Medical School Online Interview Course overview

Preparing for interviews for Medical and Dental school can be tough. Not only is it hard to find the right information, but you may not have much time between exams or work. You want to ace your interview, but you may not feel comfortable practising questions with others. Or you may want some more help before you start forming your answers.Well, let us be your guide. 

The key to good interview preparation is to: 

• Find out more about the interview process and type of medical school interview you will be having (e.g. panel interview or MMI stations)
• Learn about the common questions that medical school applicants are asked
• Formulate your answers, supporting each statement with an example based on your own personal experience
• Finally, practice!

This is why we have created this Medical School Online course. Each 10-20 minute video is created and filmed by our team of doctors and covers in depth what you need to know and how to approach the different types of multiple mini interview stations to help improve your performance in medical or dental school interviews. 

What to expect

Our online course offers access to 3.5 hours of interactive footage. With our question bank from medical schools around the UK we have created a course that covers all the topics, interview questions and answers you need to know - comprehensive medicine interview preparation!

High quality content

These are high-quality videos with real doctors and real interview experts. The Medical School Interview Course was created by doctors who have over 15 years of combined experience. In addition to working in a career in medicine, our instructors have worked as admissions tutors, developed interview question banks, sat on university panels as a faculty member, worked as medical educationalists and much more! 

Topics covered

• How to structure your medical school interview answers | Questions asking for an opinion
• The 4 Medical Ethical Pillars
• Capacity, Consent and Confidentiality in health care
• Abortion Debate
• The structure and role of the NHS
• Should we privatise the NHS | How to answer the question?
• How to structure your medical school interview answers | Questions asking for an example
• What are the biggest health care challenges facing the UK?
• Preparing for data interpretation questions
• Preparing for the calculation station
• Preparing for the role play station
• Breaking bad news
• Should Euthanasia be legalised? | How to answer the question?
• How can we tackle the obesity epidemic in health care?
• Giving an explanation
• What memorable learning can you take from your volunteer work experience?
• Understand the Key Duties of a Doctor according to the GMC
• Why do you want to be a doctor?

Learn at your own pace

Each module offers unlimited replays with flexible playback features which allows you to learn at your own pace and track your progress, to make it a more personalised learning experience. The course is professionally filmed for a better learning experience and is fully mobile and tablet responsive, so you can access the videos from anywhere. 

NHS Hot Topics Series 1 overview

One of the most important facets of a career in medicine is staying current. This is reflected in the medical school admissions process, as NHS Current or recent events are common medical school interview topics. That’s why we’ve dedicated 2 whole courses to help you learn about hot topics in healthcare in the UK… so you’re prepared for any interview questions that might arise. Series 1 covers a variety of topics from the last couple of years, discussing each issue and its effect on the medical field. Our goal is to show you how to structure your answers and properly respond to questions in your medicine interview. 

What's included?

• Professionally filmed for a better learning experience 
• Hours of interactive footage featuring high quality videos ~20 minutes long
• Created by real doctors and interview experts with over 15 years of experience
• Fully mobile and tablet responsive, so you can access the videos from anywhere
• Set your own goals along the way

Hot NHS Topics covered in this course:

• Antibiotics Resistance - what's the problem?
• The current situation of Antibiotic Resistance and should we be worried about it?
• Anti-Microbial resistance
• Antibiotic Resistance: Managing the challenge

• Should the vaccination programme be compulsory for all children?
• Background & Schedule of vaccinations
• Vaccines for special groups & Herd Immunity

• Can the Sugar Tax make a difference in limiting the obesity epidemic?
• Why do we need a sugar tax?
• Taxation & Behavior Change
• Advantages & Disadvantages of Sugar Tax

• How might Brexit impact the NHS?
• Impacts of leaving the EU
• What have we learnt about Brexit & the NHS

• Should parents have the right to experimental treatment? What have we learnt from the Charlie Gard case?
• The Charlie Gard Case: Background
• The Charlie Gard case: Decisions
• The Charlie Gard Case: Implications

• Biological and genetic treatments - is this the next healthcare revolution?
• Definitions
• Advantages & Disadvantages of Biological and Genetic treatments
• Discussion & Summary

• Why is youth mental health on the rise and what can we do about it?
• What is mental health?
• Why is mental health important and what increases the risk of mental health problems?
• Why are mental health disorders on the rise in children and young persons & what can we do about it?
• Tackling the interview

• How can we attract more doctors to become GPs, psychiatrists or work in A&E?
• The extent of doctor shortages
• The main causes for Junior doctor shortages
• How can we attract more doctors?

