Mem

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hello, est-ce que quelqu'un qui a fait les MEM l'an passé pourrait m'expliquer le fonctionnement. je sais qu'il y a des posts la-dessus, mais je ne trouve pas les infos que je cherche. Combien d'entrevues, combien de temps chacune, etc. Merci

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Voici ce que le site de l'Université Laval écrit... ça résume pas mal bien les MEM selon moi Ça devrait répondre à tes questions aussi!

 

Déroulement des MEM

 

Lors du MEM, le candidat exécute un parcours de plusieurs stations avec une mise en situation différente. Cette mise en situation vise à évaluer le comportement dans des contextes différents et les aptitudes générales du candidat. Elle ne fait pas appel à des connaissances médicales. Le candidat dispose de 2 minutes pour lire une vignette présentant la mise en situation, puis il entre dans la salle d'entrevue pour le restant du temps accordé à la station. Ce parcours comprendra 14 stations de 7 minutes dont 2 stations de repos de 7 minutes. Il y a deux types de stations, la station de type « jeu de rôle » et la station de type « discussion ».

 

Les trois facultés de médecine francophones du Québec (Université Laval, Université de Montréal et Université de Sherbrooke) gèrent ensemble la passation des Mini Entrevues Multiples (MEM). Ainsi seront invités aux MEM, les candidats jugés admissibles à ces MEM par l’une ou l’autre de ces facultés. Même si la personne invitée n’aura à passer les MEM qu’à un seul endroit (Montréal, Québec ou Sherbrooke), ses résultats aux MEM seront acheminés à chacune des facultés à laquelle elle a postulé et qui l’auront jugée admissible aux MEM.

 

Les demandes d’admission, préalables aux MEM, se font en fonction du choix des candidats : de manière indépendante à l’une ou à plusieurs facultés de médecine du Québec, incluant McGill.

 

 

Dates de passation des MEM

 

Les MEM se dérouleront le 28 et le 29 avril 2012 seulement. Tout candidat sera convoqué pour l’une ou l’autre de ces deux dates. Donc, chaque personne qui se qualifient pour les contingents réguliers et qui veut postuler à une faculté de médecine francophone du Québec doit s’assurer d’être disponible à ces deux dates, advenant qu’elle soit convoquée aux MEM.

 

 

Dès le 26 mars 2012, veuillez vérifier vos courriels quotidiennement, car les candidats jugés admissibles aux MEM en médecine par une faculté de médecine francophone québécoise recevront du comité MEM la confirmation de cela, ainsi que le nom de la ou des facultés où ils ont été jugés admissibles. Seront indiqués sur cet envoi les détails importants pour la passation de vos MEM : le lieu, la date et l’heure de passation des MEM, ainsi que la procédure de confirmation de votre présence.

 

Il ne sera pas possible pour un candidat de changer la date et le lieu déterminés pour ses MEM.

 

 

Lieu de passation des MEM

 

Les candidats admissibles aux MEM sont répartis aléatoirement entre les trois lieux de passation (Montréal, Québec ou Sherbrooke) à l’une des deux dates mentionnées ci-dessus. Toutefois, en ce qui concerne la répartition aléatoire entre les lieux de passation, seules les facultés de médecine où la personne aura été jugée admissible aux MEM seront considérées. À titre d’exemples : (1) la personne n’ayant postulé qu’à une faculté et jugée admissible aux MEM par cette faculté sera invitée aux MEM à cette faculté, à moins d'exception; (2) une personne habitant Montréal et jugée admissible aux MEM par chacune des facultés peut être invitée à passer les MEM à Québec ou à Sherbrooke. Il ne sera pas possible pour un candidat de changer le lieu de passation de ses MEM.

 

 

Source : UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL, http://www.fmed.ulaval.ca/site_fac/formation/1er-cycle/medecine/admission/mini-entrevues-multiples-mem/

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merci,

 

donc on a 12 stations où on participe vraiment, on a deux minutes pour lire la feuille et combien de minutes de participation? (est-ce que c'est 7 minutes incluant le 2 minutes de lecture?)

