth and structured process for candidates, from a diagnostic test to check their device is set up correctly and supported, to final assessment, which improves the overall candidate experience.
In summary, Qpercom supports MDRS recruitment by offering a streamlined, scalable, and fair digital platform for conducting MMIs, and other competency-based assessments that are essential for selecting the best medical and dental candidates.
