A multiple mini-interview: several short, independently scored stations instead of one panel. ACRRM runs six stations, two minutes reading and eight minutes answering, against behaviourally anchored rating scales, worth 60% 1. Queensland adult BPT runs six stations at 60%, WA BPT five at 50 marks 23. One bad station cannot sink you.
The format. Rather than one panel forming one impression, you rotate through stations. Each has its own assessor or pair, its own scenario, a fixed clock, and its own score sheet. ACRRM publishes the clearest version: six stations, two minutes to read and eight minutes to respond, marked against Behaviourally Anchored Rating Scales, worth 60% of selection with a written suitability assessment making up the other 40% and referees contributing nothing to the score 1.
Who uses one. Queensland adult BPT: a six-station MMI worth 60%, which also determines whether you enter at SHO or registrar level 2. Queensland paediatric BPT: seven stations, virtual, 60% 4. WA adult BPT: five stations at 10 marks each, 50 of a 100-mark total 3. Dermatology interviews nationally by MMI but publishes only "several stations" — the count, the domains and the scoring are all unpublished 5. RANZCOG replaces its panel interview with an MMI from the 2028 intake 6.
Why programs like it. Independent stations dilute a single assessor's bias and stop one bad answer from ending the day. The trade-off is that they are exhausting, heavily proceduralised, and reward people who can produce a structured answer in eight minutes under an unfamiliar stem.
How to prepare, without a question bank. r/ausjdocs rule 7 bans asking for past questions, and MMI stems are rewritten annually anyway. What transfers is the mechanics: read the stem properly in the reading minutes, answer the question asked, give a visible structure, and practise several unseen stations back to back rather than one at a time.
The counter-argument. The community reads MMIs as fairer than a single panel and distinctly better than an outsourced online situational judgement test 76 — but nobody enjoys them, the rating scales are rarely published, and Dermatology's version is a black box 58.
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I could have died happy never having to sit another MMI
Compare this to ACRRMs MMI format where you answer questions with multiple real panel members. You actually have a chance to show qualities and experiences that make you prepared to be a good GP.
Many trainees described it as more conversational and narrative based compared to checklist responses aiming for some hidden rubric.
MMI over panel interview is huge.
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