Work experience

Question 1

What did you do in your year out?

Question 2

What have you learnt about medicine from the doctors you’ve spoken to?

Question 3

Have you taken on any extracurricular activities that you think may help you as a doctor?

Question 4

How have you demonstrated your commitment to medicine?

Question 5

Give us an example of a time when you were unsatisfied with your performance?

Question 6

Give us an example when you worked in a team and it was successful

Question 7

Give us an example when you worked in a team and failed

Question 8

What are the attributes of a good team leader and how have you demonstrated them?

Question 9

Is teamwork important in medicine and why?

Question 10

How do you resolve a conflict in a group?

Question 11

From your work experience, can you tell me about a difficult situation you had to deal with and what have you learnt from this?

Question 12

What qualities did you learn are important from the doctors and nurses during your work experience?

Question 13

What are the attributes of a good team member?

Question 14

Are you a leader or a follower?

Question 15

What medical work experience have you carried out?

Question 16

What did you learn from your work experience?

Question 17

What aspect of your work experience did you find the most challenging and why?

Question 18

What did you like most about the work experience you undertook?

Question 19

Why do you think we ask candidates to undertake work experience?

Question 20

Reflecting on your work experience, what event, if any, changed your views on modern medicine?

Question 21

Give an example of an interaction between a medical professional and a patient that you observed during your work experience. What skills did you find to be important for this type of communication?

Question 22

During your work experience, what three skills did you observe and could you rank their importance?

Question 23

How did your work experience help you confirm your desire to pursue a career in medicine?

Question 24

After your work experience, how did your view on the medical profession in real life compare to that depicted by the media?

Question 25

Tell me about the roles of the allied healthcare professionals that you met.