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Intermediate
A physician picked up a car accident victim from the street and brought him to the ER in his car. He did not want to wait for an ambulance because the patient’s condition was critical. Physical examination in the ER reveals quadriplegia. Is the physician liable for this consequence?
Intermediate
It is not uncommon for medications to have various adverse side effects. As a physician, how would you help your patients navigate those side effects? How would you determine whether a treatment option is worth any adverse effects or risks?
Intermediate
Describe a time when you many have lost your temper.
Intermediate
Describe a time when you stood up for someone.
Beginner
A 16-year-old child wants to have a procedure done but their parents disagree with this. What would you do as the teenager’s physician? Do you have to listen to the patient or the parents?
Intermediate
What are some pros and cons to health system family medicine models that pay based on how many patients the family doctor sees?
Intermediate
During COVID-19, the Maritimes created an "Atlantic Bubble". What do you think about this decision by public health?
Intermediate
You are playing the card game hearts, and your partner is demonstrably less skilled and experienced than you. After a few hands, you both are down by over 100 points as a team, mostly because your partner keeps apologizing for making stupid mistakes during the game. What do you say to your partner?
Intermediate
You are a doctor working ER intake during a particularly busy shift. What do you do?
Intermediate
Imagine you were a medical student and now you observed a resident behaving rudely with a patient. What would you do?
Intermediate
Describe a time when you disappointed your parents/grandparents.
Intermediate
Physicians are expected to be leaders. In today’s health care system, do you think leadership is important – if so, why?
Beginner
What is your opinion on medicine and research?
Intermediate
Do you think physicians should lie or withhold the truth from their patients, even if its for the patient’s own good? What are some benefits to telling the truth?
Intermediate
In Ontario, pharmacists are able to prescribe certain medications to patients now. What are some pros and cons of this change?
Beginner
If you were on the admissions committee, what would be the most important thing you look for in a candidate?
Intermediate
Who is your mentor?
Intermediate
Describe a time when you had to say “no”.
Intermediate
Discuss your perspective on shifting the COVID-19 crisis from a pandemic to an endemic. What are the positives and negatives? Who stands to benefit and face harm as a result of such a decision? What do you think is the best course of action going forward?
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You are a medical student. Another medical student, Sam, invites you to a study group with three other students. At the study group, you find that the students are using real cases from their clinical rotations. When you ask Sam about this, they explain that the group removes always patient identifiers and that they feel that current cases are a great way to learn medicine.What considerations should be made in this situation? Would you say anything further to Sam? Are there any other actions you would take?
Intermediate
A lot of people you work with have noticed that many random things which they own are going missing. It appears that some personal items that are not extremely valuable have gone missing over the course of the last two months. Regardless, many of your co-workers are concerned. What suggestions would you bring to an upcoming meeting with your co-workers about finding a way to address this issue?
Intermediate
Describe a time when you had to deliver bad news.
Beginner
What is one currently feasible change you could make to improve the condition of indigenous and rural healthcare?
Intermediate
Physicians are using social media to grow their network, showcase their lifestyle, and share medical tips and tricks. What are some positives and negatives of this increased exposure of physicians on social media?
Intermediate
Experimental medicine can introduce hugely effective new methods of treatment for pathologies that previously could not be treated. Do you think experimental medicine research should be done with children? Why or why not?
Intermediate
What are some ways to reduce healthcare inequalities in Canada?
Beginner
What are your thoughts and feelings on reflecting your life during the COVID pandemic?
Beginner
Tell me about the best day of your life.
Intermediate
How would you go about convincing a parent who does not want to vaccinate their newborn?
Intermediate
Describe a time when you had to be a leader.
Intermediate
Choose a health care debate and discuss both sides. Which side do you agree with most?
Intermediate
You say you enjoy helping others. There are many other careers other than medicine where you can do that. Why medicine?
Beginner
During your final exams week, your grandmother calls and tells you she feels lonely. What would you do?
Intermediate
Imagine you were a medical student and you observed a resident making rude remarks about a patient in the team room to the other residents. How would you act?
Intermediate
What are your thoughts on universal basic income?
Intermediate
You are a judge for a student competition on public health. Student competitors had to present on a current health topic, describing the health issue, current solutions, and possible other health solutions. You and the rest of the judging panel have narrowed down the submission pool to two presentations; one on lung cancer and the other on geographical inequalities in population access to primary care. You and the other judges believe that both projects are extremely well done, but they vary significantly in their subject matter. The competition rules are clear that there can only be one winner. How would you go about choosing a winner?
Intermediate
What are some pros and cons of a three-year family residency program?
Intermediate
Imagine you were a third year clerk working in a clinic with an attending. Clerks are supposed to be released from clinic at 5pm. However, the clinic is running late and it's already 5:30pm. What would you do in this situation?
Intermediate
In healthcare, mandatory vaccinations has been met with mostly support. With COVID-19, mandatory vaccinations and booster shots have been further explored ethically and pragmatically. Discuss your perspective on mandatory vaccinations for COVID-19 compared to others (e.g. flu).
Intermediate
Have you ever almost quit something but then changed your mind? Why? What did you learn?
Intermediate
You are on clinical rotation with Dr. A and admire how highly professional and compassionate they are with patients. However, you notice that after patient interactions, Dr. A makes jokes about their patients with other physicians and residents. Dr. A notices your shock at this and mentions that "everyone does this” and “as long as you are good with the patients in person, it’s just private fun". Do you see any issues with this behaviour? Would you say anything to Dr. X? What would you do if Dr. A refused to change their behaviour?
Intermediate
Why is support for physician work life balance important for the care of patients?
Intermediate
Explain our Canadian health care system at a level appropriate for a high school student to understand.
Intermediate
Describe a time when you learned something new.
Intermediate
What do you think health inequality means? What does health inequity mean? Have you ever felt treated unfairly in your own life?
Intermediate
What about our school appeals to you in terms of your medical education?
Intermediate
Describe a time when you found that you had “too much on your plate”.
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The government wants to track citizens across the country in order to maintain public safety in the face of a pandemic. How would you advise the government to do this?
Beginner
A proposed bill would require all individuals to vote in federal elections or face a $100 fine. What do you think about this bill?
Beginner
What is your greatest weakness?

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Jamie scored your response an 8/10

You spoke clearly and had a good pacing. I heard a lot of ums in the beginning, so just make sure you practice not using those little words as much as you can. Also, try to show a little bit more enthusiasm so your interviewer knows that you're more engaged in the interview. You were able to identify a strength, a weakness, one is more important, so good job there. When talking about your strength, you did well talking about how you problem-solve on a general level, but your answer would be much more powerful if you could provide a specific example of the time you demonstrated the strength. So you also mentioned your problem-solving is how you live your life . . .

Feedback Score: 4/10

You went deep on where the specific difficulties lie, but I didn't hear anything in terms of how you plan to improve this weakness. A specific plan and example of how you are actively working on your weakness would be again really much more powerful. If you could also tie both of your answers, weakness and strength, into what it means to be a physician or practice as a physician, this would make your overall goal and mindset much more clear. So it's a good start as of now, an overall 4 out of 10, but keep practicing.

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