Griffith Medicine Interview

Why Griffith specifically? What attracts you to hospital-integrated training from year 1?

Engage with the Gold Coast University Hospital co-location, early clinical immersion, and the learning model.

What does the Gold Coast Health network mean to you as a training environment?

Engage with Gold Coast University Hospital, Robina, and the Tweed Health network. Authentic specifics.

A patient at Gold Coast University Hospital asks for an alternative therapy that you believe is ineffective. They have capacity. What do you do?

Respect autonomy. Share evidence honestly. Screen for missed diagnoses. Don't be dismissive.

Voluntary assisted dying is legal in Queensland. A patient on the Gold Coast wants VAD but their treating doctor objects. What do you do?

Reference the QLD VAD Act's referral obligations. Don't obstruct access. Refer to a participating practitioner.

Role-play: a patient at Robina Hospital is angry about a long wait time. Demonstrate the conversation.

Acknowledge. Apologise for inconvenience, not for triage. Explain briefly. Concrete next steps.

How does early clinical immersion shape your learning differently from a traditional pre-clinical model?

Engage with the integration of theory and practice, patient-centred learning, and the maturation of clinical reasoning.

Explain Medicare and gap fees to a young patient who's never had to navigate the system.

Plain language. Concrete dollar example.

Closing the Gap targets continue to lag in southern Queensland. What role can a Griffith graduate play?

What they are listening for:

• ACCHO partnerships (Kalwun Health Service)
• cultural safety
• racism in clinical encounters

Why graduate medicine at Griffith rather than UQ?

Authentic specifics. Engage with cohort size, Gold Coast location, hospital integration, and the primary care focus.

A patient at a regional Queensland clinic asks for an opioid prescription. SafeScript shows recent prescriptions. What do you do?

What they are listening for:

• Real-time monitoring
• addiction medicine pathways
• alternatives
• therapeutic relationship

Role-play: explain to a parent why their child's viral fever does not need antibiotics.

Validate. Plain language. Antibiotic stewardship. Safety-netting.

Describe a time you connected with someone from a very different background.

Authentic. South-East QLD's diverse population matters.

Should new graduates be required to spend their first year in a regional Queensland hospital?

What they are listening for:

• Workforce maldistribution
• autonomy
• training quality

Balanced reasoning.

What does primary care mean to you, and how does it fit the Griffith model?

Engage with longitudinal patient relationships, prevention, the GP-led generalist role.

Describe a time you worked in a team where there was conflict.

Process focus. Constructive engagement.

Tell us about a non-academic interest you'd want to continue during medical school.

Authentic. Sustainable lives over single-track strivers.

A patient at Gold Coast University Hospital is refusing to see an Indigenous GP registrar. What do you do?

Engage with patient autonomy AND the registrar's right to a discrimination-free workplace. Escalate appropriately.