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InterviewMMI
Edge Hill University
Stations8 + 2 rest stations
Time per station7 min + 2 min reading
Total lengthAbout 3 hours (whole day)
WhenUntil end of January
Key dates
- Interviews run until the end of January.
- Offers are made after all interviews are completed and ranked.
How the interview works
- You will do Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs) at the Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre, Ormskirk campus.
- There are 8 interview stations plus 2 rest stations.
- Each station lasts 7 minutes, with 2 minutes beforehand to read the scenario.
- You get a 1-minute gap to move on, so each station takes 10 minutes in total.
- Your starting station is chosen at random.
- At each station you discuss a scenario or perform a task.
- The day also includes registration and ID checks, a programme introduction, an evaluation and student-led campus tours.
- Family and friends can join the introduction and campus tour, and a waiting area is provided.
What they assess
- Motivation for the Medicine programme
- Verbal communication
- Integrity and probity
- Teamwork and leadership
- Empathy and compassion
- Awareness of current health challenges
- Ethical awareness
- Self and others awareness
- Prioritisation and decision making
- Interpretation of data
How it's scored and how offers are made
- Interviewers score you at the end of each station.
- Interviewers do not see your scores from other stations.
- Station scores are combined into an overall MMI score, and you are ranked on it.
- Decisions are made only after all interviews are finished and ranked.
- Offers go to the top-ranked candidates.
- If scores tie at the threshold, your personal statement and reference may be used.
- An offer may be withheld for inappropriate behaviour or comments at interview, whatever your score.
- A reserve list may be used.
- No offer is made without an interview.
- Offers depend on health screening, fitness to practise clearance, an enhanced DBS check and any outstanding grades.