Medical student selection process enhanced by improving selection algorithms and changing the focus of interviews in Australia: a descriptive study

The study investigates the efficacy of new features introduced to the selection process for medical school at the University of New South Wales, Australia. It is a descriptive study using administrative data for student selection of 5 cohorts of students (2014–2018), including one cohort for a new process and the other 4 cohorts for an old process. The data used comprised selection tool marks of applicants who applied to the medicine program at UNSW in the years 2014–2018. All applicants applied for domestic places either by the general or the rural admission pathway.