Aussi, est-ce que c'est 6 stations de jeux de rôles et 6 stations de discussions?

Pour les stations de discussion, est-ce qu'on nous demande pourquoi on veut aller en médecine et des questions du genre?

 

merci

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7 minutes de participation par station (donc, le 2 minutes de lecture n'est pas inclus dans ce temps-là ).

 

J'ai aucune idée de la division de stations par exemple. Je sais que pour les stations de discussion, ça a surtout rapport aux qualités qu'un médecin doit avoir (ex: esprit d'équipe, résolution de problèmes). Donc, vraisemblablement, les stations de discussion vont te poser des questions sur une situation de ta vie ou tu as dû faire preuve de ces qualités là

[willz]

merci,

 

Aussi, est-ce que c'est 6 stations de jeux de rôles et 6 stations de discussions?

 

 

C'était comme ça l'an dernier!

[willz]

Donc, vraisemblablement, les stations de discussion vont te poser des questions sur une situation de ta vie ou tu as dû faire preuve de ces qualités là

 

Ce n'est pas que sur des évènements de notre vie. L'évaluateur peut te montrer une (ou des) situation et te demander ton avis sur ce que tu ferais et pourquoi (et peu importe ce que tu dis tu vas te faire ''blaster'' bien entendu donc il ne faut pas stresser ahah)

 

L'évaluateur peut aussi te demander d'effectuer une certaine tâche en un temps précis. Il va parl a suite regarder ce que tu as fait pour en tirer des ''conclusions''

 

Bien sûr, il y a aussi, comme tu l'as dit environ 3 stations où u vas devoir parler de trucs de ton passé ayant un rapport avec des certaines qualité (ex : un évènement ayant eu un gros impact sur l'évolution de ta personnalité, un exemple de travail d'équipe ayant bien foncitonné et un ayant mal fonctionné,...)

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Have a look at my sticky on interview preparation from the link in my signature below.

 

some ontariostudent (abbreviated) posts

 

I did not actually prepare for the MMI other than reading "Doing Right". I am good at improvising and thinking on my feet, and I think that practicing might actually have been detrimental for me. The answers you practice aren't necessarily going to correspond with the situations you'll have, and if you try to remember how you dealt with a situation in the past you might lose focus on what you're actually dealing with. If you're not good at thinking on your feet I guess it's useful to have people throw random scenarios at you and give you a time limit, so that you get used to coming up with things to say under pressure. Have a parent or older person do it instead of a peer, so you have more pressure. I really think that is the only thing that would help, and it would only be useful if you get flustered when you're under pressure.

 

I had 1 actor station where I felt like I ran out of things to say after about 5 minutes. The actor kept saying the same thing over and over again, and I just kept reiterating my position in different words. I guess there's really no situation where you'd completely run out of things to say before time is up. I always got cut off. If you find that you have run out of things to say, try to come up with more arguments for whatever you are saying, or just reiterate it.

 

Don't be nervous. Just be confident and you should be able to deal with whatever situation arises. I'm not a nervous interviewee and I usually improvise well, and that's probably what helped me the most. I don't think there's any real practice to be done.

 

The MMI was definitely a lot of fun. The actors ranged in age, depending on the role they played. They were definitely having a lot of fun

 

I think it's good to know about current events because you can draw from them to deal with the issues, but I had no stations that required any specific knowledge of anything.

 

The actors are acting, so they work off of whatever you say. In many cases you will walk in the room and have to initiate conversation without knowing why you're there. Just play off each other and act as naturally as possible.

 

I really enjoyed it. Some stations were really out of left field, but that's what made them fun! I don't think you can really prepare, except for knowing a bit about yourself and what it means to be a doctor (morally, ethically, etc). You need a sense of what's right, and everything will fall into place. If you don't know why you're there or what it means to be a physician (like the duty to help others, how to communicate, etc) you'll have a hard time with some of the questions.

