Common Medicine Interview Questions & How To Answer Them
Your medical school interview is the last hurdle between you and that all important offer. It’s essential you make a great impression in this relatively short period of time and persuade the interviewers that you would be a great fit for medicine at their university.
Medical School Interview Formats, Dates & Decision Dates
Knowing the interview date and format universities use is important. So here is every UK medical schools’ interview process, dates and decision dates.
Medicine Interviews: Healthcare, Hot Topics and Current Affairs
Healthcare and current affairs are important topics for you to stay up to date on as your knowledge will be tested at your medical school interviews. Here are some tips to keep yourself up to date in time for your interview.
Preparing for your interview
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.
How To Break Bad News
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?
What Are Your Biggest Weaknesses?
In my experience, this is an all-too-common Interview question. Whether it’s to trip you up, or see if you’ve ever done any introspection, or just to see how honest you are, the question is an easy one to falter on.
The case of Ian Paterson
Ian Paterson was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday: Not only was he found guilty of performing unnecessary mastectomies on his patients by exaggerating symptoms when less invasive procedures could have been chosen, but he was also found to be performing a dangerous procedure that he invented…
Read the full article to understand the full story.
Brexit and Healthcare
Should medical students be worried about Brexit? Here, Charlene will explain in detail the implications of Brexit for British healthcare.
Euthanasia – Medicine Interview Questions Guide
The issue of euthanasia is a very delicate subject with many conflicting opinions, how much do you know about it? Take a look at this article
8 Tips for MMI Success
With more universities adopting this interview style, we have compiled a list of tips to ensure that you are fully equipped for your MMI when it comes around.
