Preparing for the University of Sherbrooke interview

The school does not publish a list of themes or "core evaluation themes" for the MEM beyond the description above, so we will not pretend to know what any station covers. What is public is the framing: personal competencies and general aptitudes tied to success in the program and in medical practice.

Preparing in French

Because the interview itself is in French, language is part of the preparation, not a side note. Practice explaining your reasoning aloud in French, with clear structure, and practice repairing a misunderstanding in real time when you did not catch what the other person said.

Reflect on your own experiences of teamwork, listening and working with people from different backgrounds, and be ready to speak about them naturally rather than reciting them.

Understanding Québec's policy environment helps you anchor your answers in reality. We limit this section to what we could verify from primary sources.

• RAMQ: Québec's public health insurance plan is administered by the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec (RAMQ).
• Bill 15: adopted by the National Assembly in December 2023 (2023, chapter 34), it created Santé Québec and centralized much of the system's governance. Be ready to discuss both the argument for coordination and the concerns about centralization.

Stay current by reading Québec government and Santé Québec announcements in the months before your interview.

The school does not say that the MEM tests policy knowledge, so treat this as background that helps you reason about access, equity and resource allocation, not as content to memorize.

We do not know which topics Sherbrooke uses, and the school does not publish them.

A sensible approach is to prepare broad themes that come up in any Canadian MMI: access to primary care, wait times and the public-private balance, care for Indigenous communities, patients who do not share your language, and conflict within a care team. For each, practice stating the competing values, the people affected and a concrete first step.

Use this focused plan to align your prep with the published format, and leverage Confetto to accelerate your progress.

• MMI circuits. Run AI-powered MMI circuits with scenarios on ethics, health policy and rural access, and practice delivering your answers live and out loud, in French.
• Ethical frameworks. Drill ethical frameworks on autonomy, beneficence, equity, and resource allocation; Confetto’s scenario library helps you practice a clear three-step structure.
• Communication. Practice communication strategy prompts for patients who speak another language, and incorporate interpreter and documentation planning.
• Policy gaps. Use analytics to identify gaps in policy fluency, such as RAMQ, Santé Québec and primary care access, and retarget weak areas.
• Team conflict. Simulate team-based conflict resolution and interprofessional collaboration stations with structured feedback that emphasizes clarity, empathy, and system awareness.
• Deadlines. Check the deadlines for your contingent, including the CASPer date, on the school's admission page.

Is the Sherbrooke interview an MMI?

Yes. Sherbrooke's mini-entrevues multiples (MEM) is a multiple mini-interview with several interactive situational stations, evaluated independently by different people. It is held virtually (MEM-V) and live. The school has not published the 2027 station count or timing on its MEM page.

Is the Sherbrooke MMI conducted in English?

No. The school states the MEM is conducted exclusively in French, and the CASPer test it requires is also in French. The general admission conditions include French proficiency at an average of C1 across four skills by August 15.

What themes are most emphasized in Sherbrooke’s stations?

The school does not publish station themes. It describes the MEM as evaluating personal competencies and general aptitudes essential to success in the program and in medical practice, through diverse situational scenarios.

How should I structure answers to complex scenarios?

Clarify the issue, name the competing values (for example autonomy and beneficence), acknowledge the context and constraints, listen to what the other person says, and propose a balanced next step. This is general MMI advice, not a Sherbrooke scoring rubric.

Which policy developments should I know?

Know the basics of how Québec's public system works: RAMQ administers the public health insurance plan, and Bill 15 (December 2023) created Santé Québec. The school does not say the MEM tests policy knowledge, so use this as background for reasoning about access and equity.

• MEM format. Sherbrooke's MEM is a live virtual multiple mini-interview conducted exclusively in French; the school has not published the 2027 station count or timing.
• Dates and CASPer. The 2027 MEM-V dates listed are April 19, 20 and 27 (Sherbrooke site) and April 20 (Moncton site); CASPer, in French, comes before the interview and is used to retain candidacies.
• Themes. The school does not publish station themes, so prepare broad MMI skills: ethical reasoning, teamwork, communication and system awareness.
• Québec basics. Know the basics of Québec's system (RAMQ, Santé Québec) and practice reasoning aloud in French.

Ready to practice for the Université de Sherbrooke interview with targeted feedback on ethics, policy, and communication?

Use Confetto to run AI-driven MMIs, drill Québec-relevant scenarios, and track the analytics that matter, so you walk into the interview structured, credible, and confident.