MMI preparation - current events?

[jaybird117]

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So apparently, it's suggested to me that I have a passing familiarity with current events when interviewing. I assume they're going to particularly want me to know about medical issues, which is a bit of a problem, because all my old news sources revolved around foreign policy (Model United Nations, don'tcha know.)

Suggestions as to where to start would be very much appreciated.

 

[SN12357]

So apparently, it's suggested to me that I have a passing familiarity with current events when interviewing. I assume they're going to particularly want me to know about medical issues, which is a bit of a problem, because all my old news sources revolved around foreign policy (Model United Nations, don'tcha know.)

Suggestions as to where to start would be very much appreciated.

How can you want to be a doctor and have no familiarity with current medical news events?

Start with the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Economist, and longreads.com (they post a lot of health related longform journalism). ProPublica.org also does a lot of health reporting.

This isn't just good prep for MMIs, btw. Expect to be asked about current medical events/healthcare reform in traditional interviews as well.

 

[TechToDoc]

All four of my interviewers (traditional interviews, not MMIs) asked what I thought the biggest problem with our medical system is right now.

 

[jaybird117]

I had some problems last year that interrupted a lot of stuff - I'd planned to bone up on it this year.

 

[pyrrion89]

Read books about medical health policy or practice. I read 3 or 4 books and it paid off at the mmi.

 

[dsoz]

It really does not matter. I was asked almost zero about current health care reform. The closest to it that I was asked is "How would you balance the need for primary care and the number of graduates that go into primary care?" and this question was asked in several different interviews.

 

[BillrothI]

Read books about medical health policy or practice. I read 3 or 4 books and it paid off at the mmi.

Any recommendations, pyrrion?

Thanks,
Bill R.

 

[DubZteR]

Read books about medical health policy or practice. I read 3 or 4 books and it paid off at the mmi.

Reading about health policy and current events is not a bad idea to develop your opinion about current events but with any MMI, you'll have to learn how to develop a framework approach as well. If you're interested, check out MMI for the mind, by Dr. Kevyn To, former MMI admission's interview at McMaster University School of Medicine where the MMIs originated. Search it on Amazon.