Interview/Ethical Questions

[bigbody]

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I'm preparing for an interview and was getting stuck on the following qeustions. What are some your opinions to the following questions?

The 14-year-old daughter of a good friend comes into your office asking for birth control. What are your ethical obligations in this situation and how would you respond?


Your friends 14 yr. old daughter asks you for birthcontrol pills OUTSIDE of your clinic? Do you tell her parents?


What is the one thing that you want us to remember you by after you leave?

A child shows up to the ER with no insurance. What would you do?

 

[Sarikate]

My opinions...
If the girl asked OUTSIDE the clinic, I'd tell her to come to the clinic. Then I'd have a talk with her. Is she a pretty mature 14-year-old? Does she know what sex is all about? Is she in a relationship? And then I'd give her birth control. She's made up her mind to have sex, right? It's not like we can change her mind. Talking with her about her options, letting her know it's not okay if she's feeling pressured, is what is most important.

One thing to remember you by...that's totally up to you. What's the most special thing about you?

A kid shows up in the ER, no insurance? Treat the kid! No questions asked! There will be many, many times in our lives when we are treating people who either don't have insurance or don't have enough of it. How can we refuse??

 

[fightingsaint]

I'm preparing for an interview and was getting stuck on the following qeustions. What are some your opinions to the following questions?

The 14-year-old daughter of a good friend comes into your office asking for birth control. What are your ethical obligations in this situation and how would you respond?


Your friends 14 yr. old daughter asks you for birthcontrol pills OUTSIDE of your clinic? Do you tell her parents?


What is the one thing that you want us to remember you by after you leave?

A child shows up to the ER with no insurance. What would you do?

I got asked something similar to the first question this year...and I think it's good to remember that there's not only one right answer to ethical questions. As a physician, you're not obligated to provide services that contradict your personal beliefs. If she's seeing you in your office, I think there is an obligation to help...but to what degree is your personal response. And that's why they ask these questions in interviews. I'm pretty sure you can still prescribe birth control to minors without parent notification, but some states may have changed that recently. So you preserve her confidentiality and don't tell your friend.

That third question is like them asking you what your biggest strength is...what sets you apart from other applicants. What's unique about you that will make you a great physician? Think about that for a while...it's a great opportunity to stick out in your interviewers' minds when that ADCOM meeting comes.

In any Federally funded hospital, ANYONE who shows up to the ER gets treated. It's not even an ethical question. No insurance, Medicare, Medicaid...doesn't matter. Private clinics may be picky, but the doors are always open at the ER to anyone.

If I could offer some advice, I would say don't try to prepare yourself with all the "right" responses, or what they want to hear. These interviews are such a big part of admissions because they need to see what kind of a person you are. Knowing ethical obligations of physicians is important...but being yourself is more important. Good luck.

 

[sdnstud]

The 14-year-old daughter of a good friend comes into your office asking for birth control. What are your ethical obligations in this situation and how would you respond?


Your friends 14 yr. old daughter asks you for birthcontrol pills OUTSIDE of your clinic? Do you tell her parents?


What is the one thing that you want us to remember you by after you leave?

A child shows up to the ER with no insurance. What would you do?

If a 14 year-old comes into my office for birth control, I would:
1. praise her maturity and encourage her to continue to seek professional help.

2. Assure her that everything she tells me would be between me and her. I will not tell her parents, and I will do my best to fulfill her medical needs.

3. ask her if she knows what birth control pills are? ask her why she needs them? who is her sex partner?

4. educate her on the effects of the pills, the benefits and the side effects. Also, encourage her to ask questions and clear up any misconceptions she has.

If I believe she has a good idea what birth control pills are, I would prescribe them to her and will not tell her parents.

What is the one thing that you want us to remember you by after you leave?
1. I am an applicant who has shown great determination for a career in medicine. After I failed to get into medical school two years ago, I had a chance to reflect and rethink whether medicine is something I want to continue to pursue. During the last two years, I put myself into positions where I was directly exposed to clinical medicine, having worked as an EMT, and a phbletomist. I also retook the mcat, the fourth time. At the end of the 2 years, my conclusion is this: medicine is where I feel most excited about life. it is something I want to do for the rest of my life, so even if i have to apply to medical school the third time, I will.

A child shows up to the ER with no insurance. What would you do?
Treat the child as best I can. My job as a dr is to save life, not sorting out who has insurance and who does not.

 

[Benign_foodtube]

Checkit-- if it's a school you like a lot, you can't let these little opportunities slip by, because you'll feel stupid ten minutes after the interview. YOU HAFTA SET EVERY QUESTION ON FIRE!!! The ethical questions, do what you feel is right, the other posts here have good ideas. As for "what's the one thing you want me to tell the committee about you" or "What is the one thing that you want us to remember you by after you leave?", you gotta jump on it like an ole batch a collard greens. The second that question leaves their mouth, you gotta sit up in your chair, and exclaim (that's right, not say, EXCLAIM) "Tell them that I am perfect for their program , and they're perfect for me! Tell them that I am not the kind of student that is happy slipping by just doing the required work-- I like to rally other students to get excited about their education and take an active role in it. Tell them that I love this program and I will treat my education here as the honor that it truly is!" Only, of course, use your own words. Point is, when asked that, don't go out like a lil punk-@ss trick and be like "Uh, I dunno. I guess tell them that I'm a real hard worker..."

Get crazy man. Pretend like your Rocky and Apollo is rubbin your shoulders goin "You ready for this man? You gunna knock this mf'r outta the ring... Yeah you crazy man, your and animal man, your a machine..." 👍 👍 👍