Assessing suitability for a problem-based learning curriculum: evaluating a new student selection instrument.

Context: A new student selection instrument has been designed to assess candidate suitability for a problem-based learning, small group curriculum.

Objective: To evaluate the performance of the new teamwork selection instrument in terms of its discriminatory power, fairness, validity, reliability and acceptability among candidates.

Sample: A sample of 69 volunteer candidates attending for interview formed 13 teams of 5 or 6 candidates each.