How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.79 | 14 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 11 |
| Negatively | 1 |
| No change | 2 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 4.00 | 14 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.40 | 10 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.70 | 10 |
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| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 0 |
| 20 minutes | 0 |
| 25 minutes | 0 |
| 30 minutes | 0 |
| 35 minutes | 0 |
| 40 minutes | 2 |
| 45 minutes | 1 |
| 50 minutes | 2 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 9 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 13 |
| At a regional location | 1 |
| At another location | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 8 |
| In a group | 6 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 11 |
| Closed file | 1 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.79 | 14 |
"no specifics allowed thank you confidentiality agreement : ) . Just be able to articulate your thoughts for a variety of situations..."
"Tell me about yourself"
"If a student was accepted into medical school and then it was discovered that he/she contracted a fatal disease and only had one week to live. Should they be allowed to attend medical school? What would you do if you had the power over this decision?"
"What TV I watch"
"About my volunteering activities"
"if i handed you an envelope full of money, what would you do for fun?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"What do you think the Canadian parliament should do about gay marriages?."
"Give an example of how you dealt with conflict. Should Canada be sending troops overseas? What would you contribute to our class?"
"If you could have anyone over for dinner, alive or dead, who would it be?"
"If you had a free weekend what would you do??"
"should government MPs be allowed to cross the floor"
"What are your thoughts on the fact that senior citizens take up more than 70% of the monies available for drugs in Canada? What can we do to alleviate this?"
"Why I want to be a doctor"
"My learning methodologies"
"do you think figure skating, with its potential for corrupt judging and inherent subjectivity, should be an olympic sport? (related to my autobiography)"
"What have you failed at?"
"The royal college of Physicians.... have said that doctors who don't want to perform abortions should refer the women to other physians. Do you think this is fair?"
"How would you address cheating? How do you define success/failure, and give examples. What was a rewarding volunteer situation for you?"
"Describe how you would feel if you had drank heavily through a pregnancy and were then informed that your son had FAS. "
"What do you like about Mabitoba cmpared to the province you live in now (I'm originally from Manitoba)"
"Why do you want to be a physician"
"If you could only pursue one profession, would you be a physician or a researcher?"
"Who is the greatest medically-related Canadian (of 3 options)"
"A lot of questions pointing to one's moral character, values, ethics, etc. Nothing flat out, just scenarios evaluation these values"
"if we met your friends on the street, what would they say are some of your greatest strengths? your greatest weaknesses?"
"How do you feel about affirmative action in the United States?"
"A 60-year old man has lived in the north for all his life and has never visited a big city. He has diabetes, kidney failure and comes to Winnipeg for treatment. What do you do as his doctor besides putting him on a dialysis machine?"
"Describe a situation where you were under pressure. What do you expect to be challenging in medical school? Imagine you are [insert description of person and situation] - what are you thinking and feeling?"
"Under what circumstances would you work in a rural area?"
"What do you think about Canada's position in the war"
"No interesting questions"
"What would your friends say they dislike about you most"
"Who do you think is/was the greatest canadian out of "X or Y"?"
"About a cultural event int he city that was closing down for the year"
"Effects of poverty on health; my opinions on people adopting children from Tsunami ravaged countries"
"you are a 68 yr old alcoholic walking away from the funeral of your wife, who you cheated on and abused; your children want nothing to do with you- what are you thinking?"
"The empathy-testing ones. E.g. You're a 50 year old diabetic woman who is functionally impaired and just out of insulin. How do you feel?"
"How would you explain to a little girl why the sky is blue?"
"How will you feel if you go to medical school and you are only an average student there?"
"What question didn't you want to hear? What is the most important thing you have learned from your mother? Do you think the U of M scheme for admittance is fair?"
"What is the most important lessons your parents taught you? Am I entitled to health care if I breed poisonous snakes? "
"An ethics question"
"Should we be in Afghanistan"
""Why don't you tell me a little bit about yourself?" Some people love this question. I think it's a good question to take and make you own. But I think I sort of messed it up. I didn't know what to say, what not to say....I was all over the place. So this question seemed confusing to me as to what I should or should not go into."
"Who to should get medications in limited supply during an epidemic"
"Something along the lines of letting an applicant in with a degenerative disease and then flipping it on me if I got into medical school and developed the same degenerative disease"
"why do you think socialist health-care in europe is more successful than it is here? (after i had commented on the success in europe)"
"What solutions do you propose for "fixing" medicare in Canada. "
"A 4th year medical student thinks they won't be graduating this year. What sort of their personal beliefs could be causing this."
"Do SARS and HIV worry you about pursuing medicine? What causes you stress?"
"We discussed waiting lists for MRIs; I expressed that I believed in universal health care. One of the interviewers mentioned that his son had received a scan an hour after he had hurt himself, and then asked me to comment."
"None too difficult, lots about the Canadian Health Care System (private versus public) and lots from my autobiography"
"Meh, some reading of the health care system, as well as brief overview of ethics..total maybe a couple hours"
"Read a couple chapters in a book on bioethics to get a feel for different scenarios. Read the relevant articles on current healthcare issues in CMAJ and Medical Post. Practiced actually answering questions by having someone ask me the questions. Thought significant events in my life and about the reasons I chose to pursue medicine."
