honesty in MMI answers

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Hi guys,

So for many of the questions in a MMI session, there are so many situations that either deal with a lot of integrity, ethical decision making, etc. For example, a student sends past papers to a group of students (including you) for a paper in your class that is worth 40% of your grade.

So I know that they are trying to assess for integrity and honesty here, but how far do you go to not sound like you are B.Sing? You could say anything you wanted, such as you wouldn't look and cheat off the paper and you would consult the student and find out why he sent it and ask the other students who received it to not look at it blah blah blah... But where do you draw the line of really going above and beyond and actually really stating what you would actually do in that situation?

How does honesty play into explaining yourself versus glorifying yourself with things that you would actually never do? Can't the one's judging your interview tell immediately when you are BSing (which I would think would be extremely easy to do)?

For example....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOVbDD9lNjE .

 

[Microglia]

Hi guys,

So for many of the questions in a MMI session, there are so many situations that either deal with a lot of integrity, ethical decision making, etc. For example, a student sends past papers to a group of students (including you) for a paper in your class that is worth 40% of your grade.

So I know that they are trying to assess for integrity and honesty here, but how far do you go to not sound like you are B.Sing? You could say anything you wanted, such as you wouldn't look and cheat off the paper and you would consult the student and find out why he sent it and ask the other students who received it to not look at it blah blah blah... But where do you draw the line of really going above and beyond and actually really stating what you would actually do in that situation?

How does honesty play into explaining yourself versus glorifying yourself with things that you would actually never do? Can't the one's judging your interview tell immediately when you are BSing (which I would think would be extremely easy to do)?

For example....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOVbDD9lNjE .

Honestly MMI's force you to sound legit while thinking on your feet. Good skill for a doctor to have. That being said, probably not a great way to screen interviewees. I think they're a weird med school fad and won't last that long with admissions, but we'll see I guess.

Take the high road with your answers and try to honestly do it in your life too. Hard but almost always worth it. Boring answer I know haha, but such is life.

 

[dcc23]

I've only had an MMI at one school, but for me personally the questions weren't quite like this where there's clearly an ethically correct answer and they tested how well I could BS why I would choose that one.

Mine were more based on difficult situations involving patients or healthcare where there are two difficult outcomes and they wanted to see how I approached the conflict, whether I could appreciate both possible scenarios, and ultimately which decision I supported.

 

[chillaxbro]

In one of my MMIs I said I would report someone who was shoplifting. Then they asked what if they were poor and hungry and they were shoplifting food? I said I would let them go in that case. Did I **** up?

 

[BlueLabel]

In one of my MMIs I said I would report someone who was shoplifting. Then they asked what if they were poor and hungry and they were shoplifting food? I said I would let them go in that case. Did I **** up?

You should have said you'd just offer them one of your many hot dogs acquired over a lifetime of hard work.

 

[mcloaf]

In one of my MMIs I said I would report someone who was shoplifting. Then they asked what if they were poor and hungry and they were shoplifting food? I said I would let them go in that case. Did I **** up?

Man I hated MMI so much. Thank god I only had one.