• What is your opinion on the current use of virtual reality in modern medicine?
• What do we mean by virtual reality? How is it used in modern medicine?
• Advantages of using VR in medicine
• Disadvantages of using VR in medicine
• Potential future uses of virtual reality

• What do you think about the incorporation of robotics into surgical practice?
• History and development of robotics in surgery
• Examples of robotics in surgery
• Advantages & disadvantages to robotics-assisted surgery
• The future of robotic surgery & conclusion

Who is this course designed for?

This course is for students preparing for medical school interviews in the UK. This course is designed to help students stay up-to-date on current hot topics in healthcare. During your medicine interviews you will likely be asked questions based on current NHS Hot Topics and it is important that you show you are up-to-date on the subject and that you are able to answer any questions regarding these issues. Our course prepares you by educating you on current NHS hot topics in medicine, questions you might be asked regarding them and how to answer these challenging questions during your interviews! 

Our guarantee 

Essential content: We have separated the videos into important topics that we feel are fundamental to interview success. We begin by teaching you how to structure your answers. We go through the common types of interview questions that you may come across. Extra quizzes and info will also become available for you to put your knowledge into practice.

Interactive features: Being interactive is the key to our teaching success! So, you will find our team members asking you questions and asking you to pause the video. We may ask you to write something down. Or we may recommend that you look up some extra info to enhance your learning.  

Unlimited playbacks and mobile responsive: Each module offers unlimited replays with flexible playback features. This allows you to learn at your own pace and track your progress, to make it a more personalised learning experience.

The Essentials of Medical Ethics Online Course 

When preparing for the medical school interviews it’s helpful to understand which topics you should focus on. A particularly common topic includes questions regarding ethical principles, issues and your stance on these sensitive subjects. Questions will arise concerning abortion, assisted reproduction, euthanasia and the basic principles of ethics. In other instances, scenarios are given that can have ethical implications and you must make a medical decision. 

We’ll help you become fully informed before attempting to answer these complicated questions. This course will cover the 4 pillars of health care ethics (the principles of Autonomy, Justice, Beneficence and Non-Maleficence) as well as the “3 C’s” (Confidentiality, Capacity and Consent). We’ll dive into each section and discuss ethical dilemmas, examples and how they apply to a good medical practice. We also highlight key legal cases and discuss related factors, followed by mock interviews. Here, we ask sample questions and give examples of great answers. Our hope is that our answers guide your preparation, leaving you more confident with structuring your answer and delivering under pressure.

What to expect

• Professionally filmed for a better learning experience
• Hours of interactive footage featuring high quality videos ~20 minutes long
• Created by real doctors and interview experts with over 15 years of experience
• Fully mobile and tablet responsive, so you can access the videos from anywhere
• Set your own goals along the way

Ethical questions in medical school interviews covered:

• Autonomy
• The Ethical Pillar of Autonomy and in-depth analysis of the Hippocratic Oath
• Case report: Slater vs Baker and Stapleton (1767)
• What do we mean by a patient's autonomy?
• Factors influencing a patient's autonomy
• Jehovah's Witnesses
• When does Autonomy become a moral dilemma?
• Case report: T vs Court of Appeal (1993)

• Beneficence
• The Ethical Pillar of Beneficence
• Beneficence and Jehovah's Witnesses
• Would you transfuse a Jehovah's Witness?
• The history of Beneficence
• Physician assisted suicide: Harmful or Beneficent?
• Is it harmful or beneficial to help a competent patient who has requested hastened death?
• Social Beneficence: Organ Donation

• Non-maleficence
• The Ethical Pillar of Non-Maleficence
• Non-Maleficence and Beneficence: The Weighing Scale
• Case report: Mr Bolam and Clinical Negligence
• Case report: Patrick Bolitho (1996)
• The Principal of Medical Futility and The Trisomy 18 Disorder
• Other scenarios you might encounter

• Justice
• The Ethical Pillar of Justice
• Deciphering Justice: The Clinical Angle
• Factors influencing the same level of care
• Unequal access health care for unequal patients
• Allocation of resources at a population level
• Can we refuse to perform cardiac surgery on a smoker?

• Confidentiality
• The 3Cs: Confidentiality
• The Origins of Confidentiality and the Hippocratic Oath
• The impact of breaching confidentiality
• The Data Protection Act (1998)
• Confidentiality: It's importance on the doctor-patient relationship
• When can confidentiality be breached?
• Case report: Dr Robert Browne vs The General Medical Council (1971)
• Case report: Prosenjit Poddar (1967)

• Capacity
• The 3Cs: Capacity
• The Mental Capacity Act (2005)
• Assessing patients' capacity
• Define: Power of Attorney
• The case that led to the Mental Capacity Act (2005)
• Further cases related to the Mental Capacity Act (2005)
• Capacity: Children's perspective

• Consent
• The 3Cs: Consent
• How can we take Consent?
• Case report: Nadine Montgomery

• Abortion and pregnancy
• The Pro-choice Argument
• Does an unborn foetus have the right to Autonomy?
• Case report: Roe vs Wade (1973), a game changer
• Non-Maleficence and Beneficence in Abortion
• The Abortion Act (1976) and global perspective
• Justice in Abortion
• Should fathers have a say in Abortions?

