What do ultimately want to achieve from your
Medical career?
What area of Medicine would you like to
specialise in?
What are the main reasons people drop out of
studying Medicine?How will you ensure against these
factors?
Why do you believe you have the ability to
undertake the study and work involved?
What would you change about yourself in order
to become a good Doctor?
When you think about becoming a doctor, what
do you look forward to most and least?
Why study Medicine rather than any other
healthcare profession? How do you think medicine differs from other health
professions?
What aspect of healthcare attracts you to
medicine?
Can you tell us about any particular life
experiences that you think may help or hinder you in a career in Medicine?
How would you dissuade someone from going
into Medicine?
What will you do if we do not offer you a
place at this institution?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of
becoming a Doctor?
How would you compare private healthcare
provision with that offered by the NHS?
What is wrong with the NHS?
What problems other than the lack of funding
are associated with the NHS?
Tell us about yourself.
Take us through your
personal statement.
Why do you want to be a
doctor? What do you want to achieve in medicine?
What have you read or
experienced in order to prepare you for medicine?
Why do you believe you have
the ability to undertake the study and work involved?
Why do you want to be a
doctor, rather than another profession that is caring or intellectually
challenging?
What do you think being a
doctor entails, apart from treating patients?
What branch of medicine do
you think would interest you? Why?
When you think about
becoming a doctor, what do you look forward to most and least?
What impact do you hope to
make in the field of medicine?
What one question would you
ask if you were interviewing others to study medicine? What would you most
like us to ask you in this interview?
Why study medicine rather
than any other health care profession? How do you think medicine differs
from other health professions?
What aspect of healthcare
attracts you to medicine?
Why do you want to be a
doctor? If you were to become a doctor, how would you wish your patients to
describe you and why?
What steps have you taken to
try to find out whether you really do want to become a doctor?
What things do you think
might make people inclined to drop out of medical training?
There are many different
ways of helping people. Why do you want to study medicine, rather than
working in any other health or social care professions?
Can you tell us about any
particular life experiences that you think may help or hinder you in a
career in medicine?
How would you dissuade
someone from going into Medicine.
How old are you when you
become a consultant?
What do you think has been the most
significant development in Medicine during the last 10/25/100 years?
What do you think poses the greatest threat
to humanity in the next 10/25/100 years from a medical perspective?
What role does politics play in healthcare
provision?
In what ways other than direct treatment can
Doctors promote good health in patients?
How old are you when you become a consultant?
What are the main causes of ill health in the
area you live?
Describe a medical/science article you have
read recently?
How is working as a Doctor today different to
fifty years ago?
What role does modern technology/computers
play in Medicine today?
How has modern technology improved healthcare
provision within the NHS?
In what ways does the environment affect
health?
What do you think is the single biggest
healthcare advance in the last 100 years?
How does diet affect health?
What do you think of alternative treatments
such as acupuncture/homeopathy?
What treatments can Doctors offer to the very
old?
What problems do the elderly face?
What are the implications for Doctors of an
ageing population?
What problems do you think Doctors will face
in
10/20/50
years time?
How do you feel Medicine is portrayed in the
Media?
Many Doctors who successfully complete their
Medical degree do not go on to practice Medicine, what makes you think that
you will follow a career in Medicine?
What
relevance has the Hippocratic oath to modern day medicine?
How does
politics influence healthcare provision?
What are the
current Government priorities in healthcare? Do you agree with these?
Do you think
patients’ treatments should be limited by the NHS budget or do patients have
the right to new therapies regardless of the cost?
What does
the term ‘inequalities in health’ and ‘postcode lottery’ mean to you?
Do you think
the bulk of medical treatment takes place in hospital or in the community.What makes you think this?
Twenty years
ago most doctors in hospitals wore white coats.Very few
doctors these days do.What do you think the argument
for and against white coats is?
What are the
arguments for and against banning the sale of tobacco?
In the
UK at present
60% of medical students are female.Do you think we
should have equal quotas for medical school places for males and females?
What do you think the consequences are of having more female than male
doctors