Ethical Awareness: Australian Medical School Interview Questions

The friend asking for your answers, the patient refusing treatment, the diagnosis a family want kept from the patient, paying for faster care, the tired doctor's small mistake, one bed and two patients. Interviewers score reasoning, never the verdict.

Updated 31 October 2026

How to answer

Establish the facts, name the principles in tension using the four pillars, hear the other side fairly, identify two or three options, choose with the person at the centre and give the next step if they insist, and say how everyone stays safe. Show how you reason through uncertainty rather than claiming one right answer.

Frameworks: ETHICS

  • ETHICS Establish the facts and capacity, Think through the four pillars and name the tension, Hear the other side fairly, Identify two or three options, Choose a patient centred action with the next step, Safeguard and document. Full guide →

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