Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia (ACTA) Fellowship 2026 Discussion

[airtraq]

What sort of questions have people been asked at interviews?

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[Polliwanker]

What sort of questions have people been asked at interviews?

What are your career plans, why cardiac anesthesia, what are you looking for a in a program, tell me about this experience listed on your application, is Dr. X still at your program?

 

[Drwine]

What sort of questions have people been asked at interviews?

‘Recall a time when you were assigned a task outside of your job description. How did you handle the situation? What was the outcome?’

‘Tell me about a time when you were asked to do something you had never done before. How did you react? What did you learn?’

 

[NicholasPavona]

What sort of questions have people been asked at interviews?

Have you seen the "deez nuts" video? Do you believe he "got 'eeem" as depicted in the video?

 

[veletri]

any non-dual applicants heard back from MGH and BWH?

 

[gas_u_up]

any non-dual applicants heard back from MGH and BWH?

It's March now and still nothing in the thread about this.. are they super late getting invites out or am i cooked

 

[questionsforthee]

It's March now and still nothing in the thread about this.. are they super late getting invites out or am i cooked

One of the recent programs I interviewed at (large institution) said that they are still working on a lot of application files and expect interviews to go up until May. I'm waiting myself on a few more programs to hear back from.

 

[jbw8qm]

It's March now and still nothing in the thread about this.. are they super late getting invites out or am i cooked

I am cardiac only and applied to Brigham (not MGH). Got offered an interview last week.

 

[veletri]

safe to say interview season is finishing up?

are people doing thank you emails after interviews? I don't want to be bombarding them with emails but starting rethink my strategy

 

[nywst]

safe to say interview season is finishing up?

are people doing thank you emails after interviews? I don't want to be bombarding them with emails but starting rethink my strategy

I do not plan on writing any thank you emails. What are people’s thoughts on telling your top rank program that you are ranking them number one? I remember that was something people did for residency apps.

Also any programs ask for CA2 ITE scores?

 

[qkd9002]

I do not plan on writing any thank you emails. What are people’s thoughts on telling your top rank program that you are ranking them number one? I remember that was something people did for residency apps.

Also any programs ask for CA2 ITE scores?

Telling your top rank they are your #1 could help only if you're a very competitive applicant. So far, only Uconn has asked for CA2 ITE but I'm sure more will.

 

[chasing hearts]

I do not plan on writing any thank you emails. What are people’s thoughts on telling your top rank program that you are ranking them number one? I remember that was something people did for residency apps.

Also any programs ask for CA2 ITE scores?

Last year CCF also asked for CA2 ITE scores.

I didn't write any thank you notes last year and don't think it made any difference. I ended up matching to my top choice.

 

[zaitoun]

Is there an ACTA spreadsheet or any resource online that for people to share information regarding each program?