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Clear filters- Practice this question nowEthicsAdvancedMMI station MD, DO
One liver, two patients: a 60-year-old surgeon who drinks, and a 25-year-old who overdosed. Who gets it?
Equity and access · Critical thinking · Health systems
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Sample answer outline
- Say who really decides: transplant teams follow set criteria, not one doctor's judgment of who deserves it.
- Name those criteria: medical urgency, likelihood of benefit, compatibility, time on the list, and the ability to follow through after transplant.
- Reject social worth: being a surgeon doesn't earn a liver. Be careful about blaming either patient for their illness.
- Note that an overdose, such as acetaminophen, can cause acute liver failure with top urgency, while alcohol use may raise questions about relapse.
- Conclude that you'd follow the criteria and support both patients.
What makes it work
- It moves the question from "who deserves it" to "how fair systems decide".
Avoid
- Choosing by age or profession alone.
- Practice this question nowPolicyIntermediateMMI station, Traditional one-on-one MD, DO
What does the term 'social accountability' mean to you as a future physician?
Equity and access · Health systems
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- Define it: the duty of medical schools and doctors to direct their education, research and service toward the priority health needs of the communities they serve.
- Make it concrete with an example from your experience or from the school's own community.
- Show what it means for one doctor: where you choose to work, how you listen to communities, advocating beyond the exam room.
- Acknowledge a tension, such as the needs of the patient in front of you against the needs of a population.
What makes it work
- A precise definition followed by a lived example.
- Naming a tension shows depth beyond the buzzword.
- Practice this question nowPolicyIntermediateTraditional one-on-one, Panel, MMI station MD, DO, PA
What is the biggest problem facing health care in the US today?
Health systems · Equity and access · Critical thinking
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- Pick one problem and define it precisely, such as access to primary care, cost or workforce burnout.
- Explain why it happens and who it affects most, using one fact you can stand behind.
- Weigh one or two solutions, including their tradeoffs.
- Bring it back to your future role: what you can do about it as a clinician.
What makes it work
- Depth on one issue beats a list of five.
- Tradeoffs show you understand that policy is hard.
Avoid
- Partisan talking points.
- Statistics you aren't sure of.
- Practice this question nowPolicyIntermediateMMI station, Traditional one-on-one, Panel MD, DO, PA, Residency
How will artificial intelligence change the role of doctors?
Critical thinking · Health systems
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- Take a nuanced position: AI will change tasks (notes, image reading, triage) more than it replaces doctors.
- Give one real benefit, such as less paperwork or earlier detection, and one real risk, such as biased training data, overreliance or privacy.
- Say what stays human: judgment under uncertainty, accountability, trust and hard conversations.
- Close with how you'd use it responsibly.
What makes it work
- Balanced, specific and forward-looking.
Avoid
- Hype or doom with no examples.
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