 

With regards to the MMI, I think I did very well on the MMI because I expressed a pretty solid grasp of psychosocial aspect of ethics. Whenever I was asked something about what I would do, instead of saying that I would do "X", I said it depends on the context. E.g. If the question asked about a family where the mom and the dad were divided on whether or not to fund for their kids' tuition... and was asked who's side I would take... instead of saying I would help "X" because of "Y"...I talked about how it depends on the cultural background of the family and then expanded on that by talking about the difference between Eastern (more holistic and family oriented) and Western cultures (promote independence)...and talked about how I'd have to take into consideration the family dynamics and beliefs blah blah blah. So I often answered questions bearing in mind the importance of culture, psychology, resource allocation, etc.

 

In another MMI station where two interviewees had to cooperate to build a block figure together under a time limit, I did horrible...we didn't complete any figures together. BUT, the important thing from that station (imo) was not necessarily looking at just how well you cooperate with others...or how patient you are... but whether you are able to see what you did wrong. The questions asked for that station were something like...what did you do well in? What did you do bad in? Why? And I talked about how I was good at being patient and calm in a more stressful situation, clear at giving instructions, asked for feedback, etc. but wasn't able to realize the importance of recognizing that the framework that I had used to go about the task didn't work for the other person and thus use a different method to better communicate with the other person.

 

Be calm. In a lot of my MMI answers, I mentioned short-term and long-term solutions. E.g. There was a quote said by Edison and I had to say what the role and responsibilities of doctors were. I made sure that I interpreted the quote...talking about medicine was being more individualized, how medicine was steering towards preventive measures while maintaining the importance of curative approaches, how medicine was steering towards taking a comprehensive approach to health emotionally, mentally and physically, bla bla bla. And I remember one of the follow up questions was something about HOW the role of a doctor would change in the future... and I talked about their greater role in advocacy and education bla bla bla.

 

Medical schools are interested in knowing about your journey, motivations and expectations for the future. Be prepared to give specific examples of instances in your life that demonstrate certain qualities which are considered desirable in a successful student and practicing physician. To prepare for this, I thought of examples from my life which highlighted things such as leadership, conflict resolution, adaptability etc. I wrote out the stories from my experiences which I felt best exemplified these traits and also those which I felt were particularly relevant experiences in working with others and being exposed to medicine. The purpose of writing them down was so that I myself would be freshly reminded of these instances and not at a loss for words ... while in the hot seat. I also asked my friends what they thought my weaknesses were and chose the ones that came up the most to focus on, this proved helpful.

 

Being aware with the fundamental principles of medical ethics (beneficence, non-maleficence, justice and autonomy) is really all you need when weighing and thinking through ethical dilemmas.

 

Also, relax. Keep composure....It is much better to pause and form your thoughts rather than talking in circles frantically.............remember that keeping composure is necessary .... and also is something they want to know you will be able to accomplish as a physician!

MMI type questions:

 

1. You are shift supervisor at McDonalds fast food restaurant. The owner of the franchise has called you over. He is very upset as he has received 3 complaints in the last 30 minutes about the meat in the hamburgers being poorly cooked. There are two people (one male, one female both 15 years old) who have been cooking the meat for the past two hours. The female is the owner’s daughter. How would you handle the situation?

 

2. You and 3 friends are watching a 70 yr old man prepare a hot-air balloon. The balloon is ready and the man is holding one of the 5 released anchors ropes that are all 6m long. His 10 yr old grandson is already in the basket. A gust of wind raises the balloon 2m off the ground. The man shouts for help and you and your friends each grab close to the end of one of the other anchor ropes. The balloon raises so high that even though you are holding onto the ropes, you are lifted off the ground to a height of 7m. What would you do in this situation.

