The Holistic Success Show

In today's episode, we sit down with Adam Tarnowsky, Senior Product Manager of Analytics at Acuity Insights, to discuss residency match data and how Analytics by Acuity Insights can help programs get a better picture of their learners to serve them better during the residency match phase of their development. The ultimate objective: help medical students find the right path to a residency that fit...

In today's episode, we sit down with Kelly Dore, Co-founder and VP Science & Innovation at Acuity Insights, and Dr. Alex MacIntosh, Senior Research Manager, also at Acuity Insights, to talk about test-optional admissions. Test-optional admissions came out of the necessity to rethink admissions during the COVID 19 pandemic and while it was originally thought to be a temporary measure, it hasn't gon...

In today's episode, we speak with Sylvia Mioduszewska, Senior Product Manager at Acuity Insights, to discuss how programs share data they collect on their learners with them. This is a big topic with a lot of variation across programs, so Sylvia walks us through how the data is typically collected and how it is shared, the benefits and hindrances of sharing certain data with learners, and recommen...

In today's episode, we sit down with Dr. Alex MacIntosh, Senior Research Manager at Acuity Insights, to talk about Situational Judgement Tests (SJTs). Situational Judgement Tests present realistic situations to applicants and ask them how they would respond to the situation. Dr. MacIntosh walks us through open- and fixed-response SJTs and how the open-response format helps highlight the 'why' behi...

In today's episode, we sit down with Sylvia Mioduszewska, Senior Product Manager at Acuity Insights, to talk about the growing trend of moving to a pass/fail curriculum. Sylvia walks us through the advantages and disadvantages of making the jump, as well as how to determine if the change is right for your #HigherEd institution. Timestamp of our conversation: 01:14 - Where did the trend of pass/fai...

In today's episode, we speak with Dr. Lyndal Parker-Newlyn, Associate Professor of Medical Education at the University of Wollongong School of Medicine about the benefits and obstacles when admissions aligns with mission. Timestamp of our conversation: 01:47 - Benefits of aligning mission with admissions 03:13 - How to help applicants find the right mission 05:08 - How do you build mission-led adm...

In today's episode, we speak to Kelly Dore, Co-Founder/VP Science & Innovation at Acuity Insights, about the upcoming enrollment cliff in education and what steps institutions can take now to prepare for the changes ahead. Timestamp of our conversation: 01:45 - What is the enrollment cliff? 03:19 - Is the enrollment cliff real? 04:50 - How to prepare for the cliff? 11:11 - How a holistic approach...

In today's episode, we examine the world of patient encounter tracking with Meegan Carlson, Director of People & Culture at Acuity Insights. Patient encounter tracking is the method by which programs track the progress of their students and their interactions with various patients, techniques and types of illness. Meegan's years of experience in this area involves a lot of hard won improvements th...

In today's episode, we sit down with the Founding Dean of the University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine, Dr. Brigham C. Willis. Over the last two years, Dr. Willis has created a whole new medical education process for UTTyler and over our discussion explains the difficulties and freedoms of starting from scratch, as well as giving tips on how to not just start well, but continue well into gr...

In today's episode, Kelly speaks with Andrea Wright, Acuity's Market Strategy Manager, about what life in the trenches of admissions is really like. Andrea's perspective illuminates the shared concerns across academia and business. We understand the connection between admissions and recruitment, the importance of non-academic skills for students in all types of programs – business, engineering, la...

In today's episode, we sit down with Adam Tarnowsky, Senior Product Manager of Analytics at Acuity Insights about the importance of data warehouses in higher education. Adam talks about the benefits and drawbacks of buying a pre-existing solution versus building one of your own. Timestamp of our conversation: 02:05 - What is a data warehouse? 03:29 - Problems implementing educational data warehous...

This week, we sat down with Jenna Downey, Associate Director, Graduate Recruitment and Admissions at Dalhousie University's Faculty of Management to discuss how Dalhousie University removed the GMAT as a long-standing requirement of application. Jenna walks us through the journey that revealed bias and redundancy in the admissions process, and how Dalhousie's core values of equity created the foun...

In today's episode, we sit down with Kelly Dore, Co-Founder/VP Science & Innovation at Acuity Insights, to talk about what makes exceptional alumni and how admissions teams can better identify these candidates at the application stage. Kelly defines what 'exceptional' means and the processes and tools that help find students with well-rounded skills that will set them up for success after they gra...

In today's episode, we explore the world of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) with Sylvia Mioduszewska, Senior Product Manager for One45 at Acuity Insights. EPAs are often misunderstood as measurements of competencies and skills, but in fact they are the integration of various competencies into concrete actions and tasks. This can be a formidable teaching tool, one that can be greatly maxi...

In today's episode, we sit down with Sylvia Mioduszewska, Senior Product Manager at Acuity Insights, to discuss the Medical School Performance Evaluation (MSPE). The MSPE is a vitally important document for all students applying for graduate medical programs, providing a comprehensive academic history, clinical skills and personal attributes. Sylvia explores challenges and best practices, as well...

In today's episode, we sit down with Dr. Alex MacIntosh, a Scientist and Senior Manager of Research at Acuity Insights, to talk about demographic differences in college and university admissions and how that relates to the Casper test. Unlike academic tests, Casper is a Situational Judgment (SJT) that measures non-academic skills such as communication, collaboration, problem solving and leadership...

In today's episode, we dive into the significance of recognizing holistic student potential within your admissions process. This is crucial not only for admission considerations but also for ensuring the success of both students and programs, and for supporting the professional success of graduates. Timestamp of our conversation 1:45 - What is holistic student potential 3:26 - What are programs mi...