Is it normal to have a period of silence during a standardized patient MMI?

[The Hound]

The actor would not feed into anything I said, so the last minute or so was just awkward silence. I decided this was better than rambling or repeating myself. I'll be doing another two SPs tomorrow, do y'all have any advice on how to handle these stations?

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[choks]

The actor would not feed into anything I said, so the last minute or so was just awkward silence. I decided this was better than rambling or repeating myself. I'll be doing another two SPs tomorrow, do y'all have any advice on how to handle these stations?

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Awesome job with the IIs and acceptances!

 

[The Hound]

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Awesome job with the IIs and acceptances!

Thanks!!

 

[microbionerd]

The actor would not feed into anything I said, so the last minute or so was just awkward silence. I decided this was better than rambling or repeating myself. I'll be doing another two SPs tomorrow, do y'all have any advice on how to handle these stations?

I had an MMI with an actor that was very tight-lipped as well. There were definitely a few periods of silence (3-5) as I was trying to think of other things to say to this person for their situation, but there was not an excessive amount of silence and I tried my best to ask as many relevant questions or give as much relevant advice I could think of. I believe the periods of silence helped me think of things I would not have initially thought of.

I was genuinely worried about this too but then received an acceptance phone call yesterday.