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What We Do

Preparing students at every stage

We help aspiring medical students from work experience all the way to interview day.

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Our Guide to Get In

The essential booklet covering everything from personal statements to MMI ethics — written by NHS doctors.

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Realistic timed MMI circuits with personalised dual feedback and coaching from NHS doctors.

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Our doctors visit schools to deliver engaging talks on the medical school application process, life as a doctor, and how to stand out at interview.

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NHS-based experience designed to give students genuine insight into life as a doctor.

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Two full stations in every category are free to try, no account needed — plus a free video-interview guide and a free panel interview script. When you're ready for full access to every question, medical school and panel script, one subscription unlocks it all.

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Why BicepMedGuide

Getting into medicine is not just about grades.

The MMI is unlike anything students have encountered before. Work experience is dominated by who you know. Interview coaching is expensive and inaccessible to many. BicepMedGuide was built to change this — giving every student, regardless of background, access to the preparation that makes the difference.

✦ Fair access — not just for those who can afford private tuition

✦ We work with grammar schools, state schools and private schools

✦ Work experience placements are always free — we charge for coaching only

"The MMI tests insight, not facts — and insight comes from reflection."

What Schools Say

Results that speak for themselves

Watch: Hear From Our Students

"As a teacher and Biomedical Society advisor, I found the mock MMI run by BicepMedGuide was incredibly beneficial. The experience had a positive impact on participating students, with each individual receiving at least three university offers — exceeding the outcomes of their peers who did not take part."

Teacher & Biomedical Society Advisor — Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys

"This has been a really useful experience for me, and I'm so grateful for your help."

Workshop Student, 2025

"Our Guide to Get In booklet is formatted very nicely and contains lots of useful information."

Workshop Student, 2025

"A detailed breakdown of my responses was invaluable. The feedback highlighted what I was missing AND what I was doing well."

Workshop Student, 2025

How It Works

From first enquiry to interview day

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Register Your Interest

Contact us directly or ask your school to get in touch.

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We Match You

We identify the right service for your current stage of application.

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Attend & Engage

Attend your workshop or download your free resources.

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Leave Prepared

Receive personalised written feedback and a clear action plan.

Who We Are

One Mission. A Growing Team.

We know what it takes to get into medicine — because we've done it ourselves.

Dr Jack Thomson, Dr Bhavika Parmanand and Dr Firas Nasr graduating as doctors

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Our Story

Built by doctors, for aspiring doctors.

BicepMedGuide was founded by practising NHS doctors who navigated the demands of medical school application — including the MMI — themselves. We experienced first-hand how much access to quality preparation matters.

We saw students with exceptional potential struggle not because they lacked ability, but because they lacked access to the right support. BicepMedGuide exists to fix that — for students from every background, at every school.

"We didn't have this when we applied. That's exactly why we built it."

Our Team

A growing network of NHS clinicians

BicepMedGuide is built on more than its founders. Our team is a growing community of practising NHS doctors, foundation year doctors, registrars and medical students — all committed to the same mission of widening access to medicine.

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Practising Clinicians

Every session is delivered by NHS doctors with current clinical experience — people who know what good medical practice looks, feels and sounds like.

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Educators & Area Leads

Our educators and regional leads are recruited from across the UK, enabling BicepMedGuide to reach schools nationally with consistent, high-quality delivery.

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Want to Join Us?

We are always looking for motivated doctors and medical students to join the team as educators, area leads, or organisational network members.

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Our Values

What we stand for

Fairness

Access to excellent interview preparation should not depend on who you know or what school you attend.

Authenticity

Our feedback comes from doctors who have sat in the interviewer's chair — not from a script.

Depth

We prioritise genuine reflective insight over surface-level coaching. The MMI tests character, not facts.

Community

BicepMedGuide is building a network of doctors, educators and students committed to widening access to medicine.

Our Network

Area Leads across the UK

BicepMedGuide has a growing network of medical students, foundation doctors, registrars and consultants. Our Area Leads coordinate services in their regions.

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Dr George Bibby

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What We Offer

Everything you need to get in

From first work experience to interview day — built around what actually makes a difference.

Look for the For Students and For Schools labels below to see who each service is for.

