University Interview Topics:

UCL: (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-school/study/undergraduate/mbbs-
admissions/selection-interviews/multiple-mini-interviews)

Just as in a panel interview, we want to find out more about you as a

person. This is your opportunity to tell us more about why you want to
study medicine, what you understand about the career, and what
preparation you have made for your application.

We adopt an NHS values-based approach to our interviews, asking you

about your knowledge and understanding of core themes of working in a
healthcare setting such as:

 Putting patients first

 Respect and dignity

 A commitment to quality of care

 Compassion

 Improving health and wellbeing

 Everyone counts

The interviewers will be asked to mark your answers on an iPad, in areas

such as:

 Academic curiosity and interest in healthcare

 Motivation and understanding of the career

 Problem solving and reasoning ability

 Professional attitudes and values

 Team work, leadership and individual strengths

 Communication skills
KCL:
(https://www.theukcatpeople.co.uk/guide/medical-school/medicine/univers
ity-of-kings-college-london-)

- Suitability to be a health professional

- Communication skills
- Scientific knowledge
- Knowledge of ethical issues
- Decision making

Popular King's Medicine Interview Questions / Topics:

 Motivation and Insight into Medicine

 Personal statement/General Stations

 Ethical dilemma/scenario

 Case Article Review

 Your opinion on recent health news

 Data Analysis

 Observation Tasks

 Role play Station

Motivation to study medicine

1. Why medicine?

2. Why Kings?

3. What did you learn from your work experience?

4. What qualities of a doctor did you see from your work experience?

5. What do you know about the Kings Medicine course? How is it

taught?

6. Why do you think you will be well suited to this course?

7. Why medicine and not dentistry or nursing?

8. Tell us about your volunteering

9. What are your hobbies?

10. What are the negatives of a career in medicine?

11. How has King’s College London contributed to modern

medicine?
 12. What can you contribute to the atmosphere at King’s College
London?

Personal Insight

1. Why should patients trust you?

2. What are your best qualities?

3. How do you manage stress?

4. Can you provide us with an example of a time when you

demonstrated resilience?

5. Give us an example of a time when you demonstrated teamwork.

6. What are your strengths and weaknesses?

7. How would your friends describe you?

8. Tell us about an article that you have recently read.

9. What is your opinion of the … case?

10. What were the main issues raised in this case?

NHS & Local Area

1. What changes would you make to the NHS if you could?

2. What are the NHS values and why are they important?

3. What are the common barriers to healthcare faced by people?

4. What is it like to be a doctor?

5. How do you deal with overpopulation?

6. What do you know about the local area here in Kings?

7. What are the main challenges that face the NHS?

8. How has COVID changed the way the NHS operates?

9. What do you think are going to be the long-term consequences of

COVID on the NHS?

10. Common healthcare topic – something from the news or topics

such as world health

11. How does the healthcare system differ here compared to other
areas in the UK?
Ethical Scenarios

1. Understanding of the four ethical principles

2. Understanding of the GMC’s good medical practice

3. What is the debate surrounding euthanasia, should it be legalised?

4. Who would you give this organ to? [Prioritisation]

5. What are the arguments that surround the pro choice and pro
life abortion debate?

6. Key values and qualities (NHS values), e.g. teamwork, kindness,

compassion and empathy, respect for the individual, privacy and
dignity, advocacy, decision-making and integrity.

7. If you notice that a colleague has turned up to work drunk, what

would you do?

8. What do you know about the Charlie Gard case?

9. Who can you escalate concerns to within a hospital?

Other Stations

1. Role play: bullying

2. Role play: breaking bad news

3. Role play: explain to someone how to draw this picture

4. Role play: eating disorders

5. Describe a picture, and explain why you were asked to do so?

6. Describe this picture of a kitchen to an actor? Why have you been

asked to do this?

7. Data interpretation: draw this graph

Bristol:
(https://www.theukcatpeople.co.uk/guide/medical-school/medicine/univers
ity-of-bristol)

 Realistic interest in medicine

 Communication skills

 Volunteering experience

 Ability to talk in a calm, relaxed manner

 Life skills that you have gained

 Extra-curricular activities

Motivation to study medicine

1. Why medicine?

2. Why Bristol?

3. What did you learn from your work experience?

4. What was unique about your work experience?

5. What qualities of a doctor did you see from your work experience?

6. What do you know about the Bristol Medicine course? How is it

taught?

