MMI Questions at Canadian Med Schools: Station Types and How to Train for Each
June 29, 2026 · 8 min read · by your coach
The MMI was invented at McMaster, and Canadian schools remain its most devoted users. Once you understand the format, it's actually a gift to prepared applicants. Every station is scored independently by a different rater, so one rough station can't sink your interview, and because the station types repeat across schools, the practice you put in transfers everywhere you interview.
1. Ethical dilemma stations
This is the classic MMI station: a scenario with genuine tension between two defensible positions, like a colleague's mistake, a resource allocation problem, or a clash between patient autonomy and safety. Raters score the quality of your reasoning rather than which side you land on. The way to train is to practice one consistent framework, moving through stakeholders, the principles in tension, your decision, and a safeguard, until it holds up under an eight-minute clock.
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