For Students & Schools

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Our Guide to Get In

The BicepMedGuide booklet — a comprehensive guide to medical school applications and interviews written by NHS doctors. Covers UCAT, personal statements, all MMI station types, ethics, the NHS, and more.

Also available in bulk for schools — mention this when you contact us.

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Interview Question Bank

200+ MMI practice stations, tailored prep for all 47 UK medical schools, and a full panel-interview question bank — try two stations free, unlock the rest with a subscription.

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MMI Mock Workshops

Realistic timed MMI circuits with 4–6 stations per student, followed by personalised dual feedback and coaching from two practising NHS doctors. A detailed written report is provided after every session. Booked directly with schools only.

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A private one-to-one mock MMI or panel interview with an NHS doctor, for students and parents booking on their own behalf — separate from our school workshops.

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Experience Talks at Schools

Our NHS doctors visit schools to deliver engaging talks on the medical school application process, life as a junior doctor, and how to approach the MMI with confidence. A great entry point for Year 12 students beginning their journey.

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Clinical Insight Workshops

NHS-based sessions giving students a genuine window into clinical life. Structured around the GMC's expectations for medical students and designed to generate rich reflective material for interview answers.

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For Students & Schools

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Work Experience Network

BicepMedGuide connects aspiring medical students with clinical work experience opportunities. The placement is always free — we believe access to experience should not be determined by family connections.

Free to students

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Free Resources

Our Clinical Reflective Diary

A free resource for Year 12 and 13 students to log and reflect on work experience, volunteering, and clinical placements — and build a bank of powerful interview examples.

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Our Free Reflective Diary

A free resource for Year 12 and 13 students to log and reflect on work experience, volunteering, and clinical placements — and build a bank of powerful interview examples.

What's inside the Reflective Diary

Why reflective practice matters — and how interviewers assess it
Gibbs Reflective Cycle and Driscoll's What/So What/Now What model
Memory prompts and quick-capture tools for busy placement days
A worked example: MDT communication and the role of the doctor
8 blank reflection entries for clinical, volunteering and paid work
Interview preparation examples bank — 17 qualities and skills

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MMI Mock Interview Workshops

Realistic, timed MMI circuits with personalised coaching from two practising NHS doctors. The most comprehensive mock interview experience available.

These mock MMI workshops are booked by schools for groups of students. If you're a student or parent looking to book a private one-to-one mock interview, visit our Individual Mock Interviews page instead.

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Understanding the MMI

What is a Multiple Mini Interview?

The Multiple Mini Interview is now used by the majority of UK medical schools. It consists of a series of short timed stations — typically 5 to 10 — each assessed by a different interviewer. No two stations are the same.

Stations test communication, empathy, ethical reasoning, teamwork, NHS knowledge and your motivation for medicine. Most students have never experienced anything like it before. That is exactly why preparation matters.

"The MMI does not test what you know. It tests who you are under pressure, and how clearly you can think and communicate."

Workshop at a glance

4–6 MMI stations per student
Realistic timed circuit format
Ethical scenarios, role-play, motivation stations
NHS and current affairs stations
Personalised dual feedback per student
Group Q&A (parents welcome)
Detailed written feedback report after the session
Delivered by two practising NHS doctors

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Tailored to your school

Every workshop is arranged directly with us to suit your school's needs, student numbers, and availability. Get in touch and we will work out the right format together.

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What every workshop includes

4–8 MMI stations per student, realistically timed
Ethical, communication, roleplay and motivation stations
Personalised dual feedback and coaching per student
Group Q&A session (parents welcome)
Detailed written feedback report for every student
Delivered by two practising NHS doctors throughout

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Get in touch to arrange

We work flexibly around your school calendar. Contact us to discuss student numbers, preferred dates and any questions about the format.

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Proven Results

What schools and students say

Watch: Hear From Our Students

"As a teacher and Biomedical Society advisor, I found the mock MMI run by BicepMedGuide was incredibly beneficial. The experience had a positive impact on participating students, with each individual receiving at least three university offers — exceeding the outcomes of their peers who did not take part."

Teacher & Biomedical Society Advisor — Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys

"This has been a really useful experience for me, and I'm so grateful for your help."

