The Fast Track Medical School Interview Course

Achieve Success with Fast Track's Medical School Interview Course

We make sure you are prepared - We have a 98% success rate.
Parents and students say: “We are so glad we found you.”
98% of our students come by personal recommendation.
The courses are run by experts who are authors of books on MMI Interviews.

Our Courses are Unique:

We have 3 hour MMI Practice, run by MMI specialists.
We get to know you and support you until you get your offer.
Maximum 15 participants in our workshop to ensure plenty of interview practice.
We ensure real practice at role-plays, to deliver the feeling of a real interview.
Our MMI has been specifically designed and structured to teach you techniques to deal with any station.
You will gain all the tools you need to answer any questions on the day.
You will practice a wide range of role-plays.
The course equips you with the tools you need.
Because we have only 15 people on each course, you will be able to raise any concerns and issues you wish to address.
Our courses are perfected by our leading team of experts who are specialists in training candidates for medical school interviews.
We have in-depth knowledge of each medical school interview process.
Our course is unique and out-weighs any other course available, because we focus on the individual medical schools and on their specific MMI Stations.
We have timed MMI scenarios so you can practice thinking under pressure.
The course covers all aspects of medical school interviews, including questions on: Personal statement, work experience and motivation, communication, team playing, leadership etc.
We cover the different stations. Different Medical Schools have different styles of MMI stations.
We run workshops on each type of station.
We teach you skills and techniques to deal with the different stations.
We help you to polish your MMI technique and help you to sell yourself effectively.
We cover questions, which have been asked at recent interviews, at the different stations. For example: counselling someone, breaking bad news, dealing with an angry person, or difficult situations, or difficult colleagues. Questions include: Ethical dilemmas, role plays, solving problems, personal skills, work experience, communication and knowledge questions, logic and reasoning, prioritization station, video critique, interpersonal skills and personal insight, innovation and creativity, communication of complex information and an empathy Station (what to do if someone starts crying).
You will practice a wide range of role-plays.
You will gain all the tools you need to tackle any questions.

After each group course we are inundated with feedback from students telling us that our course was absolutely brilliant and wish they had done it earlier.

Upcoming Dates - Fast Track Medical School Interview Group Course:

Course Venues:

London - Highgate	St Giles International School 51 Shepherds Hill Highgate London N6 5QP
Edinburgh	Courtyard by Marriott Hotel 1-3 Baxter's Place Edinburgh EH1 3AF
Course Cost:	£145, includes Course, Our book: Multiple Mini Interviews for UK Medical School: The Essential Guide to Multi Mini Interviews (MMI) and hand-outs.

Upcoming Course Dates	City	Venue	Rate
Saturday, 26th October 2024, 9:25am-6:00pm	Edinburgh	Courtyard by Marriot	£145.00
Saturday, 16th November 2024, 9:25am-6:00pm	London - Highgate	St Giles International School, London (Highgate)	£145.00

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For more information, please ring us on 0770 835 2315 or email us:

Email: marian@fasttrackmedical.co.uk

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Structure of the Fast Track Medical School Interview Course:

9:25

Registration

9:30 to 11:00

Workshops and Group Discussions on Ethical Issues You will discuss the legal and moral issues of a variety of ethical scenarios. Questions will address the difficult issues which were asked at recent interviews. Some examples of these issues: Abortion, contraception and age-of-consent, euthanasia, Jehovah’s Witness, organ donation, confidentiality, making decisions for people who lack capacity. Some examples of questions: If a fourteen year old girl asks a doctor to prescribe the contraceptive pill and she didn’t want the doctor to tell her parents, what should the doctor do? Should a surrogate mother be allowed to keep the baby, if she decides she no longer wants to give it up?

11:00 to 12:00

How to Deal With Questions On: Motivation and commitment to medicine, personal questions and work experience.

Help to formulate answers to questions you find difficult. These are a just a few of the many questions which have been asked at interviews:
1. Why should we offer you a place at this medical school?
2. Why did you choose medicine?
3. What is the weakness you have which concerns you most?
4. Give an example of when you showed empathy?
5. Take us through your personal statement.
6. What three things would you like to change about yourself?
7. What is the biggest obstacle you have overcome in your life?
8. How do you cope with pressure?
9. Tell us about your organization skills?
10. What work experience did you do, and what did you learn from it?
11. Apart from funding, what are the problems with NHS?
12. What are the pros and cons of being a doctor?

