Introduction to the Doctalk Interview Course 2020
FREE PREVIEWHow to prepare for the medical interview 2020
FREE PREVIEWHow to navigate virtual medical interviews
Getting ahead of the competition
The various types of medical interview questions
How are candidates scored in the medical interview
Why these criteria?
Key interview techniques
Introduction to chapter 2
Key medical advancements through the ages
Life before the NHS
Structure of the NHS
Understanding the delivery of healthcare
The governing organisations you need to know about
Key Case 1: Harold Shipman
Key Case 2: The MMR vaccine and autism
Key Case 3: The Francis enquiry
Introduction to medical ethics
Patient autonomy
Beneficence and non-maleficence
Informed consent
Competence and medical capacity (adults over 16)
Competence and medical capacity (children below 16)
Patient confidentiality
Should patients be able to make choices about what is in their best interest?
A 14 year old patient comes to your clinic asking for a termination of pregnancy, what do you do?
A young woman presents with severe symptoms of multiple sclerosis despite trying all conventional treatments. A new drug is available but treatment costs 12X more than conventional treatment and can even worsen symptoms in some patients. What do you do?
An elderly gentleman presents has had a recent stroke and is refusing to take blood thinning medication, which is used to prevent a further stroke. His wife brings him into clinic and asks you to “make him see some sense”. What are the main issues?
You are looking after a HIV patient who refuses to disclose his diagnosis to his wife, another one of your patients. What do you do?
Your colleague who is feeling down asks you if you can prescribe him some anti-depressants. What do you do?
A long distance lorry driver with insulin dependent diabetes is asked to stop driving due to poor disease control. He is the sole breadwinner for his wife and two children. What are the main issues you see here?
Would you let a Jehovah’s witness die because of their refusal to accept a blood transfusion?
A father attends A&E with a child who is bleeding and needs a blood transfusion. The father is refusing adamantly and is stopping you from having a blood transfusion. What do you do?
Should the NHS provide three single vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella, as opposed to the MMR vaccine?
A Jehovah’s witness comes to A&E unconscious, bleeding profusely and needing a blood transfusion. What do you do?
You have one liver available for transplant and you have to decide between two patients: an 8-year-old with a congenital liver problem or a 35-year-old ex-alcoholic mother of two. How do you go about deciding?
An obese patient is demanding a total knee replacement (TKR), that is due to fail due to the patient’s obesity. The patient keeps coming to your clinic requesting the same. What do you do?
Why do you want to study medicine?
Why not nursing or dentistry or any other allied health professional?
What steps have you taken to find out whether medicine is the right career for you?
What work experience have you done to learn more about medicine?
Tell us about your gap year
What would you do If you did not succeed at getting into medical school this year?
Where do you see yourself in 10-15 years’ time
If you had to pick one specialty that you want to pursue, what would it be?
What are your main career goals as a doctor/ What do you aspire to achieve in your medical career?
What, in your opinion, are the positives and negatives of a career in medicine?
What are you looking forward to the most and the least about becoming a doctor?
Medicine has a relatively high burnout and dropout rate, why may this be?
How has medicine developing in the last 100 years?
What challenges do you think you will encounter during your time as a medical student and/or a doctor?
What do doctors do apart from treating patients?
What is the definition of holistic medicine?
How important is information technology in medicine?
Why do you wish to study at this specific medical school?
What are you most and/ or least interested about in our medical school/ University?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of problem based learning?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of lecture-based learning?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of integrated learning?
Introduction
How would you rate your communication skills?
Would you describe yourself to be empathetic?
Can you think of a situation where your communication/leadership/teamworking skills made a difference to the outcome of the situation?
What makes you a good team player?
Describe a situation where you were an effective team player/communicator/leader?
What makes someone a good team leader?
Tell me about your leadership skills/teamworking skills
What makes a good team?
Would you say you are more of a leader or a follower?
Give us an example of a situation when you had to change your opinion on a situation
What are the advantages and disadvantages of working in a team?
How have your hobbies contributed to your studies and/or your career choice?
Why do you think your personality is suited to medicine?
Why should we offer you a place at medical school/what makes you the best candidate?
What skills have you developed in your extra-curricular activities/volunteering experience/work-experience?
Would you say you work better independently or as part of a team?
What is your main weakness?
Tell us about someone who has had a major influence on you as a person
What are the qualities of a good teacher?
What is your greatest achievement/what are you most proud of?
How do you cope with criticism?
How do you cope with conflict?
One of your fellow students is regularly missing University and stays in their room for most of the day. How would you deal with this situation?
What makes you angry?
University of East Anglia
University of Birmingham
University of Exeter
Newcastle University
University Of Leeds
University of Aberdeen
Anglia Ruskin University
Aston University
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
University of Bristol Medical School
University of Buckingham
University of Cambridge
Cardiff University
University of Dundee
Edge Hill University
University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow
Hull York Medical School
Imperial College London
Keele University
Kent and Medway
King's College London
Lancaster University
University of Liverpool
University of Leicester
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
University of Manchester
University of Nottingham
University of Oxford
Peninsula University Medical School
Queen's University Belfast
University of Sheffield
St.George's University of London
University of Sunderland
Swansea University
University of Central Lancashire
University College London
University of Warwick
Introduction to the Doctalk mock interviews
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Introduction to the Doctalk Mock Interviews
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Introduction to the Doctalk Mock Interviews
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Introduction to the Doctalk Mock Interviews
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