Let's form a list of healthcare topics together to know about for interviews.

[814965]

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We make a list of laws, regulations, topics, and current issues in healthcare together. If you think of something that's not on the list, copy and paste the current list and add your suggestion. I'll start:

- Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
- HIPAA
- Patient Self-Determination Act
- American Health Care Act (Trumpcare)
- MD/DO Merger
- Single-payer healthcare
- Universal healthcare
- Opioid epidemic
- Addiction treatment and drug decriminalization
- HIV/AIDS
- Overusage of antibiotics & antibiotic resistance
- Rising drug and medical device costs
- Lack of regulation over drug prices
- Modern healthcare disparities
- Rising influence of pharmaceutical and insurance companies on medical practice
- Mental health treatment in America
- Medical illiteracy among the general public
- Future of Medicare/Medicaid
- Doctor-assisted suicide
- Abortion
- Anti-vaccination movement
- Medical marijuana
- Medical tourism
- Proposed cuts to NIH funding
- CRISPR & other new research developments

 

[Dr. Stalker]

+1
Legalized recreational pot

 

[Goro]

Physician maldistribution
Increase clinical responsibilities for midlevels

I think that asking interviewees to know the details of other countries' health systems is overkill.

 

[LoveBeingHuman:)]

Shortage of primary care physicians, especially in rural areas

 

[DBC03]

Maybe I'm naive, but I feel like this is something I'm supposed to learn during medical school. Are we expected to be experts on these topics before getting there?

 

[SuaveCardigans]

Maybe I'm naive, but I feel like this is something I'm supposed to learn during medical school. Are we expected to be experts on these topics before getting there?

Experts? I dont think so. Just dont give a deer in headlights look if one is brought up

 

[814965]

Maybe I'm naive, but I feel like this is something I'm supposed to learn during medical school. Are we expected to be experts on these topics before getting there?

No. They're just some things you might want to have a basic understanding of in case they come up in the form of questions like "What would you change about healthcare, Do you think Obamacare is good or bad, What do you think about/How would you address X health issue affecting our state/country, What would you do if a terminal patient wanted to commit suicide," etc.

 

[alexlex143]

Would CTE be too much of a stretch to include in the list? Since football season coincides with interview season and this topic has been quite mainstream as of late.

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[aaronrodgers]

Would CTE be too much of a stretch to include in the list? Since football season coincides with interview season and this topic has been quite mainstream as of late.

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I don't have CTE, what are you talking about.

 

[CyrilFiggis]

No. They're just some things you might want to have a basic understanding of in case they come up in the form of questions like "What would you change about healthcare, Do you think Obamacare is good or bad, What do you think about/How would you address X health issue affecting our state/country, What would you do if a terminal patient wanted to commit suicide," etc.

That's such a loaded question, I don't think you'd ever get asked that.

 

[Lannister]

Maybe it's just me but the only question I was ever asked about health care was, "what do you think is the biggest problem health care is facing today?". Seems like overkill to study all this stuff just for interviews...

 

[Lawpy]

We make a list of laws, regulations, topics, and current issues in healthcare together. If you think of something that's not on the list, copy and paste the current list and add your suggestion. I'll start:

- Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
- HIPAA
- Patient Self-Determination Act
- American Health Care Act (Trumpcare)
- MD/DO Merger
- Single-payer healthcare
- Universal healthcare
- Opioid epidemic
- Addiction treatment and drug decriminalization
- HIV/AIDS
- Overusage of antibiotics & antibiotic resistance
- Rising drug and medical device costs
- Lack of regulation over drug prices
- Modern healthcare disparities
- Rising influence of pharmaceutical and insurance companies on medical practice
- Mental health treatment in America
- Medical illiteracy among the general public
- Future of Medicare/Medicaid
- Doctor-assisted suicide
- Abortion
- Anti-vaccination movement
- Medical marijuana
- Medical tourism
- Proposed cuts to NIH funding
- CRISPR & other new research developments

Physician maldistribution
Increase clinical responsibilities for midlevels

I think that asking interviewees to know the details of other countries' health systems is overkill.

Thanks for the heads up. If you find any online sources pertaining to these topics, let me know and I'll add it to the directory. SDN Collection of Healthcare Resources

 

[djtallahassee]

Maybe it's just me but the only question I was ever asked about health care was, "what do you think is the biggest problem health care is facing today?". Seems like overkill to study all this stuff just for interviews...

Just wondering, what did you put? My first reaction would be how to provide health care with limited funds...which is basically opening the whole can of worms lol.

 

[SuaveCardigans]

Just wondering, what did you put? My first reaction would be how to provide health care with limited funds...which is basically opening the whole can of worms lol.

For such an open ended question there is no right answer as long as you justify it reasonably. There are wrong ones. I believe @gyngyn has an anectode about someone answering that question with "declining physician salaries"

 

[djtallahassee]

For such an open ended question there is no right answer as long as you justify it reasonably. There are wrong ones. I believe @gyngyn has an anectode about someone answering that question with "declining physician salaries"

Haha declining physician salaries...

I agree there is no wrong answer, but I'm wondering if a more specific answer is appreciated over a broad one like what I put.

 

[Lannister]

Just wondering, what did you put? My first reaction would be how to provide health care with limited funds...which is basically opening the whole can of worms lol.

Lol I honestly don't remember. It might have been something about how the doctor patient relationship is evolving and becoming more complicated since the internet has given people more information and greater control over their own health? Idk.

 

[begoood95]

I agree in thinking that most of the times we're not going to be required answer these questions as experts, but it would be a smart idea to have familiarity with a few.

One of my favorites? Medical error is the third leading cause of death in the US. (Freakonomics Podcast, part 1 of 3—super interesting and would recommend to all.)

 

[alexlex143]

I don't have CTE, what are you talking about.

Haha. Though. Quarterbacks are susceptible too....

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