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Casper (Computer-Based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics, earlier CASPer or "CMSENS")[1] is an admissions test developed by Harold Reiter[2] and Kelly Dore.[3] Made for the McMaster University's Program for Educational Research and Development, it has been used by the McMaster University Medical School since 2010.[4][5][6] The test was developed to assess an academic applicant's personal and professional attributes in the pre-screening stage of the application process. The test, which is a form of situational judgement test, consists of video- or word-based scenarios, based on real-life situations.[7] Candidates have five minutes to answer three questions.[7]
Casper was piloted by Northern Ontario School of Medicine in the 2014 application cycle. In 2015 the test was adopted by three medical schools: the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and New York Medical College.[5][6] It is currently in use at over 70 medical schools worldwide.[8]
Braden MacBeth criticised Casper on Science-Based Medicine for lack of transparency, flawed studies and a conflict of interest. MacBeth concludes "CASPer should not be incorporated into the medical school admissions process".[9]
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