Workshop Student, 2025

"A detailed breakdown of my responses was invaluable. The feedback highlighted what I was missing AND what I was doing well."

Workshop Student, 2025

"Kessan attended a BicepMedGuide workshop for the 2025 application cycle. He received 3 offers and has now started medical school."

Verified Outcome, 2025

For Schools Only

Ready to book a workshop for your school?

Get in touch and we will be in contact within two working days to discuss dates and arrangements. Individual students/parents — please use our Individual Mock Interviews page instead.

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Enquiring about a workshop, talk or partnership for your school? Use this form.

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For Individual Students & Parents

Individual Mock Interviews

A private, one-to-one mock MMI or panel interview with a practising NHS doctor — booked directly by you, not through a school. This is separate from our school MMI workshops, which are booked by schools for groups of students.

If you're a teacher booking on behalf of a whole cohort, see our MMI Workshops page instead.

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What to Expect

A full mock interview, tailored to you

Run one-to-one with a practising NHS doctor, in the same format as your real interview — MMI circuit or panel style — followed by detailed, personalised feedback so you know exactly what to work on before the real thing.

Private sessions are arranged flexibly around your schedule, including evenings and weekends.

Session at a glance

One-to-one with a practising NHS doctor
MMI circuit or panel-style format — your choice
Personalised, detailed feedback
Flexible scheduling, including evenings and weekends
Available remotely or in person

✦ Active subscribers get 10% off their first 1-2-1 interview — just mention your subscription when you contact us.

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Our Guide to Get In booklet is available in bulk for schools — just mention this when you get in touch.

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Join Our Team

BicepMedGuide is a growing network of NHS doctors, medical students and clinicians committed to widening access to medicine. Join us.

Who We're Looking For

Grow with us

At BicepMedGuide, we are passionate about building a team that genuinely reflects the breadth and diversity of the medical profession. We are keen to expand our network and welcome interest from doctors and medical students at every stage of their career — from first-year medical students all the way through to consultants.

We believe that the more varied the experience and skill set within our team, the richer the support we can offer to students. Whether your background is in surgery, general practice, psychiatry, academic medicine, or anything in between — there is a place for you in our network, and a contribution you can make that no one else can.

If you share our commitment to widening access to medicine and want to be part of something that makes a genuine difference, we would love to hear from you. Please use the form below to get in touch and tell us a little about yourself.

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Practise Online

Interview Question Bank

Run your own mock MMI circuit with friends or family, using the same structure and mark schemes our doctors use in workshops. Try two stations for free below.

How to Run a Group Practice Session

Get into groups of three: one Candidate, one Examiner, one Observer.
The Candidate looks away from the screen while the Examiner selects the "Examiner" tab, reads the question aloud, and starts the timer.
The Examiner and Observer each follow the checklist independently and tick points as the Candidate covers them.
When time is up, score the station out of 5 and discuss feedback together — always start with what went well.
Swap roles after every station so everyone gets a turn as Candidate.

On most roleplay stations, the third role becomes Actor instead of Observer — they play a character in the scenario using the brief provided, while the Examiner assesses both content and delivery.

How to Give Effective Feedback →

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Question Bank

For Examiners & Observers

How to Give Effective Feedback

The same structured feedback method used in NHS clinical training, adapted for MMI practice sessions — it keeps feedback specific, fair, and easy to act on.

The Method

Self-assessment first, then feedback

This sequence is based on Pendleton's Rules, a feedback model developed for UK clinical training and still widely used to teach doctors how to give feedback. The Candidate reflects first — what they think went well, and what they'd improve — before anyone else speaks. It keeps the Candidate from becoming defensive, and it practises exactly the reflective skill medical schools are testing for in a real MMI.

Run It This Way

The four-step feedback sequence

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Candidate Reflects

"What do you think went well? What would you change?" The Candidate speaks first, before hearing anyone else's view.

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Examiner Responds

Feedback on the structure and content of the answer, working through the station checklist and what was covered.

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Observer Responds

Feedback on tone, body language, positioning and delivery — how the answer came across, not just what was said.

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Agree Next Steps

Pick one or two specific, concrete things to work on before the next station — not a long list.

