Medical school interviews are coming up. Now that you’ve successfully been through the GAMSAT exam, it’s just a matter of overcoming the next hurdle. The medical school interview is a very important part of the process, because it contributes up to 50 percent of your overall score, which will ultimately determine whether you can get into medicine or not.
In this article, we will lay out some points which are very important about the MMI, and then we will provide some more specific info about the types of questions that you are likely to encounter during a medical school interview.
Now, we’d like to give you a general idea of what to expect from the MMI. It depends on the med school you will be interviewing at, but generally, there will be five to eight stations for the MMI during the day. Each station will last for about five to ten minutes. At each station, you will receive a scenario, and you will usually be able to read a short excerpt posted on the door before you are required to go into the station.
There are a few scenarios that commonly appear during an MMI interview:
#1: ETHICAL SCENARIO
You will be required to use ethical principles to solve problems about may ethical issues such as racism. The interviewer will ask what your course of action will be if you were faced with a certain situation. This can be a difficult scenario to tackle.
#2: MOTIVATIONS
This is a very common scenario. You will be asked the reason you wanted to become a doctor. You may have practiced answering this question many times before, but make sure you are able to sort your thoughts and convey your thoughts properly. You’ll need to get your points across in five minutes in a way that convinces the interviewer that you’re well suited to become a med student.
#3: SCIENCE AND HEALTH KNOWLEDGE
With this scenario, you’ll be required to demonstrate your knowledge in science and health by giving an explanation to the interviewer as if they were someone who knew nothing about science. Or the interviewer might draw you into a discussion about the current health issues in Australia.
#4: BEHAVIOURAL QUESTIONS
This scenario helps the interviewer try to get to know you as a person by asking you moral questions.
#5: PRACTICAL TASKS OR PUZZLES
This scenario aims to assess your ability to solve problems, become a part of a team, become the team leader, and exercise negotiation skills.
#6: UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS
It is important that you familiarise yourself with the university you plan to be studying at before the interview because you’ll be asked questions about it, specifically why you chose this particular university.
For more information, check out our full article here: https://gradready.com.au/posts/gamsat-preparation-courses/mmi-question-types
