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Describe a time when you found that you had “too much on your plate”.
Intermediate
Let's say you are a physician and your clinic is already running late. You see one of your patients who has been struggling recently and would require a longer appointment time to sort out their problems. However, your clinic is already running late and other patients are waiting. What are the ethical implications in this situation and what would you do?
Intermediate
Discuss one extracurricular experience where you had an impact on another individual?
Beginner
What are the three qualities you believe would make you a great physician?
Intermediate
Choose a health care debate and discuss both sides. Which side do you agree with most?
Beginner
What would you hope to achieve as a physician?
Intermediate
People infected with COVID-19 variants are experiencing a spectrum of symptoms with some suggesting that it can be compared to the flu or common cold. Some believe that the risk of vaccination side effects (e.g. inflammation of the heart) may outweigh the risk of contracting COVID. Discuss your stance on vaccination decision making when factoring side effects and contracting the disease.
Intermediate
Describe a time when you felt ashamed.
Intermediate
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
How would you go about convincing a parent who does not want to vaccinate their newborn?
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?
Beginner
Why do you want to be a doctor?
Beginner
Some medical schools have a preference for selecting medical candidates from certain geographical locations. What are your thoughts about such selection policies?
Intermediate
Imagine you were an attending physician who overheard med students complaining about how a resident had treated them badly. What would be your responsibilities in this situation and what would you do?
Intermediate
Describe a time when you helped someone in need.
Beginner
Describe a time when you made sacrifices to excel at something (can be any activity).
Beginner
A friend who on the basis of religious beliefs is anti-abortion has just had an argument with their daughter who is pro-abortion rights and is asking you for advice on how to handle the situation what would you do?
Intermediate
Describe a time when you many have lost your temper.
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
How would you deal with the death of a patient?
Intermediate
Have you ever almost quit something but then changed your mind? Why? What did you learn?
Intermediate
Describe a time when you had to be a follower.
Intermediate
Have you ever doubted whether medicine is right for you?
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?
Beginner
What responsibilities do physicians have in informing the general public about topics related to medicine?
Intermediate
What do you think health inequality means? What does health inequity mean? Have you ever felt treated unfairly in your own life?
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
You are a doctor working ER intake during a particularly busy shift. What do you do?
Intermediate
You have two patients who have been admitted after a serious accident. Both require immediate attention in order to survive. One patient is 20 years old; the other is 60 years old. Which life would you save?
Intermediate
Describe a time when you felt excited. What happened?
Intermediate
What are some difficulties faced by physicians during the pandemic?
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
Describe a time when you did something you were not proud of.
Intermediate
Describe a time when you had to be a leader.
Intermediate
Describe a difficult decision that you had to make.
Beginner
What would you consider before moving your practice to a rural setting?
Intermediate
Describe a time when you had to deliver bad news.
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?
Beginner
Aside from the Medical Expert role, select another CanMED role and discuss why you think it is the most important one for a physician.
Beginner
Have you considered other careers besides being a physician?
Intermediate
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?
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
During COVID-19, the Maritimes created an "Atlantic Bubble". What do you think about this decision by public health?
Beginner
Pick a health topic that is relevant to today’s society and discuss your thoughts on it.
Intermediate
In Ontario, pharmacists are able to prescribe certain medications to patients now. What are some pros and cons of this change?
Intermediate
Social media platforms have been restricting content that is deemed discriminatory and offensive. What do you think about these practices?
Intermediate
Describe a time when you felt you were treated unfairly. What did you do about it?
Intermediate
Resident physicians are employees but also still completing their training. What are challenges that resident physicians face?
Beginner
If you were on the admissions committee, what would be the most important thing you look for in a candidate?
Beginner
Why do you wish to attend our medical school?
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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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