Principles

Ground rules for good feedback

Be specific, not vague

"Good structure, especially your closing summary" is useful. "Well done" is not — the Candidate has nothing to repeat or fix.

Describe behaviour, not personality

Talk about what was said or done, not what kind of person the Candidate seems to be. Behaviour can be changed; personality feels like an attack.

One thing at a time

Pick the two or three points that will make the most difference next time, rather than listing everything that could be improved.

Balance it honestly

Lead with real strengths — but don't manufacture praise. False positives are as unhelpful to a Candidate as pure criticism.

Keep it timely

Give feedback immediately after the station, while the answer is still fresh for the Candidate, Examiner and Observer alike.

Make it actionable

End every point with what to actually do differently next time — feedback should leave the Candidate with a clear next step.

Watch Out For

Common feedback mistakes

Jumping straight to criticism before the Candidate has had a chance to self-assess.
Vague praise such as "good job" with nothing concrete behind it.
Focusing only on what was said, and ignoring tone, body language and delivery.
Piling on five or six points at once instead of prioritising the two that matter most.
Comparing the Candidate to other people, rather than to the station's checklist.

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Our Book

Our Guide to Get In

Everything to know about getting into medical school — 75 pages drawing on over three decades of our combined experience as medical school applicants, medical students and doctors. Previously only available as a printed copy — now available to read online too.

What's Inside

75 pages, three sections

General Advice

Academics, the UCAT and BMAT, choosing where to apply, personal statements, extracurricular activities, a recommended reading list, and how to reflect properly using Driscoll's and Gibbs' models — each with a worked example.

The Interview

How to prepare, positive and negative body language, the tone of your voice, and two structures for answering any question — S-E-E and S-T-A-R-R — each demonstrated with a full worked example.

Typical Stations

Motivation, dedication, insight, qualities of a good doctor, empathy, self-awareness, the four pillars of medical ethics, NHS & public health, roleplay, university-specific questions and data interpretation — with worked examples throughout.

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The same 75-page guide, printed and posted to your door.

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Our Guide to Get In

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Useful Information

Get ready for medical school — for free

A hand-picked library of official, free resources to help you prepare for interview and find work experience. Every link below is free to access — we don't link to paid tutoring or coaching companies. Links open in a new tab.

Essential Reading

GMC Guidance & Professional Standards

Interviewers expect you to know what's expected of a doctor and a medical student. These are the primary sources — read them, don't just read about them.

Free GMC

Good Medical Practice 2024

The core standards of care and behaviour expected of every doctor in the UK, organised into four domains. The single most-quoted document in MMI ethics stations.

Read the guidance

Free GMC

Achieving Good Medical Practice

The GMC's guidance written specifically for medical students, showing how the principles of Good Medical Practice apply to you before you've even started your course.

Download PDF

Free GMC

Outcomes for Graduates

Sets out exactly what a newly-qualified UK doctor must know and be able to do — useful for understanding what medical school is actually training you for.

Read the guidance

Free Department of Health & Social Care

The NHS Constitution for England

The founding principles, values and pledges of the NHS. Essential background for any question about the NHS, its challenges, or why you want to work within it.

Read the constitution

Free The King's Fund

How Does the NHS in England Work?

A short, clear animation explaining how NHS organisations fit together and are funded — a common gap in applicants' knowledge that's easy to fix.

Watch the animation

Free BMA

Ethics Toolkit for Medical Students

An accessible introduction to consent, confidentiality, capacity and other ethical dilemmas — exactly the territory MMI ethics stations draw on.

Explore the toolkit

Free UCAT Consortium

Official UCAT Preparation Resources

The UCAT Consortium's own free question banks, tutorials and full practice tests. The Consortium and Medical Schools Council explicitly say paid UCAT courses aren't needed.

Start preparing

Work Experience

Getting a Placement

Official guidance on finding, arranging and making the most of in-person work experience — for students and for the GPs hosting them.

Free RCGP

GP Work Experience

The Royal College of GPs' guide to finding relevant experience, plus details of its Widening Participation work experience programme run through medical schools.

