Medical School Online Interview Course
Stand out in your medical school interview with over 100 video tutorials taught by Dr. Mannan, medical school tutor. Fully updated for 2023 entry with question banks, hot topics, ethics, motivation, COVID19 and much more.
We are open and transparent. Try some of our modules for free and if you like our methods of learning, subscribe for access until the end of April 2023.
Medical school interview course e-modules taught by medical school tutors
⚠️ Please note that students that come to our live courses, whether in person or live webinar, get access to this course included in the course fee. If you wish to upgrade to a live course, please contact us at support@bluepeanut.co.uk
🔎 What modules are included in the online interview course curriculum?
📚 We have done extensive research based on our experience as undergraduate medical school tutors and practicing doctors and devised a curriculum to help you gain the knowledge you need for your interview.
📽 The course consists of professionally recorded video tutorials teaching you the knowledge, skills and frameworks you will need to excel in your interview. Included are extensive up to date question banks.
😀 You are able to view all the titles of all the modules that we include and try some of them free of charge before you decide to subscribe.
⚠️ The course is being updated through the year with new and updated topics, so we really do believe this is the most comprehensive interview course there is.
👨⚕️ Who is teaching me on the online Medical School Interview Course?
🩺 The course is designed and delivered by Dr. Abdul Mannan and Dr. Imran Khan. We are both fully qualified doctors and undergraduate medical school tutors at some of the top universities in the UK.
🏥 We have our own GP training practice where we supervise and train medical students, foundation (intern) year doctors, GP specialist training doctors, nursing, and physician associate trainees as well as work experience placements. 🧬 Medical training is in our DNA and we are good at it.
🏆 The practice has been given platinum awards for the standards of training from UCLAN and Manchester Medical Schools. We also teach at some of the top state and independent schools in the UK.
The medical school interview course curriculum
Here are some of the topics we cover in the tutorials on our self study medical school interview course. We keep an eye on medical school interview trends and will update course material during the academic year.
🤝 Introduction to Interviews
Why you must prepare and the MMI process itself. Online and In Person Interviews. How to be amiable, how to dress and what not to do
🔎 Regulatory bodies
The General Medical Council and General Dental Council codes of conduct and good medical and dental practice guidance.
⚔️ The ‘Coat Stand’ Framework
Dr. Mannan teaches you a framework in which you can structure any question that you are asked, answer in depth and with reflection
🤔 Motivation
Motivating factors for medicine and dentistry and how you can use them in your interview. How to be reflective and holistic in your answers. The ‘Home, Work, Play’ framework
📚 Knowledge of the University
How to choose a medical school, reflection of your learning style and how to answer questions testing your knowledge of the university.
👨🏻🏫 Teaching Methods
How medical schools teach students to become doctors. Problem based learning, case and experienced based learning and how medical schools will assess you.
🦷 Dentistry MMI Station Bank
A bank of questions specifically designed for dental applicants. Medical applicants are also advised to attempt these as the concepts tested are similar.
📐 Work Experience Stations
How to reflect on your work experience in any station that requires this.
😔 Empathy
The definitions of empathy and sympathy, why this is important and how to deal with stations (including role play) where you need to demonstrate this skill.
🔎 Qualities of a doctor
We review some of the qualities that are required to become a doctor, or a medical student and how you can demonstrate some of these.
👑 Leadership and Teamwork
Dr. Mannan looks at these from a medical viewpoint and goes through what you need to know. We look at group exercises and the criterion used to mark them.
📖 Personal statement
An overview of what a station that looks at the documentation you submitted in your application could assess
🦠 The COVID19 pandemic
What you need to know about COVID19 infection, transmission and how to reduce the spread of the disease. How medical schools will test you on this topic
💉 Vaccinations
How vaccines work, herd immunity, vaccine hesitancy and how to approach stations where this topic is assessed.
🖐🏻 Practical Tasks
How medical schools will assess your practical skills. This can also be done remotely, especially for dental candidates.
👁 Ethics, Behaviours and Morals
A comprehensive review on ethical principles and how to apply them. The fundamentals of consent, capacity, confidentiality, conflict of interest and much more.
📼 Consultation critique
How to approach stations where you are given a video (usually a consultation) and required to critique what is going well and what went wrong.
🔥 Hot Topics
A series of hot topics, including the classics such as euthanasia and abortion. For students in the UK, Brexit and NHS hot topics. Recent important cases that you can use.
💿 Digital Healthcare
Approaching questions to the use of information technology in medicine and the challenges you can face.
👉 The ‘Other 10%’
How to approach the remaining, sometimes quirky, and unpredictable questions that are asked in medical school interviews.
💾 Social Media
Doctors use of social media, some guidelines from around the world and how you can use these to answer scenarios based on interactions online.