MMI interviews | Ace these common questions!

Hey guys, apologies for the lateness! Questions about communication, teamwork and leadership are defo very common and it's certainly worth doing as much practice on them as you can! Remember to always give an example of a time you demonstrated these skills and explain why these skills are important in medicine. All the best for your prep and look out for my upcoming vids!
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[@lpsfrenchpaws1690]

You are the best. Hannah. X

[@zanmar6764]

How should you answer if you come up with any examples for leadership team work etc

[@davidt262]

Hi Hannah I appreciate the time you took to make this. You've def earned my sub. I just had a question if that's ok:
For skill based questions on problem solving, is it ok if in the end you didn't really solve the problem but were able to change someone's attitude/mind about something?
My example was: I tried to help a pt adjust to their treatment that they really needed, but I found that their family were more keen on them continuing treatment than the pt was. So in the end the pt didn't continue treatment as their Dr and Family would've hoped, but the family came to terms with the fact that their father couldnt tolerate the treatment.
I just don't know if this is a strong example. If you actually read this, thank you.

[@hannahbourner7866]

Thanks for subscribing David! I’m happy to help :)
This is a really good experience to talk about well done on being involved in this! I’d say this is definitely a strong enough example - problem solving doesn’t always mean there’s a perfect solution. In fact, it’s about the BEST solution. In this case, the patient didn’t want to continue treatment (probably for a valid reason) which may have been difficult for the family to accept. However, if they’ve come to terms with this, and they understand why the father could no longer tolerate the treatment, this could definitely come under problem solving :) and (ofc) you could mention the good communication skills and empathy that came in handy in a situation like this! So, there’s actually a wide range of skills you can cover with just this one example :)