Machine generated contents note: Introduction1 Preparation for the interview -- Input -- Output -- Summary2 Interview macro-analysis - chain theory -- Chain theory -- Summary3 Motivation for medicine -- Introduction -- How to become a great storyteller - dinner party theory (DPT) -- Questions -- Summary4 The Multiple-Mini Interview -- What is it? -- Why is it used? -- Example questions by category -- Practice techniques -- Summary5 Work experience and voluntary work -- Making the most of your work experience -- Questions -- Learning task -- Summary6 Personal attributes -- Which attributes? -- Learning task -- Summary7 Knowledge of the medical school -- Introduction -- Questions -- Summary8 Medicine as a profession -- Introduction -- Questions -- Learning task -- Summary9 Hospital life and the NHS -- Introduction -- Questions -- Learning task -- Summary10 Medical knowledge -- Sources of knowledge -- Questions -- Learning task -- Summary11 Ethics and law -- Introduction -- Ethics and law -- Questions -- Further reading -- Summary12 International students -- Introduction -- Questions -- Summary13 Graduate students -- Introduction -- Questions -- Summary14 Oxbridge -- Introduction -- Questions -- SummaryAppendix: List of interview questions.

"After completing the medical school application comes the last and often most challenging aspect of the school selection process: the interview. Notoriously hard to prepare for, it's difficult to know what questions might be asked and how to answer them.Extensively revised, How to Succeed In Your Medical School Interview de-mystifies the interview process. It provides a systematic and methodical process which enables the interviewee to mine information from examiners, while demonstrating academic ability. Full of practice questions and free downloadable podcasts of mock interviews, this book offers tips on preparation, presentation, and most importantly, what to say. The most significant addition to the book covers the multiple mini-interview system, which schools are beginning to use instead of the formal, fixed panel interview. This new system is made up of short "stations" ranging from 3-10 minutes, with a specific goal and a separate interviewer. The format can be a conventional interview question, a role play, linguistic skill test, writing exercise, or another challenge. The author has also added more graph-and-table data interpretation questions to the Oxbridge interview section and updated discussion material to include the current "hot topics" in medicine, such as e-cigarettes, medical ethics, and the US patent ban on genes. "--

"After completing the medical school application comes the last, and often most challenging aspect of the school selection process; the interview. Notoriously hard to prepare for, it's difficult to know what to read, what questions might be asked and how to answer them. How to Succeed In Your Medical School Interview de-mystifies the interview process. It provides clear guidelines and a unique framework; giving you the relevant points to consider while crucially leaving conclusions open to express your own opinions and personality. It provides a systematic and methodical process which enables you to mine information from examiners, whilst demonstrating your academic ability. With a huge bank of questions covering all aspects of the interview spectrum, including a specific section of Oxbridge questions, you will learn how to prepare, how to present yourself and most importantly, what to say"--