Are MMI questions more like ethical scenarios, stuff from your application, or like "tell me a time you etc.."? I'm asking this for UMich and UCLA if it matters. How many days in advance do i have to prepare? For most of my regular interviews I haven't been preparing much other than rereading my primary/secondary essays the night before. What do I need to do to prepare for MMI? I have my first one coming up soon which is why I ask.
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It can be either. I’ve had MMIs that were entirely scenario based, and one that was mostly personal questions. Personally, I didn’t do much practice and don’t feel like I would have benefited much from it. The main way I see practice being useful is just for making sure you don’t sound too nervous & can articulate your argument clearly.
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100% agree. Just be able to talk. Practicing specific scenarios won’t help you.
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Just interviewed at UCLA and it was my first MMI. I tried so hard to prepare for it but honestly, the preparation wasn't needed. The MMIs are stressful in theory, but when you're actually doing them, they're the best! I never believed anyone who said this but now that I've experienced it, I get it lol. I would say the most useful prep (if any) would just be to develop a general way to gather your thoughts for the questions. There's a good thread on here that talks about the PRYO method (Problem, Responsibilities, Your Opinion, Others' Opinions) that was helpful. I personally can struggle sometimes with figuring out how to structure the information I want to say, so having a bit of a guide helped. But the interviewers were great and asked follow up questions which made it a bit more conversational 🙂
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I disagree with the posters above. You cannot have prepared answers, but you can have heuristics in your head to guide you. For example, you can start by repeating the question to make sure that you have the scenario down correctly. You can then consider ALL people/entities who may be affected by what you are being asked to do. You can then think of the questions to to get a better handle on how all parties will be impacted. Finally, you can think about answers to basic scenarios that will come up again and again (e.g., what would you do if you have a patient who may or may not be competent making a medical decision that you believe to be the wrong one; what would you do if another medical profession acted unprofessionally in your presence; etc.). I found this book to be helpful: https://etextworld.com/product/mult...i-winning-strategies-from-admissions-faculty/,
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supposedly, previous MMI questions are on the net.... i've been looking (but to no avail).... anyone have any tips?
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