For questions which look at the current affairs surrounding organ donation, it is important to know the general rules about organ donation and systems of consent, as well as keeping an eye out for any news surrounding this topic leading up to your interview.
To answer ethical questions, once again, it is of utmost importance to use the four principles of medical ethics to formulate your answer. As mentioned in other articles, start with the four principles of medical ethics, justice, beneficence, non-maleficence and autonomy. Go through these one by one in your head and decide which ones are applicable to the question. For organ donation related questions, all of the principles can be addressed, and spoken about. Ensure that you lay out all of the arguments for both sides using the four principles to structure your answer. You can use these as the four main points for your answer, and then base your arguments around them.
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To answer questions involving deciding between two organ recipients, it is important to speak about each person’s situation in depth in order to show the interviewer that you are methodical in reasoning. Ultimately, the organ should go to the patient who has the greatest tissue match, although often the scenario will involve both parties being an equal match. In these cases, the other factors should be considered, especially if there are young children relying on one of the potential recipients. As long as arguments are laid out clearly and both sides are presented, there is no right answer, and so you are free to choose whichever side you feel deserves the organ most.