Medical Interviews (Third Edition): A comprehensive guide to CT, ST & Registrar Interview Skills - Over 120 medical interview questions, techniques and NHS topics explained

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Keele University shortlists interview candidates who meet academic requirements based on their UCAT score and UCAS Personal Statement. Kent and Medway Medical School Interview Interview type Traditional panel interviews are less common these days, with only a handful of universities (eg: Oxbridge, UCL etc.) leaning in its favor. They offer a more stereotypical interview experience with each candidate sitting before a panel of assessors for further discourse on their candidature and personal statement. Typically, panel interviews focus more heavily on questions surrounding personal goals and motivations as opposed to general concepts of healthcare provision. Having said this, MMIs and panel interviews have both, in recent times, borrowed from each other in an effort to equalize the interview process.

Those who pass these requirements are then ranked based on their UCAT score. St George’s University Interview Interview type At Edge Hill University, applicants who meet the minimum eligibility and academic criteria will be ranked according to their UCAT scores. A UCAT threshold will be set depending on the number of interviews to be held. Edinburgh University Interview Interview type Motivation for Medicine’ stations aim to explore your key reasons for choosing to study medicine or dentistry. MMI questions can range from asking about your initial inspiration to exploring your goals and ideas about a career in healthcare. This does take a bit of practice, which is why it is so important to prepare well for your interview. Getting to the bottom of what the MMI question is really asking you in relation to wanting to study medicine is key to scoring highly at the multiple mini interview for medical school. For example, some multiple mini interview question may ask why don’t you want to be a nurse? Is still asking you why do you want to be a doctor? However it is also looking for you to distinguish between the two job roles. In this question, for example, you don’t want to spend all your time explaining why you aren’t applying to nursing school, but instead, focus on the differences between a nurse and a doctor, and why being a doctor is more appealing and better suited to yourself. The panel interview lasts 20 minutes and is comprised of two parts. During the first 10 minutes, you will be asked questions on an article sent to you prior to the interview. During the second 10 minutes, the panel will conduct a more traditional medical interview. Birmingham University Interview Interview typeAn important Multiple Mini Interview tip is to focus on quality rather than quantity. Any medical school will favour a candidate who has reflected well on 2 key activities over someone who has won every accolade in the book but is unable to reflect on them during the Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) medical school or nursing questions. To reflect efficiently, focus on communicating using the well-known STARR format. Think about what went well, what didn’t go so well and what you learnt from the experience. For these stations, avoid cliches and focus on a chronological explanation of the events leading up to the interview. Regardless of what multiple mini interview questions you may encounter, focus on exploring the following concepts with them. Liverpool University ranks you by academic performance and UCAT score then invites the top candidates to interview. Interviews are expected to be in-person MMIs for 2024 entry, aside from international students. Manchester University Interview Interview type A medical memoir following Henry Marsh’s career as one of the world’s leading brain surgeons. It provides a fascinating insight into the life of a surgeon, delving into all the highs and lows of the career.

A handful of universities have at least one MMI station that tests for tactile skills, such as hand-eye coordination. Some will also employ role-playing. We won’t discuss this in too much detail as they aren’t very common and are slowly becoming obsolete with the onset of social distancing measures and online interviews. Should hospitals have let visitors in to see their relatives when it was clear their relative would pass away?Barts (Queen Mary) shortlists candidates for interview on the basis of a weighted score compared to other applicants who apply in the same year, and may be comprised of UCAT score, UCAS tariff of qualifications predicted or achieved, or weighted scoring of degree for graduates. However, if your university of choice does mention these multiple mini interview style stations, just remember that they will not ask you to employ skills that you shouldn’t normally have and use in your day to day life. As for role-playing, the assessor’s focus is typically on your communication skills as opposed to your acting abilities. Ensuring calm and effective communication is key in these stations. Ethical Scenarios Kent and Medway Medical School first considers applicants based on minimum GCSE requirements and a UCAT threshold, before ‘contextualising everyone’. Find out what this means here. King’s College London Interview Interview type