mmi 2018

The Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) was designed at McMaster University in Canada to better evaluate an applicant’s interpersonal skills and predict performance in medical school. Like all other interviewers, MMI interviewers are looking for problem solving, communications skills, and the ability...

The med school interview: it’s exciting, and also stressful. You’re one step closer to your goal of becoming a physician – and yet the stress… it just ramps up. After having the opportunity to visit a school and even imagine yourself as a student there, it’s especially disheartening to be turned...

Currently, at least 29 medical schools in the U.S. offer the MMI. The average length of an MMI day is about nine hours. If you have a morning interview, check-in can begin as early as 7:15 am which may include breakfast with medical students. After breakfast, the dean or assistant dean gives a...

Hi Fam, The interview season is upon us, so I thought I would conduct free, 1-hour mock MMI interviews. I have been helping this community by editing PSs and, because I have some experience in interviewing at my job in addition to having been the interviewee 4-5 times (MMI and traditional), I...

Part 2: What you should know 1. What does “communication” or “rapport” really mean? Communicator: Professional relationships with the patient for trust and autonomy to convey empathy, respect, and compassion. Communicators understand that biases and values of patients and colleagues may...