*MEGATHREAD* - The Official 2014 Medicine Interview Preparation Thread

Talk slowly. Seriously, it worked wonders for me when I tried it. It allows you to sort of hear myself talking and I was able to cut down on filler words too. If you think you're talking too slowly, then you're probably at the best pace.

Btw 'you know' is appropriate sometimes, you don't need to cut it out completely. Just use it when you need it.

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Thanks! I'll try that

Filler words sometimes makes your answer sound less rehearsed and more genuine, even my interviewers used filler words when asking questions, its just a matter of not over doing it

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Anybody know how the Scottish NHS if/has been affected by the reforms/recent scandals in England.

Also are there still pct's in scotland

My interview is tomorrow, ahhhhhh!

For the 'Why Sheffield?' question, I've picked out:

- ridiculously good union
- patients centred approach
- Systems-based curriculum
- Early clinical exposure

Do you think that it's okay to only have 4 if I expand on them? I don't want to just give them a list, I want to get my passion across, but don't want to sound like I've not researched enough. Also, other than the 'Why Medicine?' questions, i haven't prepared set answers for anything, because I don't want to sound robotic- I have an idea of what I'll say, just not to the letter. Is that okay?

My interview is tomorrow, ahhhhhh!

For the 'Why Sheffield?' question, I've picked out:

- ridiculously good union
- patients centred approach
- Systems-based curriculum
- Early clinical exposure

Do you think that it's okay to only have 4 if I expand on them? I don't want to just give them a list, I want to get my passion across, but don't want to sound like I've not researched enough. Also, other than the 'Why Medicine?' questions, i haven't prepared set answers for anything, because I don't want to sound robotic- I have an idea of what I'll say, just not to the letter. Is that okay?

What are the national priorities in health care?




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My interview is tomorrow, ahhhhhh!

For the 'Why Sheffield?' question, I've picked out:

- ridiculously good union
- patients centred approach
- Systems-based curriculum
- Early clinical exposure

Do you think that it's okay to only have 4 if I expand on them? I don't want to just give them a list, I want to get my passion across, but don't want to sound like I've not researched enough. Also, other than the 'Why Medicine?' questions, i haven't prepared set answers for anything, because I don't want to sound robotic- I have an idea of what I'll say, just not to the letter. Is that okay?

As in what are the main things we target? Funding for Dementia has been given a lot more funding recently, with the number of people suffering from it expecting to double by 2050. Meanwhile, Dame Professor Sally Davis, Chief Medical Officer for the UK, upgraded antibiotic resistance to the same level of threat as terrorism (I believe),so i believe enacting protocols to deal with their misuse is high on the agenda.

Education also plays a pivotal role. Obesity leads to a lot of chronic ailments, such as Diabetes or Arthritis, that place a lot of strain of the NHS, particularly Diabetes, as it cause people to get other, more complicated disease. Therefore, making people more aware of the damage they inflict on themselves would be high up, to relieve the stress self-perpetuated issues place on the NHS.

Yes/No?

Yep seems right, there are also the obvious ones (such as lack of funding, rationing of treatments etc.)

There is also the confidence in NHS which may be low (due to Mid staffs, NHS 'scandals' such as lying about hospital data, a Dr lying to patient he removed her brain tumor, Surgeon signing his initials on a patients liver) but these aren't as important as the ones above Good luck for tomorrow!

As in what are the main things we target? Funding for Dementia has been given a lot more funding recently, with the number of people suffering from it expecting to double by 2050. Meanwhile, Dame Professor Sally Davis, Chief Medical Officer for the UK, upgraded antibiotic resistance to the same level of threat as terrorism (I believe),so i believe enacting protocols to deal with their misuse is high on the agenda.

Education also plays a pivotal role. Obesity leads to a lot of chronic ailments, such as Diabetes or Arthritis, that place a lot of strain of the NHS, particularly Diabetes, as it cause people to get other, more complicated disease. Therefore, making people more aware of the damage they inflict on themselves would be high up, to relieve the stress self-perpetuated issues place on the NHS.

Yes/No?

Scenario: Imagine you are a doctor, an 18 year old girl needs an emergency blood transfusion. She refuses treatment however her parents are adamant that she has the blood transfusion. What do you do?

If she has capacity, we have to respect her patient autonomy. If she doesn't have capacity, we can still override her decision using the mental health act.

Obviously it's in her best interests to treat her (beneficence) so medics should use great comm skills to figure out the reason why she doesn't want the transfusion

Look for any other suitable means of treatment

If she still refuses, then we have to make her comfortable I guess...her parents wishes are irrelevant as she's an adult.

Any decision made must be from a multidisciplinary team with senior members and perhaps get some legal advice too

Great answer!

How would you tell her parents that their decision doesn't matter? If the doctor decided not to give a blood transfusion?

Thanks

Haha that would be quite difficult tbh but I would sit down with them and discuss (empathy)why the blood transfusion will not be admitted because their daughter is an adult in the eyes of the law and we have to respect her decision..we'll make her as comfortable as we can.

I think before we have this discussion, I would try my best to find another way to treat the patient

I would have said the same thing!

I have my first and only interview tomorrow Any tips?