Notes during VITA

[zelazowawola]

Hi everyone!

Sorry, this might be very obvious, but I was wondering if anyone could confirm whether it's not allowed to reference/look at notes very quickly during VITA.
I've been practicing and I found that the best way to organize my thoughts during the minute we have to think is to take quick notes. Sometimes I accidentally glance down while answering the question, though. But I was wondering if this would be a huge red flag if it happened during the actual recording.

Thanks!

edit: I found the answer on Reddit, and realized that it is indeed a very stupid and obvious question. Sorry!

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[EdgeTrimmer]

Hi everyone!

Sorry, this might be very obvious, but I was wondering if anyone could confirm whether it's not allowed to reference/look at notes very quickly during VITA.
I've been practicing and I found that the best way to organize my thoughts during the minute we have to think is to take quick notes. Sometimes I accidentally glance down while answering the question, though. But I was wondering if this would be a huge red flag if it happened during the actual recording.

Thanks!

edit: I found the answer on Reddit, and realized that it is indeed a very stupid and obvious question. Sorry!

What did you find on Reddit?

 

[zelazowawola]

Basically, we shouldn't even be writing notes in the first place because the questions are confidential. We're not recorded during the minute, so I guess they wouldn't know if we took notes, but I think for the sake of future interviews, too, it would be best for me to practice not taking notes at all.

 

[jackandjones1993]

can you have notes open during your VITA?

 

[Med16484]

I don’t think you can look at notes during the 1 minute prep time but in between questions you can look at stuff.

 

[nicolek817]

I took the VITA today and during 2 questions I jotted down 3 bullet points of what I wanted to talk about. In the guide the closest thing I could find to a rule against this was agreeing to not attempt to record or reproduce the VITA questions or content, which I didn’t think I was doing. What should I do? Do I need to report this as a violation?

 

[med-geek16]

I took the VITA today and during 2 questions I jotted down 3 bullet points of what I wanted to talk about. In the guide the closest thing I could find to a rule against this was agreeing to not attempt to record or reproduce the VITA questions or content, which I didn’t think I was doing. What should I do? Do I need to report this as a violation?

Hi! I did the same thing, what did you end up doing?

 

[DoctorWhere]

Definitive answer during AAMC webinar: no note taking