How To Manage The IB And Applying For Medicine

Many of your seniors might advise you to start early to eliminate your stress further on in the year. However, easier said than done. Hopefully, by the end of this, you will have a clearer view of what needs to be done at this crucial point of time.

Robots VS Doctors?

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will robots replace doctors? this is a question we wish we didn’t ask so often or so tentatively but… this question appears on your MMI, the most obvious answer is that it won’t, or else the examiner will probably rebut by asking why you applied for medicine only to have robots replace you.
There is no right answer, but take a look at these tips to help you do better in the interview with this type of question.

Structuring your interview answers

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Interviews can be stressful. You can predict what some of the questions may be when being interviewed for your medical school place, but you cannot prepare for each and every question which is thrown at you.

Reducing Your Stress During Application Season

Application season is a stressful time for everyone: admission tests, personal statements, eight rounds of five-minute interviews in up to four different locations. We imagine how you must be feeling, that’s why we’ve prepared some tips that will surely help you manage the stress and be more at ease throughout your process, read on to find out all about it!

Do you have the resilience to be a doctor?

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A common interview question is “Why do you want to be a doctor?”. Easy enough right? However, interviewers are looking for something that is going to last longer than “my parents are doctors”. They are looking for something that you need to have in common with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus… resilience.

What you can do in your summer before Year 13

The penultimate summer as a student at school can be a busy one for those applying to medicine. Considering you have to have your application sorted by mid-October, medical applicants have less time than the majority of other university applicants. To save yourself from rushing once September comes round, we have devised five recommendations of how you can best utilise your summer before Year 13 to make your life easier and application stronger.

Preparing for your interview

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If you’re applying to medical school, you better be prepared to speak to people. Not just thinking of the patients and future colleagues… If you don’t know yet, the first step of gaining a spot at a medical school is to interview for the position.

5 Things To Do Before Your Medical School Interview

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The medical school interview is an experience you probably won’t forget. It is also the first time you find yourself out of your comfort zone during your medical school application, but you can certainly prepare for it.
That’s why we’ve put together some tips that are sure to help you.

How To Break Bad News

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Some medical schools want to see how you communicate in difficult situations. One such situation is giving bad news, a perfect test of empathy, listening and communication skills, as well as how to handle uncertainty and discomfort. However, if you ask most physicians, they find communicating bad news extremely stressful, so the question is: how should you approach this situation?

Where do you think the future of Medicine is going?

With exams and interviews piling up, applicants often overlook the importance of recent medical news. What if you were given this question “Tell me about where you think the future of Medicine is going.”, a rather popular question among interviewers? Let’s see how one could potentially show the interviewers that.