title: Shedding light on the decision to retain an interview for medical student selection.
abstract: Medical schools need to justify their range of selection tools and processes. This paper describes the selection tools used at one university in New Zealand (Auckland), which combine a measure of academic achievement, score on a test of general cognitive ability, and score in a structured interview. Further, it describes considerations in justifying the decision to continue with an interview as part of the selection process. This information may be of use to stakeholders in the Auckland medical programme, and to other schools evaluating their admission tools.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Auckland Hospital, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. p.poole@auckland.ac.nz
authors.forename: Phillippa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Poole
authors.forename: Boaz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shulruf
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Harley
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Monigatti
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barrow
authors.forename: Papaarangi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Caitlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Prendergast
authors.forename: Warwick
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bagg
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009520:New Zealand; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D013337:Students, Medical