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I found these online for those who are going to interviews. Questions only! I think it would be a good idea and fun for everyone trying to answer some of the questions so people get an idea how to approach them for their interviews. Good Luck!
General questions
http://www4.wittenberg.edu/academics/pre-health/Interviews/questions.html
I found these online for those who are going to interviews. Questions only! I think it would be a good idea and fun for everyone trying to answer some of the questions so people get an idea how to approach them for their interviews. Good Luck!
General questions
- Why choose this profession over some other career in health? Dentistry? Public health? Nursing? Within this profession, what field interests you most?
- What will you do if you fail to gain admission this year? Will you reapply?
- How would you spend the interim year?
- Why were your standardized test scores so low? Will you retake the MCAT/DAT/OAT/PCAT/GRE? How will you prepare to improve your scores the second time? How did you prepare for the standardized admissions test the first time?
- Why is this school of interest to you? Why would you choose it over another?
- Have you thought about our Problem-Based-Learning Program?
- What do you think we should look for in applicants?
- Are you aware of the level of difficulty in this school? How will you handle the rigorous schedule?
- Which specialty interests you?
- How do you plan to finance your graduate education?
- Tell me about yourself.
- Why did you choose Wittenberg? Where is it?
- How many hours a day do you study?
- How do you spend your time outside of the classroom?
- Explain your research. Do you enjoy it? What did you like/dislike about research? Would you like research to be a part of your career?
- What do you see yourself doing both personally and professionally in 5 years? 10 years?
- What are your personal strengths and weaknesses (positive/negative qualities)?
- What is the hardest thing you have ever done? Why was it so difficult?
- What is your biggest regret? What would you do differently?
- If you made a mistake as a health care practitioner which caused permanent harm or death to your patient, how would you deal with the patient? Family? How would you handle the mistake personally? Professionally?
- You just delivered a baby that has Down's syndrome. The child is having problems breathing and needs to have a simple operation to take care of the problem. If the child does not have the surgery, he will die. The parents ask you not to save their son. What are the legal issues involved? What are the ethical issues? What do you do?
- What do you think of mercy killings in the wake of a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina?
- What type person do you foresee as being a difficult patient? How will you handle that type of patient?
- Describe a conflict you observed between a health care practitioner and a patient. What did you get out of that experience?
- What would you do if you saw one of your fellow students cheating? What would you do in your residency if one of your colleagues came to work with alcohol on his/her breath?
- What are your thoughts on euthanasia? On abortion? On fetal tissue research?
- If you were the President of the United States, what would you do to improve the health care situation in the U.S.? (Or what do you see as the positives and negatives of the President's health care plan?) How does this situation affect your profession?
- What changes in medicine do you think will affect your profession?
- What are the greatest problems facing American medicine?
- Do you think that health care practitioners make too much money? Why or why not?
- How will you handle a patient who cannot afford to pay for your care?
- What do you dislike about the field of medicine as a whole?
- Tell me about your experience in a medical setting. What did you like/dislike?
- How would you pass along bad news to a family?
- Tell me about yourself.
- Why did you choose this instead of medicine, physical therapy, or social work?
- What do you like about this profession? Dislike?
- Tell me about your health related experience. What kinds of things were you able to do?
- How does the current health care situation affect our profession?
- A patient comes into your office that desperately needs a procedure not covered by her insurance. She is a single mother with three small children, and cannot pay for the procedure out of her pocket. What would you do?
- What do you see yourself doing in 5 years both personally and professionally? In 10?
- What will you do next year if you don't get into our program? Will you reapply? How would you spend the interim year?
- Upon examination of a 50 year old male patient, you determine that he has gonorrhea in the mucous membranes of his mouth/eye. His wife is one of your best friends, and you now suspect that he has had extramarital activity. How much information would you divulge about your finding to his wife? Do you encourage her to get a checkup with her physician?
http://www4.wittenberg.edu/academics/pre-health/Interviews/questions.html
