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So will you have to experience the MMI?  There’s a good chance.  In the mid aughts, Canadian schools started to implement the MMI, and now, only one Canadian school has not migrated to the format.  American schools - not quite as progressive as their Canadian brethren - began to implement the format a few years later, and we’re up to a grand total of 27 allopathic schools that use either the MMI or a hybrid format.  That’s about one out of every five med schools, so if you’re applying to these schools, you should prepare yourself for the MMI.

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HOW MANY MED SCHOOLS USE THE MMI?

US Allopathic schools

Traditional: 114

Hybrid: 6

MMI: 21

US Osteopathic schools

Traditional: 28

Hybrid: 0

MMI: 5

Canadian schools

Traditional: 1

Hybrid: 2

MMI: 13

DEFINITIONS:

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TRADITIONAL INTERVIEW - AN INTERVIEW DAY CONSISTING OF ONE TO THREE CONVERSATIONS WITH FACULTY, ADMISSIONS STAFF, AND MEDICAL STUDENTS.  INTERVIEWS TYPICALLY LAST BETWEEN 20 MINUTES AND AN HOUR.

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MMI INTERVIEW - AN INTERVIEW DAY CONSISTING OF 8-12 STATIONS, EACH WITH A SPECIFIC TASK TO ACCOMPLISH.  STATIONS ARE USUALLY 8-10 MINUTES IN LENGTH.

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HYBRID INTERVIEW - SOME COMBINATION OF THE ABOVE, USUALLY ONE OR TWO LONGER CONVERSATIONS AND A HANDFUL OF MMI STATIONS (3 OR 4, INSTEAD OF THE FULL COMPLEMENT OF 8-12).

‍Also read

Part I: How to Prepare for the MMI

Part 3: How to Prepare for the Ethical Discussion Scenarios of the MMI

Part 4: How to Prepare for the Acting Scenarios of the MMI