MMI question: Empathy and compassion
A colleague shaken by an angry patient
A dental nurse you work with is shaken after a patient shouted at her about waiting times. She says she's fine, but she's quiet and close to tears. What might she be feeling, and what would you do?
- Category
- Empathy and compassion
- Stations about you
- Suits
- Dentistry
- Topic
- A colleague shaken by an angry patient
What this kind of station tests
Whether the candidate can describe what another person was experiencing without translating it straight back into their own feelings about it.
Written by MedAdmit. No UK medical or dental school publishes the questions it asks at interview, so this is not presented as one a school asks. The model answers, and the follow-up questions an interviewer asks, are part of the interview programme.