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Hey, for the people who have had interviews before, would you mind sharing the ethical questions you were asked during your interview?
I love these types of questions to get my mind stimulated.. I feel as if this winter/new year holiday has turned my brain ( and my belly ) into mush.. so I might as well get one of those re-toned up 🙂
 
The most interesting one I got was at BU, and it was about who gets to decide to withdraw care from a terminally ill patient. I said the spouse, as opposed to the family. The interviewer then asked what would happen if there were a large inheritance at stake. Hmmmm...

He said if it were up to him, he'd let the spouse decide, unless there was some reason to suspect foul play.
 
I've heard one from a UBC med school student before, and this is how it goes:

You are the only doctor in a small town hospital and you get notification that you have two incoming ambulances one with a young woman and the other with the well known town drunk, both were just involved in a major car accident. The problem is you are the only doctor that is allowed to operate incase of an emergency. Assuming both people will require operation, who would you provide the care for and why?
 
cure4cancer said:
I've heard one from a UBC med school student before, and this is how it goes:

You are the only doctor in a small town hospital and you get notification that you have two incoming ambulances one with a young woman and the other with the well known town drunk, both were just involved in a major car accident. The problem is you are the only doctor that is allowed to operate incase of an emergency. Assuming both people will require operation, who would you provide the care for and why?
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This one is a classic! Without rambling, you basically have to prioritize according to the severity of the patients and try to stabilize the patient with greater life threatening injuries first.
 
DubZteR said:
This one is a classic! Without rambling, you basically have to prioritize according to the severity of the patients and try to stabilize the patient with greater life threatening injuries first.
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comon guys... share some of yours!
I'm sure you guys have had a bunch of these type of questions..
 
I was asked ... with limited resourses in ERs and hospitals, how do you feel about treating illegal immigrants as opposed to citizens.
 
I was asked- How would you feel\what would you do- about a patient who refuses treatment. He was pretending to be the patient and said "You may think it will work, but that chemo or radiation or whatever it is was that my neighbor got didn't make him better."

The question kinda changed midway I can't remember. I started by making sure he had a normal level of consciousness. He said he did. I jsut responded - that He needed to understand the the treatment and the consequences of not doing it and doing it. And also the family needs to understand it. If I liked the treament I said I might try to convince him and also his family that it was good. Then if the patient still refused care I said it's his body and he has to have that right. He kept asking me and I kept repeating my answer. I'm not sure if he was just very unhappy with my answer or if he wanted to see if I'd change it ro something. I'm really not sure/. Any ideas?
 
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