13th November 2024
Sample MMI Station: Role-Play
The Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) for medical admissions is challenging, in large part because of the considerable variation in station formats and topics. Role-play stations can be particularly challenging for students, and it is often hard to know how to approach these kinds of stations. In this blog I’ll break down a typical role-play station and offer some practical tips for fielding ...
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11th November 2024
What Are Medical Interviewers Looking For?
The medical interview is often challenging for students given how different it is from other assessment tasks used for medical admissions. It can be hard to know what interviewers’ expectations are, and even when you have access to resources such as practice interview questions, it’s not always easy to tell what an interviewer sees as a “good” response. Moreover, unl ...
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8th November 2024
Hot Topic: COVID Vaccinations (With Discussion of Medical Ethics)
The COVID pandemic and COVID vaccinations are common medical interview topics, since they have resulted in significant challenges to the healthcare system, and raise many ethical issues. In this blog, we will be discussing the following medical interview question, and provide four key tips: “Should people be forced to vaccinate in order to achieve herd immunity?” ...
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1st November 2024
Medicine at Notre Dame
Medicine at The University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA) is a medical course which spans over the course of four years. Throughout the first two years of the postgraduate degree, students will focus on learning the foundations, with problem based learning, communication skills sessions, site visits and workshops. In the third and fourth year, students will start to engage in clinical placemen ...
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31st October 2024
Ways to Learn About Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture
Australia is a multicultural community and within that diversity, Australia has one of the oldest continuing living cultures in the world: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Around 20% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people live in what is classified as very remote and remote areas. Learning more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is importa ...
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24th October 2024
FREE Medical Interview Training for Rural South Australians!
MedEntry is proud to partner with the government-funded Rural Doctors Workforce Agency (RDWA) to provide free Medical Interview Training to rural South Australians. Improving access to medical interview training for rural students is part of MedEntry's commitment to Australian healthcare, and to widening access into medicine. What is RDWA? RDWA, or ...
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23rd October 2024
Sample MMI Station: Contemporary Issue
The Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) for medical admission is difficult, but with practice you can hone your interviewing skills and become more capable at answering common scenarios. In this post I’ll be breaking down a common medical interview scenario, one in which the interviewer gives you a prompt about a contemporary issue affecting society (typically related to health or ethics) and ...
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10th October 2024
Why Some Students Don’t Prepare for Medical Interviews
Medical interviews are a crucial aspect of the selection process for entry into health science courses. In some universities, medical interviews are weighted at more than 50% of the total selection criteria (James Cook University, Newcastle/JMP, WSU/CSU and Bond University). Most people focus on their ATAR scores, study for the UCAT but do not prepare for their medical interview. Hence there a ...
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4th October 2024
Introducing Mai: MedEntry’s Innovative AI Chatbot
MedEntry’s IT team has been busy creating an exciting new tool to help students with their UCAT preparation. Mai, MedEntry’s intelligent AI chatbot, has been created to provide UCAT support whenever you need it. Available to students with MedEntry’s Comprehensive and Premium UCAT preparation packages, Mai is your go-to resource for any questions related to the UCAT exam, m ...
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25th September 2024
Applying for Medicine/Dentistry as an International Student
Australia has some of the best medical universities in the world. All universities accept international students, and courses are internationally recognized. You are considered an international applicant if you are: Not an Australian citizen Not a New Zealand citizen Not an Australian permanent resident Applicants should check the health registration organizatio ...
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