interview vocab

[anystream]

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what are some good terms/phrases to be aware of in an interview? i'm trying to become well-versed in some medical vocab. maybe we can make a list?

capitation

the difference between an HMO and a PPO

biopsychosocial model of medicine

HIPPA

 

[baby4you]

I dont think they will ask you that but:

capitation: when insurance company x, pays a doctor a set fee for seeing patients with this insurance company, no matter the amount of patients; instead of paying per patient, which is the more regular way of paying.

HMO: patients with this type of insurance have more restriction to see doctors, and usually can only see doctors contracted within this insurance network.

PPO: more flexibility to see any doctor, but patients may have to pay decustibles(amount out of the patient pocket) every year or for certain procedures.

HIPAA: a goverment law that regulates how doctors and staff manage patient information, basically, this information is confidential and can only be disclose to people realated with this patient medical care or to people that the patient has authorized to receive.

Hope that helps, 😀

 

[frostynorthwind]

Just my 2% of a dollar here, but if you start referring to other models of medicine aside from the current biomedical one in interviews, wouldn't you come across as sounding presumptuous? For the record, I would agree that other aspects of medicine should be incorporated to the current biomedical one (i.e. consideration of social and psychological influences on an individual's health--essentially the biopsychosocial that you refer to) but wouldn't a more indirect way of saying this be preferable?

To add to the list of topics:

Medicare:
Medicaid:
Single Payer National Health Insurance:
Traditional indemnity payment:
Point-of-Service payment:
Cross-national comparisons of US healthcare system and others:
(UK, Canada, Sweden, Germany...)
Acute vs. Chronic healthcare:

 

[NontradICUdoc]

what are some good terms/phrases to be aware of in an interview? i'm trying to become well-versed in some medical vocab. maybe we can make a list?

capitation

the difference between an HMO and a PPO

biopsychosocial model of medicine

HIPPA

Don't be a phony. Be yourself. The Interviewer's BS meter is very sensitive.

If you really want to prepare, talk to your pre-=professional comittee.

 

[gujuDoc]

what are some good terms/phrases to be aware of in an interview? i'm trying to become well-versed in some medical vocab. maybe we can make a list?

capitation

the difference between an HMO and a PPO

biopsychosocial model of medicine

HIPPA

BTW, it is no HIPPA But rather HIPAA

I'd look at interview feedback and at the Kaplan book, Get into Medical School: A strategic Approach. Those are two very good resources for different types of interview questions. Oh and try to stay calm and relaxed. Don't get worked up if you don't know how to answer a question.

 

[anystream]

Don't be a phony. Be yourself. The Interviewer's BS meter is very sensitive.

If you really want to prepare, talk to your pre-=professional comittee.

maybe I should clarify. i got a list of sample interview questions from my career center, many of which asked "what are your thoughts on ____?" of course, I wouldn't use terminology I wasn't familiar with, I just thought that there are a bunch of issues that are fair game for them to ask about, and it might be nice to have a list of these topics so we're not caught off guard.

 

[DrMike24]

Don't be a phony. Be yourself. The Interviewer's BS meter is very sensitive.

If you really want to prepare, talk to your pre-=professional comittee.

I dont think thats being phony at all...those are important topics to be aware of as part of the field you are interviewing to become a part of. Also, not everyone has a great pre-professional comittee. My premed program is just one advisor, who is new, and knows nothing about medicine (go figure).