This document provides carefully selected common medical school interview questions. Most of which are answered with the STARR method. STARR is an abriviation which means: Situation, Task, Action, Results and Reflection.
Gillick competence?
Doctrine of necessity
DNR DNACPR (Passive Euthanasia)
Losing a patient’s blood sample?
A blood bottle could be labelled with a name, DOB, address or other info. It is now on the
ward somewhere and could be found by anyone. Extra blood samples need to be taken
causing further discomfort. Also, trust may be lost between the patient and the doctor.
Furthermore, this will cause extra delays.
Be 100% honest. Never use ethaniums such as ‘a small mishap has occurred’, ‘there has
been a little misunderstanding’ these are ambiguous and you owe it to the patient to make
sure they understand exactly what has happened.
When delivering this news, you must be polite and courteous. You must listen to any
concerns they may have. Whatever negative e reaction they have it was not their fault.
So simply put own the mistake and do what you can to make it right. Deliver the news in a
straight forward and clear a manner as you can, do not dress it up as nobody wins the
patient has every right to be irritated and upset so make sure you hear them out and make
sure they feel like their views have been taken on board. They must be absolutely clear on
what has happened and what is going to happen moving forward.
Tell me about a medical book you have read?
What matters is the analysis. The higher-level thinking, what lessons can we take away and
apply to our own future practice as doctors. Most best sellers are non-fiction they are
autobiographical which is exciting. The reason that all medical candidates have read the
same books is that they give a decent insight of what it is like to be a doctor within the NHS
in the 21st century.
What are they like as a doctor?
Are they competent?
Do they make mistakes?
Do they admit to their mistakes?
What is their relationship to their patients like?
What is their relationship with their colleagues like?
How do you think this might impact the care that patients receive?
How do you think this might impact on the way that the team works?
Where there are areas of short coming how are you going to make sure that these problems
don’t happen to you?
, What are the 4 domains of the GMC good practice?
Knowledge, skills and performance
- Make the care of your patient your first concern.
- Provide a good standard of practice and care.
o Keep your professional knowledge and skills up to date.
o Recognise and work within the limits of your competence.
Safety and quality
- Take prompt action if you think that patient safety, dignity or comfort is being
compromised. Protect and promote the health of patients and the public.
Communication, partnership and teamwork
- Treat patients as individuals and respect their dignity.
o Treat patients politely and considerately.
o Respect patients’ right to confidentiality.
- Work in partnership with patients.
o Listen to, and respond to, their concerns and preferences.
o Give patients the information they want or need in a way they can
understand.
o Respect patients’ right to reach decisions with you about their treatment and
care.
o Support patients in caring for themselves to improve and maintain their
health.
- Work with colleagues in the ways that best serves patients’ interests.
Maintaining trust
- Be honest and open and act with integrity.
- Never discriminate unfairly against patients or colleagues.
- Never abuse your patients’ trust in you or the public’s trust in the profession.
You are personally accountable for your professional practice and must always be prepared
to justify your decisions and actions.
1. Why medicine?
Unlike many others, medicine was not something that I was immediately drawn to. It has
always been clear to me that I have a desire to help others though which is evident through
my many roles as class rep 10 times throughout my education. My first real draw to
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