Interviews for dental school | Newcastle University

Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs) are used by the majority of UK dental schools. They involve moving around a number of ‘stations’ with different assessors at each.

Some stations may look like a more traditional interview, where you dicsuss your personal statements and experience.  

You will also have more practical activities, such as interacting with an actor who might have a clinical or ethical problem.

You may need to solve a problem, carry out a reading task or complete an exercise to test your manual dexterity.

Before the MMIs, you will usually be briefed on what to expect and you'll have the opportunity to ask questions. It is worth researching online or contacting the dental school before an MMI to find out information about each station.

MMIs are a real test of your communication and interpersonal skills as you need to make a good impression at every station.

More information on MMIs:

  • University of Glasgow - example of a MMI role play exercise
  • Many individual medical schools give more details of their own MMI process on their websites (see below).

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