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Hull York University Interview Questions
About Hull York Medical School
HYMS adopts a PBL style of learning coupled with early patient contact from week one in first year.
It’s one of the smaller medical schools, allowing students can get to know the people in their year a little better. PBL also helps students closely connected to other medical students throughout the academic year as PBL sessions are held twice a week.
HYMS collects feedback periodically throughout the year to continuously keep track on how it could improve.
INTERVIEW
MMI or Panel?
MMI
Interview format
6 stations lasting 5 minutes each
What to expect on interview day?
The mini-interviews (15 points each) will each focus on:
Your understanding of current issues in medicine
Insight into, and motivation for, a medical career
Your critical thinking skills
Group work scenario (15 points)
This station will give us insight into how you work within a group or team, and into your personal qualities such as empathy, tolerance of ambiguity and resilience.
Individual scenario (10 points)
You will be given a theoretical situation, and asked to explain how you would respond to this in real life.
Student station (10 points)
This station will give you the opportunity to explore why you want to be a doctor.
Interviewees sit in a room with other prospective medical students and there are current HYMS medical students around to answer questions you may have or to have a chat with interviewees. The interviews are assessed by interview panels that include health professionals, academic staff, and senior medical students as well as people outside of the medical profession. Dressing smart makes a good impression.
Interview scoring system
During the whole MMI, we will be observing and scoring you in the following areas:
Your ability to work collaboratively in a group
Insight into a medical career
Your understanding of the values in the NHS Constitution
Motivation for a medical career
Your awareness and understanding of current medical issues
Your communication skills
Your understanding of and motivation for the Hull York Medical School MB BS course
Your personal qualities such as empathy, tolerance of ambiguity and resilience
Your ability to think critically
You will be scored out of a total of 80 points.
Interview months
Interviews are held in December and January.
Examiner review
The HYMS interview experience was very friendly, relaxed and supportive.
What to expect after the interview?
Offers are given on a rolling basis, students usually start hearing back after a month.
Interview tips
Check out the HYMS Medicine MBBS website for information regarding the HYMS curriculum and style of interview.
Ensure that you understand the GMC Good Medical Practice document and different hot topics in healthcare news.
Hull York have a group exercise as part of the interviews, which is quite unique.
The assessors here will want to see how effectively you work in a group and communicate.
Make sure you are able to give clear detailed answers and are able to justify any opinions you give.
Example interview questions
Motivation
Why do you want to be a doctor?
Experience and understanding of a career in medicine
Work experience
Your work experience, and what you learned from it.
What was the most important thing you learned from your work experience?
How did your work experience confirm this career choice for you?
Values and skills
Scenarios involving making hard decisions
How do you maintain a good work-life balance?
What do you do outside of your studies?
Roleplay