Although most Australian medical schools use MMIs, each has a unique approach, and there are some key differences in their implementation.
In this guide, you’ll find out how each medical school in Australia performs its medical interview. We’ve compiled everything you need to know, from the number of MMI stations and the timing of interviews, all the way to the types of questions you’ll get at each medical school, and locations.
1. Medical Interview Timing
Each medical interview varies by time in the station, time for reading and time in between. Here’s a few things to remember about watching the clock in your medical interview:
- It’s important to be aware of the time you're allotted at the start of your preparation.
- Practise answering questions with time limits and the expected number of follow-ups in mind.
- It’s important to use your own internal clock, not something distracting such as a stopwatch.
- Work on the feeling of time passing and get better at self-evaluating the length of your answers.
2. MMI (Multiple Mini Interview) Stations
An MMI station is usually a room with an interviewer who has a specific set of questions on a given topic. You can expect quite a few different MMI (Multiple Mini Interview) stations:
- Personal MMI stations look at your motivation: why do you want to study medicine?
- Ethical MMI stations analyse your understanding of medical ethics as a prospective student.
- Public Health, Rural Health, Indigenous Health and more—the list is long, so make sure you’ve got a good grasp on these topics before your interview.
You can find out more about each of these stations in each of the articles we’ve written in our free resources. Please note this guide is based on the previous year’s interviews, and is therefore subject to change.