"Read many articles"
"Practice questions "
"Mock interviews with current first year medical students, mock interviews with doctors, and friends. Reviewed questions found in previous years, researched background of school and why it's good for me, outlined my own skills and also read over my own personal statement essay"
"I didn't."
"Mock interviews, pracised main speaking points aloud, reseached current events, especially pertaining to the medical community, reviewed my personal statment tons"
"mock interview, spoke with someone who had interviewed there, researched the school"
"Practice questions, introspection, talk to lots of med students and doctors about the profession and medicine in general."
"This sdn, read newspapers, talked to past interviewees, Prayed hard."
"Mock interviews, read websites, made a list of my personal qualities and experiences, brushed up on ethics and current events."
"Became informed on current events, read the Romonow report, "
"read newspapers, this site...."
"The new building and library, the friendly and positive, but non-arrogant students"
"The people were very friendly. It made me feel so relaxed... the process was virtually stress free! I'd go as far as calling it tons of fun."
"The 2 friendly people on the panel"
"The MMI"
"How relaxed the interview was. The group leader of the 3 panel interview was VERY nice. He came out and talked to me for a couple minutes and asked where I lived and just some general information. Really calmed me down"
"Openness, organization"
"None of the panelists were rude or indifferent to my answers; a stark contrast to my interview last year at the U of M."
"the friendliness of the students and their happiness with the school"
"The students and the beautiful Brodie Centre (with gym and library all in one convenient location!)."
"How nice and non-scary the interviewers were"
"Personal tour of the school and hospital."
"The interview panel was fantastic: they were extremely friendly and put me at ease. All in all, this was a very positive experience, and I would have thought very highly of the interview process even if I had not been accepted."
"how nice and friendly everyone was"
"That area of winnipeg isn'e the most pleasant."
"Nothing."
"The 2 unfriendly people on the panel. The fact that I was not asked questions about our healthcare system"
"waiting in the hall for 30 minutes before the interview"
"The location of the faculty of medicine. It's right next to the hospital, so it makes sense that they located the faculty there. But the location is so dirty. I'd be worried parking my car or locking up my bike. Scary/dangerous at night. Fine in the daytime due to the amount of people around."
"I found a lot of the Q & A with medical students a little unecessary before the interview, considering none of us have been accepted into the program yet. I suppose it was more for out of province applicants."
"can't think of anything"
"The area of town is a bit shadey, but Winnipeg has a really vibrant arts scene I was not previously aware of."
"Nothing really. The school is quite small. I guess I was expecting a big campus."
"Parking was difficult to find close to the centre."
"nothing"
"They seemed to have everything organized so nothing really."
"I was not well prepared"
"That I was not well enough prepared for the interview"
"Nothing really. "
"Born in Winnipeg, have been at the U of M forever, no surprises."
"To calm down and not worry so much - it's called Friendly Manitoba for a reason!"
"That part of their tour included cadeavours in their gross anatomy lab."
"nothing"
"Positive experience."
"It was a very satisfying and enjoyable experience. It's really something to look forward to and not stress out about. You finally get to talk about all the topics you've been thinking of for past year!"
"Bad!"
"Stressful "
"Really calm and relaxing. I felt calm, so I wasn't nervous and was able to answer comfertably. I really liked that."
"Wonderful, friendly, accessible, fun!"
"I truly feel that I had a solid interview; obviously, I don't know how the panelists felt of me, but I'm hoping they enjoyed meeting with me and were impressed by some of my answers. At the end of the day, the MCAT is the primary determinant for entry at the U of M, encompassing 50% of the application criteria. "
"tough interview, very difficult and probing questions, but the interviewers were friendly and reassuring"
"All in all, my interview was very positive. I was so impressed with the friendly students, their passion for the programme and school, and the facilities. The interview itself was very comfortable, and they challenged me without making me feel like I was under siege!"
"I got there about 15 minutes early and the faces I saw were nice and friendly. One of the Med-1 students even suggested we throw frisbees. One of the interviewees forgot about the daylight savings time, so we had to wait a little bit. The interviewers were not mean; they took turns asking questions. I was also given time to ask questions. The tour was excellent. Their recreation facility looks really nice. "
"Pretty relaxed experience. They fit a large number and range of questions into the interview, and I liked their empathy-testing questions."
"I had interviewed the year before this and had a totally different experience: my panel had been very confrontational and seemed to have delegated a member to be hostile. Obviously the panels are all completely different."
"Interview was great. All were so nice and easygoing. They really just wanted to get to know me better"
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 12 |
| Faculty member | 0 |
| Admissions staff | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 7 |
| Neutral | 1 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.80 | 10 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 8 |
| Out of state | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 5 |
| 2-3 hours | 1 |
| 4-6 hours | 3 |
| 7+ hours | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 2 |
| Automobile | 7 |
| Train or subway | 1 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 1 |
| $101-$200 | 0 |
| $201-$300 | 0 |
| $301-$400 | 2 |
| $401-$500 | 1 |
| $501+ | 0 |
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| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 1 |
| Hotel | 2 |
| Home | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.80 | 10 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.70 | 10 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.20 | 10 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.50 | 2 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.50 | 2 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.00 | 2 |
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