Visit RCGP

Free BMA

Getting Medical Work Experience

Practical advice on how to approach practices and hospitals, what to expect on placement, and organisations that can help you find a voluntary caring role.

Read the guidance

Free Medical Schools Council

Work Experience: What Counts

Busts the myth that only clinical shadowing counts — explains how paid jobs, volunteering and reading around medicine can all form part of a strong application.

GP Work Experience Toolkit

Written for GP practices hosting students, but worth reading yourself — it shows exactly what a well-run placement looks like, which is useful when you're the one asking for one.

Download PDF

Can't Get a Placement In Person?

Free Virtual Work Experience

Fully online alternatives that are recognised by medical schools as valid relevant experience — ideal if you're struggling to find an in-person placement.

Free Brighton & Sussex Medical School

BSMS Virtual Work Experience

A self-paced online course covering six medical specialties, built around reflection tasks. Includes a certificate of completion once your reflective piece is reviewed.

Start the course

Free RCGP

Observe GP

An interactive video platform following a GP surgery team, supported by the Medical Schools Council as valid relevant experience. For aspiring medics aged 16+.

Register for Observe GP

Free NHS Talent Academy / HEE

Dr You

Myth-busting videos and resources on becoming a doctor, built by Health Education England, including content aimed specifically at Year 12+ students and their parents.

Explore Dr You

Free Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Virtual Work Experience Programme

A live, interactive virtual programme including a simulated trauma call, real patient consultations and Q&A with resident doctors and medical students.

Find out more

Widening Access

Free Mentoring & Funded Programmes

Free, long-running charity and university programmes offering mentoring, work experience and application support — most have specific eligibility criteria, so check before applying.

Free In2MedSchool

1-to-1 Mentorship Programme

A registered charity offering free 1-to-1 mentoring from a UK medical student or doctor, plus events and work experience opportunities for underrepresented students.

Visit In2MedSchool

Free The Sutton Trust

Pathways to Medicine

A free two-year programme (including travel) combining work experience placements, skills workshops, mentoring and a summer residential for Year 12 students.

Check eligibility

Free Social Mobility Foundation

Aspiring Professionals Programme

Free mentoring, skills workshops and work experience for Year 12 students meeting the Foundation's eligibility criteria, with all travel and costs covered.

Check eligibility

Free Medical Schools Council

Free Summer Schools for Medicine & Dentistry

A list of free, MSC-endorsed summer schools run by UK medical schools, giving a taste of university life alongside application and interview support.

View summer schools

Know a great free resource we've missed?

This page only links to free, official resources — we don't include paid tutoring, coaching or admissions companies. If you know of another free resource that should be here, let us know.

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Video Interview Tips

An asynchronous, self-recorded video interview is exactly what it sounds like: you log into an online platform, watch or read a set of pre-recorded questions, and record your answers to your own webcam within a strict time limit — no interviewer, no follow-ups, usually no second attempt.

Format

How an Asynchronous Interview Works

A small but growing number of UK medical schools use this format, usually because it lets them screen large numbers of applicants fairly and consistently, without the cost and logistical strain of a full interview day. If you've never heard of it before receiving an interview invite, that's completely normal — but it rewards a different kind of preparation to a live interview.

From Invite to Submission

You receive an email invite with a login link and a window of time (sometimes a single day, sometimes several days) in which you must complete the interview.
You log in, complete a device and "check-in" step that tests your camera, microphone and internet connection, and confirm your identity.
Most platforms offer one or more practice questions so you can see exactly how the timer, recording and playback work before anything counts.
For each real question, a pre-recorded prompt plays (or text appears on screen) and a short preparation timer starts, typically 30 seconds to a couple of minutes.
Recording then begins automatically for a fixed response window, usually 1 to 3 minutes per question, and stops itself when time runs out — you generally cannot pause, rewind or redo a submitted answer.
Once you've answered every question, you submit the full set of recordings, and your responses are sent off to be scored later by human reviewers, often several people marking independently against a rubric.

Preparation

Top Tips for Succeeding

Tip 1

Look at the camera lens, not the screen

Watching your own face on screen while you talk creates an odd, self-conscious feedback loop and reads as shifty eye contact on playback. Put a small sticky dot right next to your camera lens and train your eyes to land on it — this simulates natural eye contact far better than looking at the video preview.