 

3. Your older sister tells you that she values her career and is reluctant to take time away to have a baby. Her husband agrees with her. They have arranged to conceive an embryo through in vitro fertilization. A company in India will implant the embryo in a surrogate mother from a nearby village who will be paid $5,000. Two weeks after the baby is born, the company will deliver the baby to your sister and her husband. Your mother is opposed to this arrangement whereas your father supports her decision. Your sister asks for your support. How would you respond to your sister?

 

4. Your best friend is an identical twin. The other twin has been sick with a variety of illnesses most of their lives. Several times, the other twin has been so ill that your best friend has supplied tissue (e.g., blood, bone marrow) sometimes to help their sibling stay alive. The other twin now needs a kidney transplant to stay alive. Their parents have assumed that your best friend will automatically donate the kidney as usual when tissue has been needed. However, your friend is now balking at this automatic assumption of donation and is considering saying ‘no’. What would you say to your friend to convince him to donate the kidney?

 

5. Your best friend and partner are undergoing in vitro fertilization to have a baby. The technique allows for the selection of certain characteristics for the child by identifying them in the embryo before implantation. Your friend asks for advice on the characteristics they should select. How would you respond to your friend?

 

6. In the City of Plymouth in England, the City Council has introduced a maximum speed limit for all vehicles of 30km/h (previous limit was 50km/h) within city limits because this will reduce the number and severity of traffic accidents. The city councilors in Edmonton wish to introduce the same restriction. Would you support such a policy here in Edmonton?

 

7. Your friend is of Chinese descent and fluent in Mandarin. You both want to get into medicine. She registers for Mandarin 101, a course in Chinese language for beginners. The course coordinator asks that students who can already speak just a little bit of Mandarin should leave because this is a course for beginners. Your friend remains but makes a sufficient number of deliberate mistakes in the classroom discussions, in the required homework and in the examinations that she will not be detected and yet still receive an excellent grade. What would you do in this situation?

 

8. Your friend tells you that a piece of expensive electronic equipment he had bought for $3000 just two weeks ago had stopped working. The s tore where he bought it had a 7-day return policy. Your friend goes to the store, buys a new piece of equipment and then returns the old damaged equipment in its place for a full refund. The store is owned by your uncle who is struggling to keep the business going. How would you deal with the situation?

 

9. If the Prime Minister of Canada were to ask your advice on one change that could be applied to the healthcare system in Canada that would improve it enormously and have the greatest positive effect, what would it be?

 

10. The daughter of the interviewer is 16 years old. She is adamant that she have a tattoo next week. The interviewer is against letting her daughter have a tattoo and this is causing much friction in the household. What advice would you give the interviewer?

 

11. At the beginning of your last year of undergraduate studies, the Dean of your Faculty has offered to all of you the opportunity to swallow a ‘red’ pill. If swallowed, this pill would increase enormously your ability to ‘absorb’ all the educational material being presented to you in all your courses. In fact, this pill would basically guarantee that you would receive an A+ in all your future courses with a significantly reduced workload. Would you take the red pill?

 

12. The man who lives next door to you often rides his bicycle in the company of his two young children but without a helmet. In fact, on several occasions you have seen him riding with his helmet hanging by its straps from the handlebars. His young children sometimes wear a helmet, sometimes not. If the man fell off his bicycle and hurt his head in a way that would have been prevented if he had worn a helmet, would it be reasonable to ask him to contribute towards the treatment cost for his injury?

 

13. In his recent novel ‘I am Charlotte Simmons’, Tom Wolfe bases on life at a typical university in North America. He develops various characters and describes their lives, surroundings, beliefs, and moral behaviour while they are at the university. Wolfe acknowledges that it is 40 years since he himself was a student at university. Consequently, his children, currently at university, read the drafts of the book as it was been written and ensured that the descriptions associated with life at this fictitious university were appropriate for the modern day. What changes to the original script do you think Wolfe’s children made?

