Table 1 Predictor variables examined in the study
From: Predictive validity of a new integrated selection process for medical school admission
Entry scores | Demographic variables |
|---|---|
Universities Admission Index (UAI) determined from the aggregate of results in the state Higher School Certificate examinations undertaken by students in the final year of secondary school. | Country of birth |
- European/European-derived | |
- East Asian | |
- Other (South Asian, Middle Eastern & African) | |
Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT) scores derived from 3 dimension scores: | Educational background (Secondary school attended) |
- Group 1 includes standard public and private Catholic (systemic) schools | |
- Logical reasoning and problem solving | |
- Understanding people | - Group 2 includes selective public, private Catholic (independent), private non-Catholic religious, and private non-religious schools |
- Non-verbal reasoning | |
Structured Interview scores derived from six dimension scores: | Rurality (student from geographically remote residential area) |
- Communication skills | - Non-rural student |
- Motivation | - Rural student |
- Empathy of others | |
- Self-awareness | |
- Responding to diversity | |
- Ability to cope with uncertainty | |
Final applicant ranking based on a combination of scores from the three components, weighted approximately 1:1:1 for UAI, Interview score and UMAT | Gender |
- Female | |
- Male |