Multiple Mini Interview Questions

Practice 30 Multiple Mini Interview questions covering ethical scenarios, time management, and communication under pressure.

Question 13 of 30

Discuss the Human Genome Project.

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Policy-based MMI questions like this one mean to uncover your current level of knowledge on particular medical-related topics. Take some time to reflect on what you know regarding the Human Genome Project. Discuss the project, its pros, its cons, and any known issues related to the project.

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"I can best explain the Human Genome Project as an initiative led by an international team of researchers looking to sequence and map all of the genes of the human species. This project ran from 1990 to 2003, giving humans the ability to read the complete genetic blueprint of a human. This international effort sequenced 3 billion DNA letters in the human genome and is considered to be one of the most ambitious scientific undertakings of all time. Thanks to the Human Genome Project, we now have coverage of about 99 percent of the human genome's gene-containing regions, with an unprecedented accuracy of 99.99 percent. Of course, scientific undertakings as large as this do not come without controversy. One of the most positive outcomes of the Human Genome Project is that healthcare professionals, policymakers, students, and the public now know so much more when it comes to genetics and complex genetics-based disease. On the flip side, the project also raised ethical issues surrounding the design and conduct of genetic research, including privacy and consent. All in all, I believe the Human Genome Project to be an incredible scientific feat, helping medical professionals to understand the human genetic blueprint better."

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The human genome project was an endeavor to fully sequence an entire human genome. This means the full sequence of base-paired nucleotides that make up the genetic sequence of a human being. This project was undertaken in the early 21st century by a large group of scientists and completed in about a year's time. It has led to a huge increase in what we know about genetics and our ability to sequence genes.

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30Multiple Mini Interview Questions & Answers

1.If you were given the opportunity to change one thing about the healthcare system, what would you choose to do?

2.Is it ethical for healthcare workers to go on strike? Why or why not?

3.Do you believe a family doctor is obligated to report their patients' infectious disease to their public health agency? Why or why not?

4.Which would you choose: To travel 1,000 years into the past or 1,000 years into the future? Choose your preference and discuss.

5.You have two patients who need a kidney transplant. One patient is an elderly physician with kidney failure; the other is a 20-year-old high school dropout brought in again for binge drinking. You have only one kidney. Who do you give the kidney to?

6.Which is more important to you; changing behavior to prevent disease or working harder to treat existing disease?

7.Talk to me about one crucial healthcare issue that is unique to your region.

8.How does the American healthcare system differ from the Canadian healthcare system?

9.Talk about physician-assisted death. When is this an appropriate solution?

10.A fellow medical student often shows up on rotation hung-over and smelling like alcohol. You decide to talk to them in private. Enter the room and have this conversation.

11.One of your patients asks for a doctors' note to excuse them from a work conference. You do not see any symptoms of illness. Talk to the patient about your decision to provide or not provide them with a doctors' note.

12.How do you feel about stem cell research using fetal tissue?

13.Discuss the Human Genome Project.

14.Discuss the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana. Would you ever prescribe or encourage the use of legal cannabis? Why or why not?

15.Under what circumstances would you recommend a homeopathic approach to treatment?

16.After noticing bruises and burns on a patient, they disclose their spouse is physically abusing them. The patient begs you not to tell anyone. What do you do next?

17.What experiences and qualities lead you to believe that you will be an excellent physician?

18.Hippocrates said, 'Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.' What does this quote mean to you as you pursue a career in healthcare?

19.As a physician, do you feel a responsibility to be a healthy role model for your patients, or is your medical training and knowledge more than enough when it comes to counseling your patients on lifestyle changes?

20.If an alternative treatment existed for a terminal illness, would you recommend it to a patient, even if there were no scientific evidence to support its efficacy?

21.If you could have any superpower, what would it be? What is the very first thing you would do with this superpower?

22.You witness a group of male colleagues speaking inappropriately about a female colleague. What do you do?

23.Pharmaceutical companies largely influence the medical profession through lobbying. What do you believe is the impact?

24.An underage patient asks you for a birth control prescription but asks that you not tell her parents. What do you do?

25.What would you do if your mother decided to rely only on alternative medicine to treat a critical illness?

26.Your sister brings her new boyfriend home for the holidays. You recognize him as a patient you treated for herpes simplex type 2. What do you do?

27.An emergency room patient will die without a blood transfusion. The patients' medical records state refusal of blood transfusions due to religious reasons. What do you decide to do?