Notre Dame Fremantle Medicine Interview
Format, Questions & Prep Tips
Notre Dame Fremantle medicine interviews for 2027 entry are multiple mini interviews (MMI). Published figures: 2027 places 80 CSP (60 Fremantle + 20 KCRMT Broome) + 32 BMP + up to 15 international, plus uncapped Indigenous CSPs; Interview-offer averages (2026 entry, Fremantle and Broome) GPA 6.60 / GAMSAT 65.50; Offer ranking 50% GAMSAT/GPA/Casper/bonus composite + 50% MMI.
- Institution
- University of Notre Dame Australia (Fremantle) School of Medicine
- Interview (2027 entry)
- Interview offers September 2026; interviews September–October 2026
- Decisions (2027 entry)
- End of October – early November 2026 (GEMSAS place offers)
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Problem-based learning + Integrated, 4 years (graduate entry), placements across Perth hospitals and general practices, and rural Western Australia.
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Notre Dame Fremantle shortlists on GAMSAT, GPA, Casper and bonus points, then interviews with an MMI. Interview shortlist composite: 30% GAMSAT + 30% GPA + 30% CASPer + 10% bonus points (rurality, WA residency, higher degrees research). Final offer: 50% shortlist composite + 50% MMI. The MMI is delivered via a recorded (asynchronous) online platform; Notre Dame does not publish the platform, station count or timings in its admissions information.
Notre Dame is a Catholic institution — applicants are expected to engage with the school's commitment to whole-person care, social justice, and ethics, but faith adherence is not a selection criterion. GAMSAT minimum is 52 overall + 50 in each subsection (UNDA averages the three sections). Applicants offered an interview for 2026 entry (Fremantle and Broome) averaged GPA 6.60 and GAMSAT 65.50.
The placement network across St John of God Fremantle, Joondalup, Rockingham, Bunbury, and rural WA clinical sites distinguishes Fremantle from Sydney's catchment. The Kimberley Centre for Remote Medical Training (KCRMT) pathway offers 20 CSPs in Broome, with the first two years on the Broome campus and clinical years in rural WA. With Indigenous CSPs uncapped from 1 January 2026, Notre Dame offers CSPs to all successful Indigenous applicants beyond the published numbers.
Notre Dame Fremantle interview at a glance (2027 entry)
| 2027 places | 80 CSP (60 Fremantle + 20 KCRMT Broome) + 32 BMP + up to 15 international, plus uncapped Indigenous CSPs |
|---|---|
| Interview-offer averages (2026 entry, Fremantle and Broome) | GPA 6.60 / GAMSAT 65.50 |
| Format | Casper + recorded (asynchronous) online MMI |
| Offer ranking | 50% GAMSAT/GPA/Casper/bonus composite + 50% MMI |
| Place types | CSP + BMP + International + Indigenous (uncapped from 2026) |
Interview format
- No portfolio, work experience or extracurricular achievements are considered — only the published entry requirements.
- Interview shortlist composite: 30% GAMSAT + 30% GPA + 30% CASPer + 10% bonus points.
- Final offer: 50% pre-interview composite + 50% MMI.
- MMI delivered via a recorded (asynchronous) online platform; station count and timings are not published.
- Bonus points (10%): rurality, WA residency, higher degrees research completion.
- 20 CSPs at the KCRMT, Broome campus; CSPs offered to all successful Indigenous applicants beyond published numbers (uncapped from 1 January 2026).
Sample interview questions
Why Notre Dame Fremantle specifically? What attracts you to the school's mission?
Engage with the Catholic ethos, the ethics-rich curriculum, and the WA placement network (St John of God Fremantle, Joondalup, Rockingham, rural WA).
What does "whole-person care" mean to you in practice?
Move past the cliché. Engage with biopsychosocial-spiritual frames and how they translate to clinical encounters.
Tell us about one experience that genuinely shaped your view of medicine.
Pick one moment. Reflect on what specifically shifted in your thinking — CASPer and MMI reward reflective depth over polish.
Voluntary assisted dying is legal in WA (since 2021). How does VAD interact with Catholic hospital settings?
Reference the WA VAD Act, institutional objection provisions, and practitioner referral obligations even for objectors. Engage with patient-access trade-offs.
A patient at St John of God Fremantle asks about contraception. Walk us through your response.
What they are listening for:
- Institutional objection framework
- duty of candour to patient
- referral obligation for services not provided on-site
Describe your service experience — what did you actually contribute, and what did it teach you?
Authentic specificity. CASPer and MMI both reward reflection over performance.
Closing the Gap targets continue to lag in WA. Notre Dame Fremantle has Aboriginal health placements. What role can you play?
Concrete:
- AMS partnerships
- cultural safety
- racism in clinical encounters
Don't centre yourself.
How would you explain a serious diagnosis to a patient whose first language is not English?
Plain language, interpreter use, cultural context, pauses, checking understanding.
A patient asks you to pray with them before surgery. You are not religious. What do you do?
Respect the patient's spiritual needs. Offer silent presence or arrange a chaplain. Don't feign belief; don't dismiss.
Why medicine rather than another caring profession?
Honest engagement with medicine's specific scope — diagnostic reasoning, procedural responsibility, longitudinal care.
A homeless patient declines admission for a treatable condition because they want to keep their dog. What do you do?
What they are listening for:
- Capacity
- social context
- advocacy
- creative problem-solving
Tell us about a time you worked with someone whose values differed from your own.
STAR with reflection. Notre Dame values respectful engagement across difference.
What does social justice mean to you in the context of medicine?
What they are listening for:
- Structural determinants
- equity of access
- advocacy
Not just charity.
A patient declines palliative sedation despite uncontrolled symptoms. Family disagrees. What do you do?
What they are listening for:
- Capacity
- autonomy
- family communication
- ethics consult
- palliative care escalation
How does Notre Dame's explicit Catholic identity sit with you, given your own beliefs?
Honest engagement. Thoughtful coexistence over allegiance.
A junior colleague at St John of God confides they're struggling with an ethical decision and asks you not to tell anyone. What do you do?
Listen, support, but make clear limits of confidentiality if safety is at stake.
How does Notre Dame Fremantle differ from Notre Dame Sydney?
Engage with the WA-specific placement footprint, the Fremantle community context, and the rural WA clinical sites.
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