 

14. Imagine your friend’s father is 70 years old and has lived in Edmonton his whole life. He is taken to the emergency department at the University of Alberta Hospital. He has had good health until now and this is the first time he has been to hospital of any kind since he was 20 years old. What changes in the healthcare system and environment in the hospital do you think he would notice?

 

15. Class Size (Critical Thinking) Universities are commonly faced with the complicated task of balancing the educational needs of their students and the cost required to provide learning resources to a large number of individuals. As a result of this tension, there has been much debate regarding the optimal size of classes. One side argues that smaller classes provide a more educationally effective setting for students, while others argue that it makes no difference, so larger classes should be used to minimize the number of instructors required. Discuss your opinion with the examiner

 

16. Circumcision (Ethical Decision Making) The Canadian Pediatric Assoociation has recommended that circumcisions ‘not be routinely performed’. They base this recommendation on their determination that ‘the benefits have not been shown to to clearly outweigh the risks and costs’. Doctors have no obligation to refer for, or provide, a circumcision, but many do, even when they are clearly not medically necessary. Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) no longer pays for unnecessary circumcisions. Consider the ethical problems that exist in this case. Discuss these issues with the Interviewer.

 

17. Standard Interview. Why do you want to be a physician? Discuss this question with the interviewer.

 

18. Deterrent Fees (Knowledge of the Health Care System) Recently, the Prime Minister of Canada raised the issue of deterrent fees (a small charge, say $10, which everyone who initiates a visit to a health professional would have to pay at the first contact) as a way to control health care costs. The assumption is that this will deter people from visiting their doctor for unnecessary reasons. Consider the broad implication of this policy for health and healthy carecosts. For example, do you think this approach will save health care costs? At what expense? Discuss this issue with the interviewer.

 

19. Placebo (Ethical Decision Making) Dr. Cheung recommends homeopathic medicines to his patients. There is no scientific evidence or widely accepted theory to suggest that homeopathic medicines work, and Dr. Cheung doesn’t believe them to. He recommends homeopathic medicine to people with mild and non-specific symptoms such as fatigue, headaches and muscle aches, because he believes that it will do no harm, but will give them reassurance. Consider the ethical problems that Dr. Cheung ‘s behaviour might pose. Discuss these issues with the interviewer.

 

20. Student Created Mock Questions. A man has been responsible for taking care of his wife who is in a vegetative state for 6 years after a car accident She can breathe on her own but that is the extent of her abilities. He requests that her feeding tube be removed. What should you, as her physician do?

 

21. A student is working in a clinic, where the office double book aboriginal patients. The student asks their reasoning and the receptionist replies that “These people never show up for their appointments.” How would you deal with this situation?

 

22. You are working on a group project with 5 other students. One of the students doesn’t show up for meetings or if they do show up - they are late and leave early. They have put no effort into the group project but show up on the day of the presentation and try to take credit for the project. What do you do in this situation?

 

23. Mrs. Jones has signed a donor card indicating that she is willing to donate her body to science without notifying her husband and son. She gets into an accident and it is determined that she is brain dead. The family doctor, who is on call that afternoon, reviews the chart and determines that she would be perfect for medical students to practice the removal of organs for transplantation purposes. The doctor then talks to the family to discuss the procedure and to confirm their consent. They both oppose the procedure and refuse to allow their doctor to move forward. The doctor points out that Mrs. Jones could be helping hundreds of people by educating the medical students and that technically consent has already been provided. The husband understands how beneficial the educational experience is but is too emotional to allow them to continue. The son, a medical student, refuses because he knows the bodies are not treated with dignity. If you were the doctor, how would you proceed? Why?

 

24. You are spending your evening as a volunteer in the hospital. It is late and you see a number of staff duck into the supply closet with an empty bag and reappear in a few minutes with it appearing full. You have heard other staff members discussing that supplies are missing on a regular basis that can not be accounted for. After observing the actions of the other staff members, what do you do?