Tip 2

Test your full tech set-up the day before

Check your camera, microphone, lighting and internet connection well in advance, not five minutes before your slot opens. If the platform offers a device check or practice question, use it properly to confirm your set-up actually works, since most schools won't offer technical retakes once you've started.

Tip 3

Choose a quiet, plain, well-lit space

Sit facing a window or lamp so light falls on your face rather than behind you, which causes you to appear as a dark silhouette. Pick a plain wall or tidy background, and warn anyone at home that you can't be interrupted for the length of your session.

Tip 4

Rehearse the format, not just the settings

If the platform gives you unlimited practice attempts, use several of them to get used to the rhythm of a countdown timer, the switch from prep to recording, and speaking without any human reaction to guide you. This matters as much as content prep — the mechanics themselves feel strange the first few times.

Tip 5

Use prep time for a skeleton, not a script

In your 30–60 seconds of prep, jot down three or four key words or a rough structure (for example: situation, action, reflection) rather than full sentences. Reviewers can often tell when a candidate is reading a script off-screen, and it makes your answer sound stilted rather than genuine.

Tip 6

Make every answer complete in itself

In a live interview, an interviewer can nudge you with a follow-up question if you miss something important. Here, they can't — so treat each response as your one shot to fully answer the question, including a brief conclusion, rather than assuming you'll get a chance to add more.

Tip 7

Pace yourself against the clock — but don't panic

Glance at the timer occasionally so you're not caught off guard, and start moving towards your conclusion when you have roughly 15–20 seconds left. If you do get cut off mid-sentence, don't worry — reviewers know the platform enforces a hard stop and will judge you on the substance you did deliver.

Tip 8

Treat the camera as a person, not a machine

It's easy to sound flat or robotic when talking to a lens with no reaction. Imagine a friendly, engaged interviewer sitting just behind the camera, and let your tone, pace and facial expression reflect that you're having a conversation, not reciting an answer into a void.

Tip 9

Record full practice run-throughs beforehand

Use your phone or laptop to record yourself answering typical MMI-style questions under timed conditions, then watch them back. You'll quickly spot habits like speaking too fast, mumbling, fidgeting or trailing off — far easier to fix before the real thing than during it.

Tip 10

Avoid sounding over-rehearsed

Because there's more temptation to over-prepare set-piece answers when there's no interviewer to react to you, guard against sounding like you're reciting a monologue. Vary your sentence structure, allow natural pauses, and prioritise sounding like yourself over sounding polished.

Who Uses This Format

Universities Currently Using Video Interviews

Interview formats at UK medical schools change from cycle to cycle, and some schools alternate between asynchronous, live-online and face-to-face formats year on year — always confirm the current format directly on each school's own admissions or interview webpage before you prepare.

Confirmed Kira Talent / Panopto

Imperial College London

For recent entry cycles, Imperial's MMI process has included a fully asynchronous section where candidates record and upload a video (around 20 minutes) answering pre-set questions on a third-party platform, alongside a separate set of live interview stations.

Confirmed SAMMI

City St George's, University of London

Both the standard A100 and Graduate Entry Medicine routes have moved to the SAMMI (Scalable Automated Multiple Mini Interviews) platform for recent entry cycles — a fully asynchronous MMI where applicants answer pre-recorded questions with no live interviewer and no follow-up questions.

Confirmed SAMMI

St Mary's University, Twickenham

MBBS interviews are conducted fully online via the SAMMI asynchronous platform, with applicants completing a set of pre-recorded MMI-style questions at any point within a specified multi-day window (currently open to international applicants for undergraduate entry).

Practise Interview Questions →

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Medical School Info

A full profile for every UK medical school in one place — interview format, teaching style, anatomy teaching, entry requirements, key facts and what makes each university unique, split into Undergraduate and Graduate Entry where a school offers both routes.

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All UK Medical Schools

Select a university below for its full profile, or head to University Specific Questions to practise questions matched to that school.

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Panel Interview University Styles

A deep-dive into the specific panel interview style used by each UK medical school that runs a traditional panel format rather than an MMI — based on their own current admissions information.

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