Acuity states the early-phase MMI lasts about 1 hour and 15 minutes. It consists of 8 interview stations with a rest station in the middle. The format is asynchronous: you record video responses. Acuity calls the format tentative and subject to change, and the dates page does not say how long each individual response runs, so confirm that in your own Acuity instructions.
What does 1 hour and 15 minutes mean for you?
It is a long sitting. Eight stations plus a rest station is a stamina task as much as a content one. Arvin Ardakani has applicants practise in blocks of four stations so the second half of the real sitting never feels like new territory.
What is not published?
Per-response time, read time and the exact number of prompts per station do not appear on the dates page. We will not invent them. Your Acuity instructions, sent when you schedule, are the authority.
How should you use the rest station?
Stand if you can, drink water, relax your shoulders and check your framing. Do not rehearse the next answer.
What happens after the early-phase MMI?
The early-phase MMI for 2027 entry ran on 16, 18 and 19 October 2026, and Acuity has not posted dates for the next cycle. At Ottawa, interview invitations come from a rank-order list built from CGPA, early-phase MMI score and Autobiographical Sketch score, and interviews are typically held between February and March: a semi-structured panel interview of about 40 minutes. For that stage, read the Ottawa medicine interview format and see the Interview program. Applying next cycle? Everything on this page still applies: applicants are contacted in early October, shortly after the OMSAS deadline.
Related: Ottawa medicine interview format, Early-phase MMI tech setup, Early-phase MMI dates. Arvin Ardakani marks recorded answers personally and mentors applicants at every step through ExperienceMED, with direct WhatsApp access: book an interview session.