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

[Dragunov]

I think the best way to understand and appreciate medical ethics is to read Tony Hope's 'Very Brief Introduction to Medical Ethics', which is a fantastic and comprehensive book, really nice to get you thinking about ethical scenarios. I can tell you that my ethical scenario at the Keele interview was phrased exactly as one of the scenarios in this book, so I should have done way better really!

[Shahidredhot]

My personal view is that telling you would be unfair on those of us who have already had interviews and did not have the chance to know what we were going to be asked beforehand. I don't really think you should be asking. From a purely selfish point of view I don't want you to have a better shot at getting in hehe!!!

OMG the people in this thread are incredibly tight ! It makes me sick. What is wrong with helping others? I'm seriously disgusted.

[chicken66]

The BBC website is another good place to get information about ethics.

[Arch_Angel]

OMG the people in this thread are incredibly tight ! It makes me sick. What is wrong with helping others? I'm seriously disgusted.

Are you being sarcastic? They want the questions so that they can prepare, thus giving better answers than the people helping them out... why would anyone help someone who they were in direct competition for places with by giving them a massively unfair advantage?

Duh...

[Dragunov]

Shahid - are you the guy who said they wrote 'all sorts of bollocks' on their personal statement?

[hannah668]

OMG the people in this thread are incredibly tight ! It makes me sick. What is wrong with helping others? I'm seriously disgusted.

there is nothing wrong with helping others but there is something wrong with putting someone at an unfair advantage i.e. cheating lol

[ipsiLoquitor]

there is nothing wrong with helping others but there is something wrong with putting someone at an unfair advantage i.e. cheating lol

Couldn't agree more Hannah.

Do we think having wealthy parents paying for private lessons in A-level subjects is an unfair advantage ('cheating') ?

[Dragunov]

Erm...no...do you mean private lessons intended for improving grades? Are these for students who are physically unable to read or write? Becasue if someone would pay for lessons in order to improve their grades...this is a big, big problem...

[ipsiLoquitor]

Paying for lessons to improve grades is widespread and in my neck of the woods prices start from around £22 an hour.

So, if a person from a poor family, or working on a lower income, gets a high 'B' and the student who had an additional investment of say 50-100 hours of exam practice with step by step guidance from a professional tutor got an 'A' - whose results are really better ? And what if it was an experience nurse who got the 'B' whilst working 40-50 hour shifts on an income which after costs left her 20-30 a week to live on.

I'd be interested in your views.

I agree it is a large scale problem. At the moment it is not admitted to be as such by 'the powers that be' because to rectify it would require an additional column/line on admissions forms.

[Perooc]

Being coached through an exam doesn't make you any smarter, just more able to answer the questions in the way the examiner wants... however you could argue that if somebody has the potential to get an A, then coaching will certainly make it easier, while if those resources aren't available you're left to the hard slog of sifting through past exam papers until they're second nature...

It's not fair, and I think it'd be hard to argue it is... but c'est la vie