6 tips for Medicine MMIs - Multiple Mini Interviews

2017-10-24 · Long video (solo, talking head or whiteboard) · Ali, Chidera, a guest · recording, 4:23 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Medicine and his doctor years · mode: List of tips or lessons · tags: Aimed at students

Ali presents six tips from medical students for multiple mini interviews (MMIs), the format most UK medical schools use: prepare for them as for any interview, practise timed answers, recover from a bad station, think on your feet with talking points, practise talking through ethics and odd tasks with friends, and relax.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Ali introduces tips for the MMI, the multiple mini interviews

★★ Ali, a final-year Cambridge medical student, presents tips from medical students for the multiple mini interviews (MMIs), which he says most UK medical schools now use. — 00:00:00 · University of Cambridge, Multiple mini interview
★★★ Ali says medicine interviews and MMIs overlap so much that any tip for interviews also applies to MMIs, which is why his MMI video is short. — 00:00:00 · Multiple mini interview, Medicine interview
★★★ a guest: A student says MMI preparation and interview preparation are not separate: the skills needed to do well in a medicine interview are exactly those needed in an MMI. — 00:00:29 · Multiple mini interview, Medicine interview
★★ a guest: The same student says an MMI gives the interview in bite-sized chunks of maybe about eight minutes each. (hedged) — 00:00:29 · Multiple mini interview

00:00:40 — Tip 1: treat MMIs the same as normal interviews

★★ a guest: The student advises applicants to universities that use only MMIs not to ignore interview advice, since the many resources for interviews also prepare you for MMIs. — 00:01:09 · Multiple mini interview, Medicine interview
★★ a guest: A student says timing matters in MMIs and advises practising answers under time pressure, about five to eight minutes per answer, which varies by medical school. — 00:01:09 · Multiple mini interview

00:01:23 — Tip 2: practise timing

00:01:38 — Tip 3: don't let a bad station get you down

★★ a guest: A student says each MMI station is a clean slate, but a mistake at one can crash your performance at the next; applicants who get stressed should work out ways to calm down. — 00:01:38 · Multiple mini interview
★ a guest: When worried, the same student takes a few seconds and a few deep breaths and moves on, and says that really helps. — 00:01:38

00:02:14 — Tip 4: be prepared to think on your feet

★★ a guest: A student says MMIs need thinking on your feet: rather than factual questions such as when the NHS was founded, they may ask about a hot topic or current debate, so have ideas ready and be able to argue them unrehearsed. — 00:02:16 · Multiple mini interview, NHS
★★ a guest: The same student repeats a standing piece of advice: prepare your interview answers but avoid sounding rehearsed, going by talking points rather than a script. — 00:02:16 · Medicine interview

00:02:42 — Tip 5: talk to people about anything

★★★ a guest: A student's main MMI advice is to practise speaking aloud with people on any subject: tackle ethics questions with friends and explain odd tasks, such as tying a shoe without hand gestures, to get used to five-minute scenarios. — 00:02:43 · Multiple mini interview
★★ a guest: The same student suggests practising medical scenarios too, such as what you would do if you found someone who needed medical attention. — 00:03:13 · Multiple mini interview
★★★ a guest: The student says MMI interviewers do not expect perfection; they want to see someone who copes under pressure, can try their hand at many things and does generally well across the board. — 00:03:13 · Multiple mini interview

00:03:40 — Tip 6: relax

★★ a guest: A student's last MMI tip is to relax, not to dwell on how other stations went, and to think only about the station in the room. — 00:03:42 · Multiple mini interview
★★ Ali says many more videos are coming about medicine interviews and other parts of the medicine application, alongside occasional vlogs about life as a medical student. — 00:03:42 · Medicine interview

00:03:50 — Closing: more videos coming about interviews and the medicine application

Threads in this video

refine · How do you prepare for a medical school interview? — Ali says medicine interviews and MMIs overlap so much that any tip for interviews also applies to MMIs, which is why his MMI video is short. (00:00:00)
progress update · Ali promises more videos on the BMAT, interviews and personal statements (2017) — Ali says many more videos are coming about medicine interviews and other parts of the medicine application, alongside occasional vlogs about life as a medical student. (00:03:42)
restate · How do you prepare for a medical school interview? — A student's main MMI advice is to practise speaking aloud with people on any subject: tackle ethics questions with friends and explain odd tasks, such as tying a shoe without hand gestures, to get used to five-minute scenarios. (00:02:43)

Where the stories that moved here went next

Ali promises more videos on the BMAT, interviews and personal statements (2017) — kept

Mentioned

Central: Multiple mini interview

Also: Medicine interview · NHS · University of Cambridge

Taking part: Chidera

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