7. Why do you think you will be well suited to this course?

8. Why medicine and not dentistry or nursing?

9. Tell us about your volunteering

10. What are your hobbies?

11. What are the negatives of a career in medicine?

Personal Insight

1. Why should patients trust you?

2. What are your best qualities?

3. How do you manage stress?

4. Can you provide us with an example of a time when you

demonstrated resilience?
 5. Give us an example of a time when you demonstrated teamwork.

6. What are your strengths and weaknesses?

7. How would your friends describe you?

8. Tell us about an article that you have recently read.

9. Should doctors always tell the truth?

NHS & Local Area

1. What is the CQC?

2. What changes would you make to the NHS if you could?

3. What are the NHS values and why are they important?

4. What is it like to be a doctor?

5. What do you know about the local area here in Bristol?

6. How has COVID changed the way the NHS operates?

7. What do you think are going to be the long-term consequences of

COVID on the NHS?

8. How does the healthcare system differ here compared to other

areas in the UK?

Ethical Scenarios

1. Understanding of the four ethical principles

2. Understanding of the GMC’s good medical practice

3. What is the debate surrounding euthanasia, should it be legalised?

4. Who would you give this organ to? [Prioritisation]

5. If you notice that a colleague has turned up to work drunk, what

would you do?

MMI Specific Stations

1. Data interpretation - picture scenarios assessing verbal skills and

writing medical notes.

2. Drug calculation - calculate the dose of this drug to give a patient

UEA:

 An acceptable approach to decision-making when given incomplete

or conflicting information

 The ability to learn and work effectively in partnership

 A caring and supportive attitude

 An empathetic and caring approach

 Insight into Medicine as a career and personal suitability for the

profession

 Honesty, integrity, and personal effectiveness.

Motivation to study medicine

1. Why medicine?* very common at UEA

2. Why East Anglia?

3. Why did you do work experience?

4. How did the work experience impact you?

5. What did you learn from your work experience?

6. What qualities of a doctor did you see from your work experience?

7. What do you know about the Norwich East Anglia Medicine course?
How is it taught?

8. Why do you think you will be well suited to this course?

9. Why medicine and not dentistry or nursing?

10. Tell us about your volunteering

11. From your extra reading, what have you learnt about
medicine?

12. What are your hobbies?

13. What are the negatives of a career in medicine?

14. How will you contribute to student life at UEA?

Personal Insight
 1. Why should patients trust you?

2. What are your best qualities?

3. How do you manage stress?

4. Tell me about a stressful situation you were in and how you dealt
with it.

5. Why is medical school and medicine stressful and what support is

there to help people under stress?

6. What do you do in your free time?

7. Tell us about your extra-curricular activities and how do they show

evidence of caring or commitment to the community.

8. How have you dealt with challenges in the past?

9. Can you provide us with an example of a time when you

demonstrated resilience?

University Questions (Common at UEA)

1. What is PBL?

2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of PBL compared to

lecture-based learning?

3. How do you know you’re suited to PBL?

4. Have you ever been in a group situation or task that is similar to

PBL?

5. Why do universities use PBL?

NHS & Local Area

1. What changes would you make to the NHS if you could?

2. What are the NHS values and why are they important?

3. What is it like to be a doctor?

4. How do you deal with overpopulation?

5. What do you know about the local area here in East Anglia?

6. What are the main challenges that face the NHS?

7. How has COVID changed the way the NHS operates?

 8. What do you think are going to be the long-term consequences of
COVID on the NHS?

9. How does the healthcare system differ here compared to other

areas in the UK?

Ethical Scenarios

1. Understanding of the four ethical principles

2. Understanding of the GMC’s good medical practice

3. What is the debate surrounding euthanasia, should it be legalised?

4. Who would you give this organ to? [Prioritisation]

5. Speak to an actor, who is a family member of a patient. Explain to

the family member that the patient has unfortunately been
diagnosed with cancer, and offer support.

6. If you notice that a colleague has turned up to work drunk, what

would you do?

7. Who can you escalate concerns to within a hospital?

Other Stations

1. Role play: breaking bad news

2. Role play: comforting others

3. Role play: explain to someone how to draw this picture

4. Role play: substance abuse

5. Data interpretation: Analyse a graph on mental health and social

media, what are your thoughts?

6. Talk us through this article

7. Role play: explain to someone how to tie shoelaces

8. Questions around the new NHS app and digital healthcare.

9. Lots of current affairs!