Yea the school it was held at was Berkhamsted - I've heard its "prestigious" aha. There were 12 other schools which were all private I think, apart from mine and another.
They started by asking them what they thought of the University and why they wanted to come to this one in particular. Then they asked about work experience (but very briefly) and moved onto the qualities you think a doctor should have.
This is where I think they did really well because in their answers they brought up work experience placements and ECs, basically saying how they had the qualities or had seen them in action.
Then they were asked about ECs versus academics, and to bring the interview to a close, a question about current medical news or a medical ethics question was presented to them.
In one of the interviews they were asked about whether smokers and obese people should have treatment when the NHS is trying to save money (this answer was insane, he gave a really well balanced answer and then brought up four of the medical ethics values: Autonomy, Justice, Beneficence, Munificence...
)..another was asking the person to sum up the NHS reforms (guy answered so well on this one!) and the last was a situation where on the ward round as an, F1 you can smell alcohol on the consultants breath, what do you do? The girl also answered this well, saying you should speak to the person above them, or maybe your SHO in confidentiality, but the most important thing is to remember your patients safety; if the consultant is under the influence of alcohol is he really in the right state to be treating patients safely?
Yea thats pretty much it
soz for the essay
was so interesting to watch, and has really given me some ideas about how to present myself and answers at interview. Scary but exciting!