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What do you think are the long-term benefits of the Jordan principle, for the indigenous community on a population level?
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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?
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You say you enjoy helping others. There are many other careers other than medicine where you can do that. Why medicine?
Beginner
What is your favourite quote and why?
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Describe a time when you had to say “no”.
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Describe a time when you asked for help.
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You are a family physician and another physician at the clinic is dating one of their patients. What would you do?
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What is your greatest strength and greatest weakness? Which one is more important to you?
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Why is support for physician work life balance important for the care of patients?
Beginner
What is one major healthcare issue that you believe needs to be addressed in the Canadian healthcare system?
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You are a physician and you have been treating a patient in the hospital for several days. How would you handle this situation?
Beginner
If you were on the admissions committee, what would be the most important thing you look for in a candidate?
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There have been more medical students and physicians participating in activism. What is your perspective on our role in activism?
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What do you think health inequality means? What does health inequity mean? Have you ever felt treated unfairly in your own life?
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Resident physicians are employees but also still completing their training. What are challenges that resident physicians face?
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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?
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Social media platforms have been restricting content that is deemed discriminatory and offensive. What do you think about these practices?
Beginner
Tell me about the last time you were upset.
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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?
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You are a family physician. You notice bruises on your patient, a 10 year boy. What would you do?
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Describe a time when you felt you were treated unfairly. What did you do about it?
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A proposed bill would require all individuals to vote in federal elections or face a $100 fine. What do you think about this bill?
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Describe a time when you many have lost your temper.
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Medical students are involved with many extracurricular activities. Choose one and talk about it.
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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?
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Compare and contrast between public and private health care.
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What would you hope to achieve as a physician?
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Why do you like our school over other schools?
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What are issues that people living with addiction face during a pandemic? What are some solutions to these problems?
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What is one lasting effect on healthcare from the COVID-19 pandemic?
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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
Discuss your perspective on how social media is being used in the context of medicine.
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What role has the internet played in the aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic?
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Describe a time when you felt excited. What happened?
Intermediate
Is there a policy at an institution or organization you were a part of that you disagreed with? If so, why?
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With AI slowly creeping its way into the healthcare field, what are three pros and three cons of AI in medicine?
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Certain hospital services like deliveries in obgyn after midnight get paid more compared to other times of the day. What are the implications for these types of payment policies?
Intermediate
Describe a time when you improved on a weakness.
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Can you tell me why a physician must also be a good collaborator, and provide examples?
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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?
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Describe a time when you stood up for someone.
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What are some pros and cons of a three-year family residency program?
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Why is confidentiality important for physicians? In what cases should physicians breach confidentiality? Have you ever had to break confidentiality in your life? Why or why not?
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Bill-C7, which amended the Criminal Code to permit MAID for individuals whose natural death is not reasonably foreseeable, was recently passed in Canada. What impact do you think this will have?
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The Cannabis Act 2018 came into action across Canada. What are your thoughts on how this Act has affected Canadians?
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Describe a time when you were wrong about something very important.
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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?
Beginner
One of the patients hands you a basket of baked goods and wine for the holidays as a gift. What would you do?
Intermediate
What problems lie at the intersection of indigenous people's relationship with government operated healthcare in Canada and rural communities?
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During COVID-19, the Maritimes created an "Atlantic Bubble". What do you think about this decision by public health?
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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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