hey, could someone tell me what ethical questions were asked at the interview?

[ipsiLoquitor]

I'm sorry, but I disagree with the giving the ethical situation out, as if you know what they are... you can prepare for them surely and the whole point of them is to put you under a little pressure?

Well I can help here.
First off, I know of consultants who will offer to do 'dummy interviews' if asked.
More important, with the advent of equal opportunities, some homogeneity should be expected in questions, so it is really the answers that 'should' count.
Stress testing is used in cardiorespiratory medicine where the results are measurable but in what is essentially a subjective psychological test it would be better to be done formally rather than as a 'secondary gain' assessed by unqualified interview panels.
So I am not sure why you see it as the whole point - is 'stress testing' one of the criterion that are not explicitly mentioned, do you think ?
If this is the case, I'd like to see the evidence base.

[Gizmo says -]

its ok, macca. about ma ethical scenario - i will tell you if you like?

[Kinkerz]

oh my god lol, i'm asking for a friend who has an interview, you don't have to be so rude.

Yeah. Okay.

[Dragunov]

Maria: don't bother, becasue people on this website seem hostile and distrusting. Besides, the whole purpose of the interview is to test your thinking skills on the spot. If you rehearse answers to question and hen you get asked those questions...not much of a challnege, is it?

[MEDDAMEDIC]

LOL. I was only messing about with my last comment.

But seriously, this is a stupid thread and defeats the whole purpose of the discussion. It is really unfair for those who had interviews already and are still waiting-like me, kinkerz, Hannah, Bobby, etc and found the discussion difficult.

[Gizmo says -]

if you actually cared about effics, then you would ave figured out not to presuppose the effics scenario they give you becos you'd be acting inefficaly.
its your inability to use effics which has led you astray.

in a sense, you've already told us you are a person who isnt suitable for making effical decisions, you dont ave the acumen or commitment to uphold effics in a relatively (relative to your job for instance) simple med skool interview situation and thats a point off your record for getting into med skool already, for any admissions staff reading this.


sori, macca, but it was concernig simple effics that you chose to mek the wrong decision by posting this fread, we didnt do it for you.

[maria737]

ok, first of all, if i was asking for myself, i would have said so. i don't even have an interview yet. it's not guaranteed that my friend will get the same questions, he just wanted an idea of what got asked, most of the people here would be curious too. stop blowing this out of proportion, if you don't want to tell, that's fine, just don't be so uptight about it.

[Dragunov]

I for one am going to be a little selfish and not share my scenario with you...sorry, but I don't think anyone is going to tell you. This may put you at an advantage, you see. Be fair.

[chicken66]

Most people will think of asking, or be appreciative of someone else asking this question. I'd have a look through the Board and see if someone posted this last year.

The best way to answer the question is through using a framework - look up medical ethics in wikipedia (advise the section of 'values in medical ethics'); and then use those principles in the scenarios. You shouldn't go too far wrong then, and you'll be able to answer the questions even if you don't know what the scenario is or if it changes from what someone else told you

[giella]

I don't think knowing a particular ethical scenario beforehand would really help. If that particular question up, you would reek of preprepared answer. If it didn't, and you'd prepared for that one, what good would it do you anyway?
Just get a short book about medical ethics and read up on the subject in general. Think about how to structure your answer rather than what to actually say.