What (not) to say at a Med School Interview
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A short talk outlining 3 principles for med school interviewees from an experienced interviewer
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What (not) to say at a Med School Interview
- 1. What (not) to say at a Med School interview Sabih M. Huq Medical Registrar Barts and The London SAMDA Clinicians’ Evening 19th March 2008
- 3. Who am I ? • • • • A levels 1990 MBBS 1997 MRCP 2000 currently doing MD © sabihmhuq 2008
- 4. Who are you ? © sabihmhuq 2008
- 5. Why are we here ? 1. Why did you come here tonight? 2. What would you like to be able to do after tonight that you could not do before? 3. Has the evening lived up to your expectations? © sabihmhuq 2008
- 6. Purpose • help you to think sensibly about Medicine as a career • show you what interviewers are (not) looking for • persuade you to do something © sabihmhuq 2008
- 9. What makes a good doctor? © sabihmhuq 2008
- 10. “From regularly reading the medical literature ...” “Hmmm. What do think of stem cells? Should we be using them?” “Err...” © sabihmhuq 2008
- 11. Principles 1 • don’t lie © sabihmhuq 2008
- 12. “Tell me about your work experience.” “I blah, blah blah ...” “What did you learn?” “Err...” © sabihmhuq 2008
- 13. Principles 2 • don’t lie • reflect © sabihmhuq 2008
- 14. “If you had £1 million to improve health, what would you do?” “I would help people.” “How?” “By helping them.” © sabihmhuq 2008
- 15. Principles 3 • don’t lie • reflect • be intelligent © sabihmhuq 2008
- 16. © sabihmhuq 2008
- 17. What is it like being a doctor? © sabihmhuq 2008
- 18. “What does a Foundation 1 doctor do?” “A what?” “Hmmm.” © sabihmhuq 2008
- 19. “What are the drawbacks to being a doctor?” “Long hours.” “Anything else?” “No.” © sabihmhuq 2008
- 20. Are you committed? © sabihmhuq 2008
- 21. “Why do you want to come here?” “I don’t.” © sabihmhuq 2008
- 22. Are you committed? What would convince you an applicant was committed? © sabihmhuq 2008
- 23. © sabihmhuq 2008
- 24. What now? • what do you want? • how are you going to get there? • what physical actions are next? © sabihmhuq 2008