Current Events for Interviews

[Dr Granger]

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Interview season is about to be in full swing. As I am sure, many of you are starting to prepare for your interview invites. What current events should I brush up/ which ones do you foresee as being asked in an interview?

I feel as though I am not as informed as I should be on a majority of issues, so any direction would be absolutely wonderful 🙂

 

[NCKSD]

I'm a big fan of Al Jazeera. Go to their english website, look through front page headlines, maybe through the tech/science pages. Read what interests you, there's no reason to force feed yourself information you really dont care about, youll just forget it. Most of the questions I received in my interviews about current events were topics I may have covered in my classes (personal genomic, infectious diseases, etc). I'd say the worst question I got was "Whats a problem our world has today?" followed by "How do we solve that problem".... I wouldn't have been applying to med school if I knew how to solve World problems now would i?

 

[Goro]

Let's see...how about the Israeli/Gaza war; the conflicts in Ukraine, Iraq and Syria, the mass mayhem caused by Boko Haram, and the Ebola epidemic in Liberia/Ghana?

Interview season is about to be in full swing. As I am sure, many of you are starting to prepare for your interview invites. What current events should I brush up/ which ones do you foresee as being asked in an interview?

I feel as though I am not as informed as I should be on a majority of issues, so any direction would be absolutely wonderful 🙂

 

[Dr Granger]

Let's see...how about the Israeli/Gaza war; the conflicts in Ukraine, Iraq and Syria, the mass mayhem caused by Boko Haram, and the Ebola epidemic in Liberia/Ghana?

Thank you so much Goro! I have a lot of news articles to I need to start digesting haha

If anyone else has any other topics I should look into letme know please!

 

[Aerus]

For scientific current events, I follow IFLS. Although it's mostly sensationalism, it still has a nice summary of what's going on and they still cite scientific journals, like Nature, so you can read those instead. It's a nice way to stay on top of what's new in science. Just don't read the comments lol.

 

[Spector1]

If you are worried about current events I recommend either subscribing to the economist magazine

or reading the debatabase book which covers both sides concisely of a lot of current event type ethical/debate issues

Its really helpful for getting up to date with current events and ethical issues

 

[Lawpy]

A combination of Wall Street Journal and The Economist is excellent to be informed and updated about current events, especially in regards to healthcare

 

[Spector1]

A combination of Wall Street Journal and The Economist is excellent to be informed and updated about current events, especially in regards to healthcare

also atul gawande books

 

[282NC]

Judging by OP's status, it looks like everything worked out pretty well... last year.

Side note: Current events have not been brought up in any of my interviews. Then again, I haven't had very many.

 

[Spinach Dip]

-ISIS
-Gun control
-Black lives matter
-Obamacare

Those should prepare you for 98% of current events topics. 👍

 

[Spector1]

Judging by OP's status, it looks like everything worked out pretty well... last year.

Side note: Current events have not been brought up in any of my interviews. Then again, I haven't had very many.

yeah mine just asked me "what are the problems with the healthcare system in the US? How would you fix them?" type stuff

 

[BeachBaby]

I was not asked any questions about current events although I wish I had been. I read the Council on Foreign Affairs daily brief each morning. http://www.cfr.org/about/newsletters/latest_daily_news_brief.html?co=C035001

 

[rilte4]

Interview season is about to be in full swing. As I am sure, many of you are starting to prepare for your interview invites. What current events should I brush up/ which ones do you foresee as being asked in an interview?

I feel as though I am not as informed as I should be on a majority of issues, so any direction would be absolutely wonderful 🙂

Martin Shkreli