Ultimate Medicine Interview Book

Being a doctor is difficult, and medical schools want to ensure you have a thorough understanding of the profession. In this chapter, we will look at some of the benefits and drawbacks of being a doctor, as well as how you can demonstrate that you are well-versed in the field.

Being a doctor in the 21st century is more than just diagnosing illnesses and prescribing treatments.In this chapter we will explore medical career which is multi-faceted with multiple opportunities available to doctors outside of the clinical environment

You may be asked where you want to specialise in the future; if you don’t know, that’s fine! However, it is critical to be aware of the various specialties in medicine and to discuss the specialties in which you have worked.

Being a doctor entails far more than simply dispensing medication to patients. In this chapter, we will look at some of the non-clinical roles available here, such as teaching. These could be some of the reasons you’re interested in medical school.

In this section, we’ll go over how to incorporate extracurricular activities into your answers about why you want to be a doctor.

In this chapter, we will go through medicine interview practice questions!

Confidentiality is an extremely important concept to consider in both medical interviews and clinical practice, even though it is not one of the pillars of medical ethics.

To understand and apply consent and capacity rules in medical interviews, it is critical to first understand the distinction between the two terms.

Abortions before 24 weeks of pregnancy are legal and safe in England, Scotland, and Wales under the Abortion Act. Abortions can be performed after 24 weeks in some cases, but the legalities are complicated and far beyond the scope of medical interviews.

Organ donation laws are extremely complex, region-specific, and constantly changing. Only a basic understanding of organ donation schemes and organ allocation is required for a medical school interview.

In this chapter we discuss and debate the key NHS news topics from the past 12 months. It is important for you to be aware of common issues, and to be watching the news regularly.

Everyone has an opinion on the subject, but how should you approach discussing the COVID-19 pandemic in medical school interviews? You will be expected to form opinions about the pandemic’s political and public health aspects, as well as the medical science.

It is 2019, and the United Kingdom has still not left the European Union. What will happen in the next few months is uncertain. What are the implications of a no-deal Brexit for the NHS? What impact will Brexit have on the NHS? How will it affect the workforce, many of whom are EU citizens? Will the NHS receive the £350 million proposed by Vote Leave? We will go over this extensively because it is likely that it will come up during your interview.

Charlie, who was born with encephalomyopathy mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, is discussed in this chapter (MDDS). Charlie’s parents wanted him to have an experimental treatment called nucleoside bypass therapy (NBT), but Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) determined that Charlie’s condition was too severe for this treatment to help, despite the fact that he was never treated with NBT. This sparked a national debate about autonomy and acting in the best interests of the patient, as well as international attention from the Pope and Donald Trump.

This has been a hot topic for quite some time, and a new contract was finally agreed upon in 2019. What are the implications for junior doctors, and what were some of the stumbling blocks that caused the contract to take so long to finalise? How will this affect doctors’ working conditions, and did they get a better deal than before?

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, one in every four British adults is obese – Britain has been dubbed the “fat man of Europe.” Obesity rates among children are at an all-time high, and many divisive policies have been implemented to combat it. The sugar tax is one example. The levy brings the UK into line with a small group of countries that have implemented similar taxes, including Mexico, France, and Norway.

In this chapter, we will go through the ageing population crisis!

In this chapter, we will go through privatisation!

In this chapter, we will go through mental health crisis!

In this chapter, we will go through vaccines!

There has been a significant increase in the number of patients who have had to wait more than 12 hours. The worst month on record for hospital A&E departments was January 2019, with more patients than ever waiting more than four hours to be seen. Estimates suggest that over 5000 additional beds will be required, but will there be enough money to fund this? There are also discussions about eliminating the 4-hour breach limit, which many believe does not account for many variables that are beyond the control of doctors.

In this chapter, we will go through medicine interview practice questions!

Jeremy Hunt, the former health secretary, suggested that the NHS be properly staffed seven days a week after a report revealed that weekend mortality rates were higher. This caused an uproar in the medical community because services are currently provided as effectively on all seven days. General practice has become more of a 7-day service, with more convenient hours for all.

In this chapter, we will go through medicine interview data interpretation!