• Assisted Reproduction
• Assisted Reproduction: Arguments in favour
• Assisted Reproduction: Arguments against
• The History of Assisted Reproduction
• Should donor eggs or sperm be used?

Who is this course designed for?

This online medical ethics course is designed for students preparing for their medicine interviews. We help you focus on the topics that matter so you can go into your interview confident. This course will prepare you for commonly asked questions regarding medical ethics. We will cover the essentials to medical ethics, including the 4 pillars of medical ethics as well as the 3 C's. This course will cover commonly asked questions and give you to the tools you need to answer appropriately during your medicine interviews! 

Our guarantee 

Essential content: We have separated the videos into important topics that we feel are fundamental to interview success. We begin by teaching you how to structure your answers. We go through the common types of interview questions that you may come across. Extra quizzes and info will also become available for you to put your knowledge into practice.

Interactive features: Being interactive is the key to our teaching success! So, you will find our team members asking you questions and asking you to pause the video. We may ask you to write something down. Or we may recommend that you look up some extra info to enhance your learning.  

Unlimited playbacks and mobile responsive: Each module offers unlimited replays with flexible playback features. This allows you to learn at your own pace and track your progress, to make it a more personalised learning experience.

NHS Hot Topics Series 2 overview

One of the most important facets of a career in medicine is staying current. This is reflected in the medical school admissions process, as current or recent events are common medical school interview topics. That’s why we’ve dedicated 2 whole courses to help you learn about hot topics in healthcare in the UK… so you’re prepared for any interview questions that might arise. Series 2 dives deeper into recent NHS issues including junior doctor strikes and the Zika Virus, discussing each issue with example practice questions and answers. Our goal is to show you how to structure your answers and properly respond to questions in your medicine interview.

What's included?

• Professionally filmed for a better learning experience
• Hours of interactive footage featuring high quality videos ~20 minutes long
• Created by real doctors and interview experts with over 15 years of experience
• Fully mobile and tablet responsive, so you can access the videos from anywhere
• Set your own goals along the way

Hot NHS Topics covered in this course:

• Why do you think some A&E departments had to close this winter?
• The function of A&E
• Challenges face by A&E departments
• Example answer and conclusion

• Should we have a specialist A&E department in the UK for patients aged over 80?
• The challenges of an ageing population and potential solutions
• Is there a need for specialist A&E departments for over 80 years old?

• What are the causes and consequences of increasing primary care pressures?
• Why is there pressure on the primary healthcare system?
• Consequences of these pressures
• Using your experience to make your answers unique

• Were doctors right to go on strike over the junior doctor contract?
• The government's perspective
• The junior doctor's and public's perspective
• Advantages and disadvantages of the contract and approaching the question at interview

• The Hadiza Bawa-Garba Case: what are the implications of junior doctors?
• Time of the Hadiza Bawa-Garba Case
• Arguments in favour and against being struck off
• The future implications on junior doctors

• How can social media impact healthcare?
• GMC Guidance
• Benefits of social media on healthcare and the medical profession
• Risks of social media on healthcare and the medical profession

• What do you know about the Harold Shipman case?
• The Shipman Inquiry
• What is appraisal and revalidation?

• Would you volunteer in an area affected by the Zika Virus?
• What is the Zika Virus?
• Pros and cons of volunteering in an area affected by the Zika Virus
• Approaching this answer at the interview

Who is this course designed for?

This course is for students preparing for medical school interviews in the UK. This course helps stay up-to-date on current NHS hot topics. During your medical school interviews you will likely be asked questions based on current NHS Hot Topics and it is important that you show you are current and knowledgeable on the subject. Our course prepares you by educating you on current NHS hot topics in medicine, questions you might be asked regarding them and how to answer these challenging questions during your interviews! 

Our guarantee 

Essential content: We have separated the videos into important topics that we feel are fundamental to interview success. We begin by teaching you how to structure your answers. We go through the common types of interview questions that you may come across. Extra quizzes and info will also become available for you to put your knowledge into practice.

Interactive features: Being interactive is the key to our teaching success! So, you will find our team members asking you questions and asking you to pause the video. We may ask you to write something down. Or we may recommend that you look up some extra info to enhance your learning.  

Unlimited playbacks and mobile responsive: Each module offers unlimited replays with flexible playback features. This allows you to learn at your own pace and track your progress, to make it a more personalised learning experience.