Interview question

[jobishara]

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I'm preparing for my interview next and I came across a question that is asking how would you tell a patient who has metastatic pancreatic cancer that he/she have 3 months to live?
How would you answer this question? help would be much appreciated

 

[kcin]

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[TriagePreMed]

Peter - I'm afraid I have some very bad news, your wife's gonna be a vegetable. You're gonna have to bathe her, feed her, and care for her for the rest of your life.
Guy - OH MY GOD!
Peter - No no no, I'm just kiddin. She's dead.

 

[JamesLMT]

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Lol

No but seriously, why are you trying to get people on SDN to answer for you? The reason for the interview is to see who YOU are. Not what pre-memorized answers you can spit out because you think it's what they want to hear.

So, tell us, what would YOU do?

 

[And I Was Like]

I'm preparing for my interview next and I came across a question that is asking how would you tell a patient who has metastatic pancreatic cancer that he/she have 3 months to live?
How would you answer this question? help would be much appreciated

How would you like to be told this information if you were in her place? That's how I would answer it.

 

[DocEspana]

How would you like to be told this information if you were in her place? That's how I would answer it.

Hey kid, you got cancer. Here's a lollipop.

 

[FrkyBgStok]

How would you like to be told this information if you were in her place? That's how I would answer it.

Perfect. Ask the guy what he would say to you if he was a doctor and your wife was about to die and then repeat what he said verbatim.

 

[And I Was Like]

Perfect. Ask the guy what he would say to you if he was a doctor and your wife was about to die and then repeat what he said verbatim.

lol @ people not using their own common sense when reading. You would tell this patient in the same manner that you as a person, not as a physician, would like to be told. What I was telling the OP to say was to think how he, the OP, would like to be told if he, the op, were this patient.. Jeeze, reading comprehension is tested on the MCAT you know...

Either way, no one here is going to answer your interview question for you.

 

[TriagePreMed]

lol @ people not using their own common sense when reading. You would tell this patient in the same manner that you as a person, not as a physician, would like to be told. What I was telling the OP to say was to think how he, the OP, would like to be told if he, the op, were this patient.. Jeeze, reading comprehension is tested on the MCAT you know...

Either way, no one here is going to answer your interview question for you.

I'm pretty sure he was just playing along with you.

You might want to chill off these forums, brah. Seems you come here just to stir stuff up.

 

[DrWily]

lol @ people not using their own common sense when reading. You would tell this patient in the same manner that you as a person, not as a physician, would like to be told. What I was telling the OP to say was to think how he, the OP, would like to be told if he, the op, were this patient.. Jeeze, reading comprehension is tested on the MCAT you know...

Either way, no one here is going to answer your interview question for you.

Wooooooosh. Totally missed the joke.

I laff'd. Does that mean I lose?

 

[cabinbuilder]

I'm preparing for my interview next and I came across a question that is asking how would you tell a patient who has metastatic pancreatic cancer that he/she have 3 months to live?
How would you answer this question? help would be much appreciated

Do NOT EVER tell someone a time table of living. You do not have that knowledge or that right to say such things. You do not have a crystal ball. You give them the diagnosis, tell them that it is worse than you feared and urge them to live life to the fullest and enjoy their time now. Don't wait to connect with lost friends and family, etc. Some people fight and live long, some people give up and die quickly.