Other than that the school itself is very good but I'm a bit bummed we didn't get to see the anatomy lab.
We got to see the anatomy lab! Sucks for you! Haha. It was ok, just a bunch of cadavers laying around... You know, the normal cold sterile feeling with the oh so awesome chemical smell...
Brought to you by popular demand, my fun list of questions...
You're welcome.
I highlighted the ones they asked me in red...
Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
About you
1.Have you ever failed in life?
2.
Give me a biographical summary of yourself.
3.
What do you do to relieve stress?
4.
Who is your role model? In and out of medicine?
5.
What was your favorite activity and why?
6.Are you self gratifying or self deprecating?
7.What is the single greatest act of kindness in your life?
8.
How will you as a married student adjust to life at AZCOM?
9.If you have one redo in your life, what would it be and why?
10.What is your most difficult experience?
11.What is your pet peeve?
12.What is your least favorite class?
13.What is the most intense emotion you have ever had?
14.What makes you different than the rest of our applicants?
15.
Who is your mentor and what is one thing that they said that shaped your life?
16.What qualities does your best friend have that you admire?
17.Top 3 movies of all time?
18.Besides friends and family, what makes you happy?
19.
Tell me about your research.
20.What is your favorite book?
About medicine and DO
21.
Why do you want to be a doctor?
22.What was the specific moment that made you want to become a physician?
23.
Why DO?
24.
What is your exposure to osteopathic medicine and OMM?
25.What would you do if you didn't get into med school this year?
26.What positive attributes will make you a good doctor?
What weakness do you have that can affect your career? How have you improved in this area?
27.
What is a selfish part of medicine that draws you to it?
28.Did you apply to MD schools? Why?
29.What is the difference between MD and DO?
30.What were you thinking on the way to the interview?
31.If you got into your top DO and top MD school, how would you choose?
32.How will you do in med school?
33.What doubts do you think you will have about practicing osteopathic medicine?
34.If healthcare was off the table, what profession would you choose?
35.
what criteria will you use to pick your top school?
36.How do you see yourself interacting with the class?
About AZCOM
37.
Why AZCOM?
38.
What did you choose to come all the way to phoenix?
Ethical and hypothetical questions
39.If you could go anywhere after this interview with just the items you packed in your suitcase, where would you go?
40.What three people would you invite to dinner? One is a scientist, one is a political figure and one is an artist
41.When was the last time you cried? Is it ok to cry in front of a patient or not?
42.Lets say for whatever reason you are against abortion and your hospital tells you that you have to put your profession above your morals and perform one. What would you do?
43.
Research versus patient care. Which would you choose?
44.What is your position on stem cell research?
45.What is an ethical dilemma you faced and how did you deal with it?
46.If you had a 14 year old boy in your office with his parents requesting you to give him growth hormones to make him bigger, what would you do?
47.What would you do if you caught someone cheating?
48.
What is the biggest problem in healthcare today and what would you do to fix it?
49.If you had a superpower, what would it be?
50.What is the difference between empathy and sympathy? And can it be taught?
51.A patient researches a treatment that is not normal and wants it, but other physicians within your practice advise you not to use the treatment because of legal liability. How would you handle this situation?
52.What makes a successful person?
53.Is leadership the most important quality for an individual?
54.What rule have you ever broken in your life?
55.What is the greatest thing you can ever do for another human being as a doctor?
56.
Should everyone have healthcare?
57.What is the hardest question you have received in an interview?
58.Do you know any jokes?
59.What would your ideal patient be like?
60.What do you do when a patient refuses to follow your advice?
61.At what point does determination become stubbornness?
62.What is an ethical issue that faces physicians today? How will you handle this situation?
In addition, they asked me specifically:
What is something that we dont know about you? I said that I like to bake and cook...
What will you do about patients not being able to pay for their services or what will you do about not being able to make enough money due to the insurance companies not paying you what you ask for? This was HARD. They wanted a solution from me, and all I could say was that not all people have insurance, and as a physician I would not refuse care to anyone, even if they can't pay. I also said there was really nothing I could do about insurance companies giving me what they want to, if I didnt want to deal with it I could be in a specialty that takes only cash for services, but I would never want to do that. My solution was that all physicians should work in some type of free clinic maybe once a month, this would cut down on many patients in your area coming to your office who are not able to pay for services... Sucky answer...
We see you have a lot of research experience, how will research play a role in your life as a physician? I said that I want to work on a campus and teach, do research and practice medicine when I become a physician... I also mentioned that DOs dont normally do research after they enter the real world of medicine, so this is something that is unique about me... Im sorry, but its true... I backed it up with my past experiences at TCOM...