 

25. You are a second year student shadowing a doctor in the O.R. Once the patient, an obese female has been given general anesthetic and the procedure is under way the doctors start to make comments about her weight and call her names that you find inappropriate but most of all unprofessional. Do you talk to the doctor about his comments or do you keep your comments to yourself? Why?

 

26. Two patients need a liver transplant, but there is only one liver available at the time. Tell the interviewer how you would decide between a 64 year old politician who happens to be an alcoholic or, a 26 year old mother of three who is on welfare.

 

27. Discuss the social, legal, medical implications of a needle-exchange program with the interviewer. Follow up question: What are some viable alternatives?

 

28. You tell a mother her two year old child has leukemia, but she refuses chemo but insists upon seeing her family physician who is a naturopath. What do you tell her, how do you handle this so that you may continue to have some influence as regards the treatment of her child? [The child’s life is in the balance as the naturopath will be unable to save the child’s life and you have an obligation to your patient, the child, who cannot make an informed decision. In pediatrics, its beneficence and “the rule of rescue” that takes precedence.

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Merci tout le monde pour vos réponses,

 

ok, crime il me semble que ce n'est vrm pas long 5 minutes par station...

 

Aussi, quelqu'un peut me dire si on nous demande pourquoi on veut aller en médecine, car c'est difficile de se démarquer pour cette question.

 

Si on nous demande par exemple une situation ou un travail d'équipe s'est mal déroulé ou un autre type d'expérience et qu'on en a pas (ou que sur le moment on n'arrive pas à trouver) qu'est-ce qu'on fait???

merci

[future_doc]

quelqu'un peut me dire si on nous demande pourquoi on veut aller en médecine, car c'est difficile de se démarquer pour cette question.

 

http://rcpsc.medical.org/canmeds/CanMEDS2005/CanMEDS2005_e.pdf

 

See pages 10 & 13 that cover the competencies of physisicans. Presumably, you are fascinated with the mysteries of the human body, you are a scholar, leader, manager, advocate interested in preventative care and diagonising diseases, healing patients together with others. Link you interests and traits to those of physicians and come up with your own compelling answer based upon self-reflection.

 

i on nous demande par exemple une situation ou un travail d'équipe s'est mal déroulé ou un autre type d'expérience et qu'on en a pas (ou que sur le moment on n'arrive pas à trouver) qu'est-ce qu'on fait???

merci

 

If any of us dig deeply, we can find experiences to cover what they ask.

[Capucine]

Merci tout le monde pour vos réponses,

 

ok, crime il me semble que ce n'est vrm pas long 5 minutes par station...

 

Aussi, quelqu'un peut me dire si on nous demande pourquoi on veut aller en médecine, car c'est difficile de se démarquer pour cette question.

 

Si on nous demande par exemple une situation ou un travail d'équipe s'est mal déroulé ou un autre type d'expérience et qu'on en a pas (ou que sur le moment on n'arrive pas à trouver) qu'est-ce qu'on fait???

merci

 

C'est 7 minutes par station pas 5

 

L'année passée il n'y avait aucune station sur pourquoi on veut aller en médecine (ni aux MEMs, ni à McGill)

 

Si tu ne trouves rien... essaie de trouver quelque chose, même si c'est «niaseaux»! Tu as sûrement déjà eu un travail d'équipe qui a mal été, même au secondaire. Ça peut être un travail que tu as du ''refaire'' parce que l'autre n'était pas aussi bon, ça peut être un conflit sur la méthode à suivre durant un laboratoire... N'importe quoi!

 

L'année dernière, je n'avais rien à dire sur une station sur le leadership (en fait j'ai des expériences de leadership mais je n'y ai pas pensé à ce moment-là malheureusement^^) et elle m'a donné une situation toute faite ; qu'est-ce que je ferais si j'étais coach de soccer et que mon équipe perdait tout le temps... (Cette station a été désastreuse pour moi mais j'ai quand même été admise, donc au pire si tu n'as rien à dire à une station... quand tu en sors, prend un grande respiration et passe à autre chose! Une station sur 12, c'est rien! )