How to land that perfect hospitalist job

[Rimagine]

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Hi everyone,
I am very interested hospital medicine in a major city like southern california, northern california, Oregon, Seattle, NY, or Chicago. Would love an academic hospitalist job. What do they look at on your job application?
is it your medical school?
is it your board scores?
is it your med school grades?
is it your board scores?
is it your residency program?
is it your PD's LOR
is it research publication?
if all of the above, what are the top three most important things?

 

[gi2014]

I would say the interview is the most important.

I would recommend that for every single question they ask you about yourself, even the ridiculously simple ones, you respond that you don't know the answer, but you know how to call someone who does. Then, at the end of the interview, make sure all your paperwork is in order and the interviewee has the appropriate phone numbers to call if he has questions.

 

[efex101]

I thought interviewing for a hospitalist position was the easiest thing I did after getting into medical school. They really do not give a crap about where you went to medical school/residency UNLESS it is one of the top academic places. IT IS about your personality, interaction with the group and how you respond to their questions.

 

[Gpan]

Well said efex101. Thread done!!!!

 

[flipmd]

I've been part of a couple of interviews screening applicants. In the deliberations afterwards, it's mostly "well everybody puts their best foot forward" in discussing the interviews themselves. Mostly the interview is just to make sure you're not weird / awkward that it affects patient care and/or the perception of the group / hospital. I think most everything else is based on word of mouth (your referrals, but mostly if you came in independently recommended). Now of course coming from a more 'prestigious' place, all else being equal, will help, but not as much as people we know vouching for you. In lieu of actual vouching, we also look at the track record of people who've come from particular institutions, though this is mostly from local programs, as you can imagine most of our applicants come from the area.

EDIT: I see you mentioned "acadmic hospitalist". Disclosure: I'm in a semi-academic (teaching community hospital) setting, but I imagine in a real academic (university) setting, "breeding" would matter a little bit more. Also, I would imagine real academic places would eat up research / QI / etc. In our hospital, no one cares if you had any of those.