Thursday, November 29, 2012

[MMI Prompt] Ex-convict

You are a major of a city, and a high profile rapist who finished his jail time is going to be released from prison next month. He is deemed to be of high risk to reoffend once he is free. The word is that he is considering relocating to somewhere near your city and possibly adopt a new identity.

There is tremendous public pressure to increase police surveillance on him, make his new identity public, or at least warn the public of his imminent release.

What would you do?

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

[MMI Prompt] Bullying

You are a third year medical student doing a clinical rotation in surgery. The surgeon you are working with is abusive towards everyone, constantly yelling at patients for disobeying his orders, criticizing nurses for failing to "do things my way in my OR", and having unreasonable expectations of you then calling you an idiot who shouldn't be in med school.

You feel offended, humiliated, and lost. What would you do? Your rotation is coming to an end and your evaluation is in one week.

Thursday, November 22, 2012

[MMI prompt] ski trip

After a long school term, you are excited about the winter break. You planned ahead for a ski trip with some friends, and you booked a condo for 8 people who confirmed that they are coming with your own credit card. They agreed to pay you later.
At the last minute, however, one of your friends suddenly called you and said he couldn't make it. To make matters worse, he was one of the drivers. Now you are not only short on people paying rent, you have to figure out how to get another 4 people on the mountain possibly at a higher cost than agreed upon.
What are you going to do? What do you say to this friend?