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Guide to Medicine MMIs:
Multiple Mini-Interviews

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What are Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs)?
• The MMIs, or Multiple Mini Interviews are a major hurdle in the medical
admissions process, and your interview performance contributes 33-
50% of your combined score to determine if you receive a medical
place offer.
• What is the MMI Format?
- MMI is a structured interview process where students are presented with
5-8 stations, each with a different question or scenario, in a circuit with
other interviewees.
• What is the purpose of the MMI Medicine Interviews?
- The MMI format allows Australian medical schools to assess a range of
different skills and attributes in a short format, allowing the interviewee to
'reset' between stations.

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What are Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs)?
• How are MMIs graded?
- Scores can be allocated across content, structure, insight, and
communication categories.
• How much time do you get for MMI?
- Different medical schools use different formats for the MMI, with 1-2
minutes of reading time before each station and 5-10 minutes for the
station itself. Follow-up questions may be provided during the station.
• How hard is an MMI interview?
- The MMI is a competitive process that requires students to perform well
across a range of question types and build rapport with each individual
assessor. It also requires them to be able to switch quickly between
different styles of questions.

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MMI Interviews: Types of MMI Questions
• The following list of question types are commonly used for medicine interviews
in the MMI format:
- Motivation to Study Medicine
- Character/Behavioural Traits
- De-tech
- Acting
- Practice Tasks & Puzzles
- Ethical Scenario
- Health Knowledge
• It is important to think of the medicine MMI interview process as a way to
demonstrate skills in communication, empathy and situational awareness.

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MMI Interviews: How to Prepare
• It can be useful to structure your preparation along the following lines:
- What are medical schools looking for in the MMI?
- How to plan your MMI preparation
- How to structure a MMI response
- Key Tips for MMI Preparation
- Key Mistakes to Avoid in the MMI
• Top tips for MMI success
- Always consider all sides of the story - Be personal
- Make a skills bank -
Brainstorm
- Read up -
Try to relax and act naturally
- You don’t need to know everything
- Be familiar with the campus and the schedule of the day

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MMI Interviews:
• Things to Avoid:
- Do NOT pre-prepare your answers
- Be personal, but not too personal
- Don’t restate the question or ask if you correctly understood the scenario
- Don’t drag on
- Do not get caught up in the details
• Other Medical School Interview Formats:
- Group Interviews
- Panel interviews

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Further Materials
• Australian Medical Schools: General Overview
• Australian Graduate Medical Schools - Admission Requirements
• Medical Pathways in Australia
• Free GAMSAT Practice Questions and Materials
• GAMSAT Results: The Definitive Guide
• Don’t forget to tune in to our GAMSAT® To Med School Podcast!
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