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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?

Imagine you are a resident and you had a patient that came in with a medical reason that was causing them lots of pain. You have properly given them narcotics according to the guidelines, however, the next day they still are complaining of pain. How would you handle this situation?

In Ontario, patients will soon be able to read the medical notes their physicians write about them. What are the implications of this change?

What is your opinion on doctors being suspended or facing consequences based on their social media posts?

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?

What are some pros and cons of a three-year family residency program?

What are some pros and cons to health system family medicine models that pay based on how many patients the family doctor sees?

In Ontario, pharmacists are able to prescribe certain medications to patients now. What are some pros and cons of this change?

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?

Discuss one extracurricular experience where you had an impact on another individual?

If you were a doctor and you had a patient that was unsure about getting their children vaccinated due to things they had read online, how would you counsel them?

With AI slowly creeping its way into the healthcare field, what are three pros and three cons of AI in medicine?

Why do you want to go into medicine?

What do you think is the biggest "problem" with the Canadian medical system? How can we fix this?

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?

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?

Is there a policy at an institution or organization you were a part of that you disagreed with? If so, why?

What is something in your life that you are not proud of? Why?