hi all, i'm currently trying to prepare for curtin's MMI interview and i can't find much info about it other than it's 'standard' MMI format. what does that even mean?
if anyone who has been through this process sees this post please let me know what it's like! this is my first interview and i really want to do well, but i'm not sure how to prepare and what questions to expect.
for everyone else who have done MMIs, what kind of questions did they ask? was it puzzles, critical analysis of articles etc or just participating in scenarios?
also, do we get to know our interview score once results are out? or does that information never get revealed to us?

thanks in advance and good luck to everyone else doing interviews rn!

Hi Julia I didn't do the Curtin MMI Interview but have done the Notre Dame Sydney and Monash MMI Interviews for Postgrad Med this year and received offers for both unis. I presume by standard MMI they mean that there is nothing unique about the interview and will most likely have the standard ethical scenario stations that are super common with MMIs along with some stations about personal motivations to study Medicine/motivation to study Medicine specifically at Curtin University, some stations about the disparities in health between non-rural and rural Australians as well as about poorer access to healthcare for Indigenous Australians. They might also ask questions about your characteristics and whether you are suited to becoming a doctor. Given this, it is unlikely that they will have things like puzzles or articles but can't be 100% certain. Unfortunately, unis do not provide results generally or even any feedback. I am offering Mock Interviews and tutoring for the MMI. If you are interested, feel free to email me at bjin0009@student.monash.edu

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hiii thanks for offering to tutor; i'm currently using an online program to prepare and for some sections it doesn't seem to provide answers for the questions. can you please help me out with some of these and how i should approach them?

  1. What are the issues involved in giving disadvantaged/rural/Indigenous students advantages in terms of their ATAR? How do you feel about giving them extra ATAR points?
  2. A patient is sick but doesn’t want treatment. Should a doctor act according to the patient’s wishes or act according to the best interests?
  3. How can staff be encouraged for vaccinations in medical centres?

thanks in advance! my interview is tomorrow btw

    juliarobertsxxx

    Hi Julia

    For 1. I guess you could mention how there may be some students who are outside those categories of students who might have experienced hardships as well but aren't eligible to receive extra ATAR points as they don't fall into any of these categories and this could be quite unfair for the said student. Another issue could be that extra ATAR points doesn't exactly solve the issue that is causing these students to be in the position of not being able to achieve the marks of lets say a metro student. This is a short-term solution but in the long-term we should focus on why these students struggle to achieve the ATAR such as not enough resources, teachers, home environments etc.

    For 2. Always act in the patient's wishes if they are in the right state of mind (not drunk or have the mental capacity to understand the treatment that the doctor has explained for example) as this forms a very important part of patient healthcare known as Patient autonomy which is the ability to choose what they want to do. This may go against medical advice but doctors must respect a patient's wishes. This realistically can only be broken if the patient is not in a right state of mind for example. However, make sure that the doctor has explained everything properly to the patient so they can make their own informed consent.

    For 3. Pamphlets, and education seminars, address and answer patient questions, particularly in regard to hesitancy and why patients are concerned, explain the benefits but also the drawbacks in clear and concise terms to patients without forcing them or harrassment so they have all the necesssary information as fear is often due to lack of education/understanding.

    Hopefully that helps and good luck for your interview tomorrow.

      thank you so much ThunderDragon!
      btw, can i know how long after the interview did you find out if you received an offer of place/got rejected?

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