12:00 to 13:00

Interview Practice, Generic Skills, Ambiguous Questions, Medical Questions, Problem Solving Questions.

Examples of Questions:
1. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
2. Give an example of an activity which best demonstrates your communication skills?
3. What has been the most stressful event in your life, and how did you deal with it?
4. Are you a leader or a follower? Give examples.
5. The medical course is hard work. How do you propose to manage your study and still play in the football team or play in the orchestra?
6. Describe a situation where your work was criticized? What was your immediate reaction?
7. What impact does obesity have on NHS?

13:00 to 13:30

LUNCH

13:30 to 16:30

MMI WORKSHOP: MMI Role Plays for the different Medical Schools and their specific MMI Stations.

For example: Counselling someone, telling bad news, dealing with an angry person, difficult situations, difficult colleagues. Cover different stations including: ethical dilemmas, Video Critique, debating, role plays, solving problems, logic and reasoning, prioritization station, empathy station Data interpretation, etc. Learn to tackle any role play and polish your interview technique.

16:30 to 17:30

CURRENT NHS ISSUES AND HOT TOPICS

Students will discuss the most recent issues and changes in NHS. Students will be asked to comment on medicine related articles, which they have read in journals and newspapers. We will show students how to structure answers, how to demonstrate an understanding of the arguments for and against an issue, how to evaluate the merits and faults in each argument and how to demonstrate tolerance for an opposing point of view.

17:30 to 18:00

Conclusion.

Multiple Mini Interviews for UK Medical School

9:25	Registration
9:30 to 11:00	Workshops and Group Discussions on Ethical Issues You will discuss the legal and moral issues of a variety of ethical scenarios. Questions will address the difficult issues which were asked at recent interviews. Some examples of these issues: Abortion, contraception and age-of-consent, euthanasia, Jehovah’s Witness, organ donation, confidentiality, making decisions for people who lack capacity. Some examples of questions: If a fourteen year old girl asks a doctor to prescribe the contraceptive pill and she didn’t want the doctor to tell her parents, what should the doctor do? Should a surrogate mother be allowed to keep the baby, if she decides she no longer wants to give it up?
11:00 to 12:00	How to Deal With Questions On: Motivation and commitment to medicine, personal questions and work experience. Help to formulate answers to questions you find difficult. These are a just a few of the many questions which have been asked at interviews: 1. Why should we offer you a place at this medical school? 2. Why did you choose medicine? 3. What is the weakness you have which concerns you most? 4. Give an example of when you showed empathy? 5. Take us through your personal statement. 6. What three things would you like to change about yourself? 7. What is the biggest obstacle you have overcome in your life? 8. How do you cope with pressure? 9. Tell us about your organization skills? 10. What work experience did you do, and what did you learn from it? 11. Apart from funding, what are the problems with NHS? 12. What are the pros and cons of being a doctor?
12:00 to 13:00	Interview Practice, Generic Skills, Ambiguous Questions, Medical Questions, Problem Solving Questions. Examples of Questions: 1. What are your strengths and weaknesses? 2. Give an example of an activity which best demonstrates your communication skills? 3. What has been the most stressful event in your life, and how did you deal with it? 4. Are you a leader or a follower? Give examples. 5. The medical course is hard work. How do you propose to manage your study and still play in the football team or play in the orchestra? 6. Describe a situation where your work was criticized? What was your immediate reaction? 7. What impact does obesity have on NHS?
13:00 to 13:30	LUNCH
13:30 to 16:30	MMI WORKSHOP: MMI Role Plays for the different Medical Schools and their specific MMI Stations. For example: Counselling someone, telling bad news, dealing with an angry person, difficult situations, difficult colleagues. Cover different stations including: ethical dilemmas, Video Critique, debating, role plays, solving problems, logic and reasoning, prioritization station, empathy station Data interpretation, etc. Learn to tackle any role play and polish your interview technique.
16:30 to 17:30	CURRENT NHS ISSUES AND HOT TOPICS Students will discuss the most recent issues and changes in NHS. Students will be asked to comment on medicine related articles, which they have read in journals and newspapers. We will show students how to structure answers, how to demonstrate an understanding of the arguments for and against an issue, how to evaluate the merits and faults in each argument and how to demonstrate tolerance for an opposing point of view.
17:30 to 18:00	Conclusion.