Present case at interview??

[JBlue]

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Do many programs have you present a patient at the interview? Our IM PD said to have one prepared but I wasn't sure if this is done in EM.Thanks!

 

[EM_Rebuilder]

I have NEVER heard of such a thing. I think the general assumption is that someone with an MD degree can present a patient; they are more interested in what you will be like to work with at 3AM.

 

[Janders]

I certainly never had to present a patient as such.

At one interview (out of around a dozen) I had to go through a step-2-like oral questioning about a case, including reading a rather easy ECG. This wasn't a big surprise as it was well known that this place asked clinical questions of its applicants.

The same place asked me a specific ethical case question. I believe one other interview had a scripted ethical question case also.

On a related note, I think 7 or 8 of my interviews coincided with Journal Club Nights. I'm just lucky like that. I would suggest reading the articles (and asking for them, if they don't send them to you). This is mostly so you can follow the conversation and yawn less... its really boring to sit at an hour long journal club about articles you didnt read when the program didnt print out enough hard copies for the interviewees to have them. Intense yawn-provoking stimuli I tell you. I think only one of the 8 journal clubs asked us to be specifically prepared to discuss the articles, the others basically followed a "don't ask the applicants questions" policy.

 

[JBlue]

Thanks for the replys. That means I won't worry about the case presentation today. By the way, which program does the ECG reading? It is mentioned on this board a lot but I have never seen the program name mentioned (please PM me with it if you want). Things like that make me nervous even though I think I would do fine. Thanks!

 

[Janders]

It was USF that did (or still does) the ECG reading.

 

[bartleby]

It would be really helpful for you a program to ask you to present a case during the interview, as this would greatly simplify the process of realizing that this was not the sort of place you would have any business including on your rank list.

 

[dlung]

Unless I'm misreading your question... YES, you can be asked about interesting/challenging patients that you've had. I've been asked about good decisions I've made, bad decisions I've made, and interesting cases.

 

[Jeff698]

I think he means getting pimped on a case. As in, you have a 45 year old man with a rash on his left big toe, what is your differential diagnosis if he's recently been to Zimbabwe while taking lamictal and drinking Diet Coke?

Simply poor form for the interviewing program IMHO.

Take care,
Jeff

 

[Apollyon]

It's not uncommon for medical knowledge testing of applicants in other specialties, though - including a classmate of mine in med school: when he interviewed at Columbia for ob/gyn, there was a 100 question ob test. I kid you not.

 

[EctopicFetus]

It would be really helpful for you a program to ask you to present a case during the interview, as this would greatly simplify the process of realizing that this was not the sort of place you would have any business including on your rank list.

So smart and so right.....👍

 

[JBlue]

It's not uncommon for medical knowledge testing of applicants in other specialties, though - including a classmate of mine in med school: when he interviewed at Columbia for ob/gyn, there was a 100 question ob test. I kid you not.

THAT is awful! 😱