Update on our full Mock MMI Circuits in 2020: Due to the growing concerns over COVID-19, MDConsultants is taking all precautionary measures necessary and have therefore cancelled the remaining in-person MMI circuits. We are now holding online sessions via video conferencing with our medical student or resident consultants. You will go through the mock experience, […]
You nervously walk into your interview room, unsteadily close the door, and sit down in front of your interviewer, excited to start. In those 5 seconds, from door to chair, you’ve made an impression on everyone in that room before you’ve said a single word. How you conduct yourself is just as important as what […]
Throughout many years since its introduction as an objective measure for interviews, the MMI has evolved to incorporate and screen for a candidate’s qualities. The keen interviewee often hears whispers or watches videos about uniquely or challenging MMI stations, such as the publicly available example from Calgary in which an applicant must build a structure […]
When I was preparing for my medical school interviews, the questions that I struggled with most were the personal questions. I felt like there was an endless repertoire of things I could be asked. Tell me about your biggest regret. Tell me about a time where you showed empathy to someone in your life. What […]
Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary medical student, Morgan, answered questions regarding the medical school interview process in Canada and speaks about her own experience! The following questions were answered during the Live video Question and Answer taping: What advice can you give about preparing for medical school interviews? Top advice? What […]
“NO”Raghu Venugopal and Sameer Masood – Toronto emergency room doctors In medicine we learn that “hoofbeats” are not always horses and sometimes they are “zebras.” Physicians consider not just the most common cause of a patient concern, but also the most serious illness possible. We develop a list of probable diagnoses based on the patient’s […]
While many schools have moved on to multiple mini interviews (MMIs) as their preferred method of assessment for potential MD candidates, there are still institutions such as Western University that stick to tradition and ask you to prepare for a panel interview instead. A medical school panel interview usually involves a variety of interviewers such […]
What is a typical week for a University of Calgary medical student? The schedule varies from day to day, but typically first year students are in class from 8:30am to 5:30pm, Monday through Friday, with an hour for lunch from 12:30pm to 1:30pm. Included in the class schedule are one to two independent study blocks […]
First of all, congratulations on making it this far! It must have felt like yesterday when prepping for medical school admission interviews right? Well, since you survived that, you can truly survive this. I want to reassure you that it is normal to have that anxious feeling you are feeling right now. After all, you […]
Entering medical school after completing my MBA has been both an advantageous and challenging transition. The MBA Program at the Rotman School of Management – University of Toronto – taught me to be a big picture thinker. In studying Health Policy and Healthcare Markets, I explored areas of healthcare reform within Canada, while drawing from […]
