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Beginner
How has technology improved healthcare?
Intermediate
Public celebrity cases like the recent Depp vs. Heard case have shown how powerful and biased the ‘Court of Public Opinion’ can be. What kind of effects do you think public opinion can have on the legal process, if any? Do you think that certain court cases should be kept private and out of public view? Why or why not?
Intermediate
What are issues that people living with addiction face during a pandemic? What are some solutions to these problems?
Beginner
What is your opinion on medicine and research?
Intermediate
You are a doctor working ER intake during a particularly busy shift. What do you do?
Intermediate
Orphan diseases are diseases whose rarity means there is a lack of a market large enough to gain support and resources for discovering treatments for them. What is your approach to treating orphan diseases?
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
What problems lie at the intersection of indigenous people's relationship with government operated healthcare in Canada and rural communities?
Beginner
What are the difficult parts of being a physician?
Intermediate
The Olympics is a global competition of sport and athleticism. Historically, there have been controversies in numerous Olympic Games. Select one of these controversies and discuss.
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
How would you deal with the death of a patient?
Intermediate
During COVID-19, the Maritimes created an "Atlantic Bubble". What do you think about this decision by public health?
Intermediate
What is your greatest strength and greatest weakness? Which one is more important to you?
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Do you think that physicians who, for personal reasons, feel uncomfortable with certain procedures (e.g. medically-assisted death, abortion) should be required to perform or refer for them? Why or why not? What ethical issues do you see in this situation?
Intermediate
Describe a time when you did something you were not proud of.
Beginner
What would you consider before moving your practice to a rural setting?
Intermediate
You are a surgeon, and you discharge a patient. She becomes ill and dies not long after. The family asks why you discharged her. How do you respond?
Beginner
Why do you want to be a doctor?
Beginner
Tell me about a time you handled interpersonal conflict.
Beginner
What are the three qualities you believe would make you a great physician?
Intermediate
Describe a time when you felt you were treated unfairly. What did you do about it?
Intermediate
You are a family physician. You notice bruises on your patient, a 10 year boy. What would you do?
Intermediate
You are an attending physician who works at a busy hospital. Patient X frequently ignores the medical advice given by you and seems to dislike being in the hospital. How would you go about handling such patient encounters?
Intermediate
Resident physicians are employees but also still completing their training. What are challenges that resident physicians face?
Beginner
What is your greatest weakness?
Intermediate
Your little cousin needs to complete 40 hours of volunteering for his school. He thinks volunteering is useless and serves no purpose since you don't get paid for it. What would you say to convince him of the benefits of volunteering?
Intermediate
In Ontario, patients will soon be able to read the medical notes their physicians write about them. What are the implications of this change?
Intermediate
You are a student in an advocacy group. You feel like another student in that group routinely dismisses the ideas of others and is often stuck in their own perspective of what is best. Do you say anything? If so, what do you say? What would you do if they left the advocacy group as a result of your discussion?
Intermediate
Compare and contrast between public and private health care.
Intermediate
If you were a med student and you are working with a resident who has been nothing but nice to you. But you saw them yelling at another resident, how would you react?
Intermediate
What is something in your life that you are not proud of? Why?
Intermediate
What role should privacy play in telemedicine and electronic health records?
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?
Intermediate
What is the biopsychosocial model of medicine and what role does it play in the field of medicine?
Intermediate
What do you think is the biggest "problem" with the Canadian medical system? How can we fix this?
Intermediate
What role do genetics and genetic testing have in the Canadian healthcare system?
Intermediate
What are some difficulties faced by physicians during the pandemic?
Intermediate
Recently truckers have gathered to form a convoy in protest of certain decisions made by the federal government. What are your thoughts on this demonstration?
Intermediate
What are some pros and cons of a three-year family residency program?
Intermediate
Medical students are involved with many extracurricular activities. Choose one and talk about it.
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?
Beginner
Tell me about the best day of your life.
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
Medical school applicants come from a variety of different backgrounds, with volunteer and leadership experience ranging from small local initiatives to worldwide advocacy trips. Do you think medical schools can fairly compare volunteer and leadership experiences that are dissimilar? If you were in charge of medical school admissions, how would you evaluate applicants’ co-curricular experiences?
Intermediate
Describe a time when you improved on a weakness.
Intermediate
From your file, I can see that you have a lot of experience doing 'x experience'. Please describe your strategy with 'x'. What is the most important lesson you learned?
Intermediate
Lord Byron stated “always laugh when you can, it is cheap medicine.” What does this quote mean to you in terms of how you will pursue your career in medicine?
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
Medical schools across Canada continue to switch between in-person and online delivery of medical education. Discuss the impact of online medical education.
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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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