1. Medical Interviews MMI’s
Amy Watson
BMSc Student in Medical Education

2. Things to cover today on MMI’s…
General interview tips
Websites that are available to help you
GMC
Tomorrows Doctors
General Advise
Questions

3. MMI’s Multiple mini interviews 10 stations 7 minutes
Bell sounding signifies end of station and start of next…
Can feel very fast and very slow…
Gives a chance to make the most of every station

4. Obvious Pointers Dress code Arrive on time Come prepared Hot topics
Ethical issues
-moral principles that govern a person or groups behaviour
Obvious questions

5. Websites available for your use!
Examples of interview questions…prepare some answers…
Examples of interview questions…prepare some answers…

7. Background & Motivation for medicine
Knowledge of the medical school and teaching methods
Depth & Breadth of interest
Empathy
Team work
Personal insight
Understanding of the role of medicine in society
Work experience
Tolerance of ambiguity & Ethics
Creativity, innovation and imagination

8. Dundee University Guidance online…

9. What is the interview like?

10. Knowledge about potential future as a doctor…

11. Ethical dilemmas or questions about policy or social issues.
 - given a situation
-discuss the ethical or other issues involved.
-The interviewer may follow up with questions designed to probe the applicant’s response.
Interactions with an actor
- applicant is provided with a scenario involving an actor
-may involve giving bad news
-confront the person about a problem
- gather information
-observer present looking at your interaction with the actor.
Standard interview questions
- traditional interview questions such as “Why did you apply to this school?” or “Describe an obstacle that you have overcome.”
A task requiring teamwork.
-Team work is essential to medicine, some stations involve two applicants working together to complete a task.
Essay writing. 
-Some schools include an essay component as part of the interview process so a station may involve responding to a prompt in writing. This station may be longer than the others to allow for the applicant to formulate and write the response.
A rest station.
 -takes a lot of energy. Clear your mind and get ready for the next station.

12. GMC
The General Medical Council GMC registers doctors to practise medicine in the UK. Their purpose is to protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public by ensuring proper standards in the practice of medicine.
Graduates are entitled to provisional registration with the GMC with a licence to practise, subject to demonstrating to the GMC that their fitness to practise is not impaired.

13. Tomorrows Doctors About Tomorrow's Doctors
The GMC sets the knowledge, skills and behaviours that medical students learn at UK medical schools: these are the outcomes that new UK graduates must be able to demonstrate. The GMC also sets standards for teaching, learning and assessment. These outcomes and standards are laid down in Tomorrow's Doctors (2009) (pdf). It is also available online.

14. Tomorrows Doctors

15. Outcomes for graduates
Overarching outcome for graduates
Outcomes 1 – The doctor as a scholar
and a scientist
Outcomes 2 – The doctor as a practitioner
Outcomes 3 – The doctor as a professional
Standards for the delivery of teaching,
learning and assessment
Domain 1 – Patient safety
Domain 2 – Quality assurance, review
and evaluation
Domain 3 – Equality, diversity
and opportunity
Domain 4 – Student selection
Domain 5 – Design and delivery of
the curriculum, including assessment
Domain 6 – Support and development of
students, teachers and the local faculty
Domain 7 – Management of teaching,
Domain 8 – Educational resources
and capacity
Domain 9 – Outcomes

16. GMC, Tomorrows Doctors…
Why do we have these?
Be prepared to discuss areas mentioned
Don’t need to know it off by heart…
Have an awareness of what medical schools and GMC look for in students and doctors and why…

17. Pointers… Preparation…but be yourself Dress appropriately
Not going to ask anything you cant answer
Not looking for yes or no answers
Reasoning and logical way of thinking
Move on and forget previous stations

18. Questions?