Question from program

[Phallacy]

---

Members don't see this ad.

A friend just got this question from his application to a residency program and asked me how to answer it:

"You have worked 24 of 27 days this rotation on the Family Medicine Hospital Service. It is Saturday and your senior resident tells you the other team intern has contracted a horrible 24 hour GI illness and cannot work on Sunday (your scheduled 4th day off this rotation). Your single sentence response to the senior resident is:"

I know what the actual answer is in reality, but this is some theoretical situation.

What's the theoretical response they want?

 

[septoplasty]

A friend just got this question from his application to a residency program and asked me how to answer it:

"You have worked 24 of 27 days this rotation on the Family Medicine Hospital Service. It is Saturday and your senior resident tells you the other team intern has contracted a horrible 24 hour GI illness and cannot work on Sunday (your scheduled 4th day off this rotation). Your single sentence response to the senior resident is:"

I know what the actual answer is in reality, but this is some theoretical situation.

What's the theoretical response they want?

You work as long as you're in compliance with ACGME duty hour rules.

 

[Ironheme]

Me, I'd go the honest approach: "Well that sucks, but I'm happy to help out the team as needed."

The rare resident: "No problem, when do you need me to be there?"

The one that doesn't realize they're going to have to do it anyways and loses political capital by complaining: "Uh, I actually made plans that Sunday so I can't."

 

[Gos81238ia]

A friend just got this question from his application to a residency program and asked me how to answer it:

"You have worked 24 of 27 days this rotation on the Family Medicine Hospital Service. It is Saturday and your senior resident tells you the other team intern has contracted a horrible 24 hour GI illness and cannot work on Sunday (your scheduled 4th day off this rotation). Your single sentence response to the senior resident is:"

I know what the actual answer is in reality, but this is some theoretical situation.

What's the theoretical response they want?

Seems like a duty hours question, strange that they would ask that in an interview. Anyway, per ACGME you need an average of 1 day off in 7. So answer could be something like, offer to cover to help out your colleague who had unforeseen circumstances and discuss with senior resident possible solutions to help with duty hours such as an alternate day off.

 

[cabinbuilder]

They want to see if you are a team player but are also aware of "rules and regulations". I would say, "Yes, I can do it as long as it's cleared with the director since I will be over hours". My residency had a very strict "stickler for the rules" director so you better clear things with him first.