MMI station types
Every MMI station is one of a few kinds. Each guide gives the structure a strong answer follows, a free station to practise it, and the medical schools that list it in what their interview assesses.
- Ethics stationsWhether you can think through a hard situation fairly and reach a safe, kind decision without judging anyone too early. 15 practice stations, listed by 17 schools.
- Role play stationsHow you listen, show you care and stay calm with someone, played by an actor, who is upset, confused or angry. 10 practice stations, listed by 5 schools.
- Data interpretation stationsWhether you read a table, chart or short study carefully and say what it shows, and what it cannot show. 10 practice stations, listed by 5 schools.
- Prioritisation stationsHow you order competing tasks under time pressure, and how clearly you explain the order. 5 practice stations, listed by 4 schools.
- Motivation and reflection stationsWhy you want to study medicine and what you have learned from your own experience, in your own words. 10 practice stations, listed by 21 schools.
- NHS and healthcare stationsWhether you have an informed, balanced view of how healthcare works and the pressures on it. 10 practice stations, listed by 6 schools.
- Teamwork and leadership stationsHow you work with others, including when it goes wrong, and what you take from it. 10 practice stations, listed by 17 schools.
- Communication stations: explaining and instructingWhether you can explain or instruct clearly to someone who cannot see what you see. 5 practice stations.
- Academic medicine interview questionsHow you reason through an unfamiliar science or thinking problem out loud. 5 practice stations, listed by 3 schools.