@limeuu, onelove, huskies, any tips for MMI interviews?

Multiple Mini Interviews - Monash Clayton and a few aus unis do this as well for applicants.

I reckon it's the same, 2 interviewers too!

Yes. Any idea if the scenarios given in the interviews are the same for locals and international students? For the locals, they have 8 stations, but only 2 for internationals if I understand correctly.

@cckpr, some issues centre on ethics etc, I think they are looking at how the applicant process his/her thoughts.

Gee, the reports on the number of trained doctors being churned out every year changes all the time. While 4500 was the commonly known figure, this report says "4000" in 5 years time. I was under the impression it's 7000 then!

The Star - NuMed

Anyone here with any experience with applications to Irish unis (Cork or Trinity)? Are there additional tests to be taken (like UKCAT) for international applicants?

Absolutely right. Now it's the internship uncertainty!

Oh that's not very good news at all. Hope things will turn around in the next couple of years then.

Apart from IMU, which other local medical schools make interviews part of the application process?

Oh forgot about Monash Sunway! Wonder what applicants will be asked. Am familiar with Monash Clayton interviews, and am quite sure it Sunway's will be somewhat similar.

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Added on November 24, 2011, 3:40 pmSo what were you asked?

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Added on November 24, 2011, 3:45 pmHope the ccc and cgpa 2.0 are small in numbers! Then again, there's so many local med schools to choose from. Wow, here the students choose, elsewhere in UK/USA/Aus, the schools choose the students.

This post has been edited by podrunner: Nov 24 2011, 03:45 PM

Son just had his in Clayton today, both topics were "situational". Interesting scenarios and questions, and no "why do you want to be a doctor" (or variations of it) questions at all. I am sure they're quite sick of the answers too.. LOL!

In the malaysian context, pretty soon the medical graduates here will not be taken seriously, as entry into the program and the medical schools itself may be dubious. The worse bit would be this general perception will include the decent IPTAs and IPTSs. Maybe the respective (international) medical boards/councils will scrutinise properly.

limeuu, singapore will still be hiring medical graduates, till at least 2020 right?

5 years, there is no "express" route, not that I know of, and if there is one, it will be dodgy at best.

I think you will still need to sit for AMC, or you will not be able to practice.

Wow Syd G, I admire your determination! What's the pull towards medicine?

IF they get "why do you want to be a doctor" question...Monash Clayton has done away with that dreary question.

Not sure, although how much would an applicant know? Maybe a disease, a medical case, unlikely.

Maybe they want to see how you process your thoughts, and your character based on what you answer/ say. Situational interviews are tricky, I think.

Makira, stay clear from Monash and other unis which use Multiple Mini Interviews. The questions in the links you've listed are the traditional questions. A sample of a situational interview (part of MMI) would be something like the following:

"Genetic blueprinting is now possible. With this technology, we are now able to determine if a person has a higher risk of contracting a certain disease. For example, genetic blueprinting is performed on a baby and it is found that the baby has a great risk of getting cancer in life. This technology can be quite pricy.

1. What are the advantages of this technology?

2. What are the ethical issues that come with this technology?

3. How is it important for the government to monitor health and illness issues of the community?



If I understand it correctly, the same scenario is hardly ever recycled in the interviews.

This post has been edited by podrunner: Nov 25 2011, 08:19 PM