Multi-Mini Interviews

Multi-mini medical school interviews

Developed at St George’s Medical School, London but also used , for example, at Kings, East Anglia and Dundee and in some Vet interviews at eg Liverpool

Typically 8 Tasks at different ‘stations’ but it varies

Better predictor of academic performance and professional behaviour and more fair

Also allows faster processing of candidates so more can be interviewed

5 minutes each: key competencies

Academic ability and intellect

Empathy

Initiative and resilience

Communication skills and problem solving

Team work

Insight and integrity

Effective learning style

An actor is in role of your elderly neighbour. You accidentally run over their cat whilst reversing your car. You have 5 minutes to break the bad news.

Tests insight, integrity, communication, empathy.

Take responsibility. Don't blame the cat

Apologise and recognise the pain caused.

Deal with the emotions of neighbour.

Don't be defensive or try over-justify your actions

Offer to compensate, if not financially, by buying flowers, replacing the cat, or doing jobs for the neighbour.

Tone of voice and body language likely to be scrutinised as much as what you actually say

Liverpool Vet School: stations

Presentation (motivation)

Ethics

Case study (critical thinking)

Welfare issues (ethics)

Knowledge of the profession

Scientific paper (critical thinking)

Stress in the profession

Example: station 2 (ethics) You and a friend have been picked to play hockey

for your country. Your friend has made the first team, and you are first reserve. A few weeks before the game, your friend confides in you that he/she is struggling with minor injuries, so has started taking anabolic steroids to help with recovery from these injuries.

Use of anabolic steroids is prohibited in all sports in

the UK and Europe. Hockey players are rarely tested.

Scoring systemCOMMUNICATION SKILLS

1 2 3 4 5 6 Provided very Argued well from poor arguments a number of

viewpoints

AWARENESS OF RELEVANT ETHICAL ISSUES

1 2 3 4 5 6 Completely unaware of Aware of a complete

range ofethical issues ethical issues

SUITABILITY FOR PROFESSION (“GLOBAL SCORE”)

1 2 3 4 5 6 Completely unsuitable Extremely

suitable

Examples of 5 scenarios on ISC Medical website

http://www.medical-interviews.co.uk/Multi-Mini-Interviews-MMI-St-Georges.aspx

Commentary provided for each scenario

Useful for practice for traditional medical interviews too