some interview questions!

[shch0730]

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Hey guys, I found some interview questions and dont really know how to tackle them. Any help is highly appreciated.

1. What is the hardest thing about being a patient and what is the hardest thing about being the doctor responding to this patient.

2. You are an intern at a hospital and a pt. comes in with acute cerebral bleeding. You call the attending physician and s/he when he arrives he is intoxicated? He or she is the only one in the hospital that can perform this surgery, what do you do?

3. if you had a million dollars for a new free clinic opening just north of the city, how would you allocate the funds?

any thoughts??

 

[WeAreNotRobots]

holy cow! i just had an interview last week and i was asked all of those exact questions!

actually, those are pretty outlandish for an interview. what/who is your source for these?

 

[happyparty]

holy cow! i just had an interview last week and i was asked all of those exact questions!

actually, those are pretty outlandish for an interview. what/who is your source for these?

These all look like SDN Interview Feedback questions. The first question doesn't even make sense. How the hell is anyone short of a CPA, MBA, etc. supposed to have an answer for the third one?

 

[shch0730]

holy cow! i just had an interview last week and i was asked all of those exact questions!

actually, those are pretty outlandish for an interview. what/who is your source for these?

they are straight out of the SDN feedback questions, lol, where did u interviewed at?

 

[shch0730]

any ideas, anyone?

 

[mishaS]

Without careful thought, the first thing that popped into my head about the first question is the feeling of being helplessness for both. For the patient, the lost control over their own well being and having to rely wholly on the doctor, and for the doctor knowing that this person is relying on them, but that they may not be able to help. Obviously that's situational, but just what I thought.

For the second I'm guessing the question assumes that it's treat now or they die, but I can't imagine any surgical intern being able to do serious brain surgery. If there aren't any other surgeons, or surgical PA's, or anyone with real(or at least more) experience, to lead the surgery, and the drunk surgeon is obviously unable to cut, then I guess there wouldn't be much of a choice to at least attempt to minimize brain damage, with the surgeon guiding your every move, until a qualified surgeon can come in, or the patient can be moved to another hospital. If I'm not mistaken, a hospital ER cannot deny treatment in the case of life threatening emergencies, so there would be a lawsuit regardless of whether you treated or not.

Not going to even attempt the third.

 

[georgearms]

Without careful thought, the first thing that popped into my head about the first question is the feeling of being helplessness for both. For the patient, the lost control over their own well being and having to rely wholly on the doctor, and for the doctor knowing that this person is relying on them, but that they may not be able to help. Obviously that's situational, but just what I thought.

For the second I'm guessing the question assumes that it's treat now or they die, but I can't imagine any surgical intern being able to do serious brain surgery. If there aren't any other surgeons, or surgical PA's, or anyone with real(or at least more) experience, to lead the surgery, and the drunk surgeon is obviously unable to cut, then I guess there wouldn't be much of a choice to at least attempt to minimize brain damage, with the surgeon guiding your every move, until a qualified surgeon can come in, or the patient can be moved to another hospital. If I'm not mistaken, a hospital ER cannot deny treatment in the case of life threatening emergencies, so there would be a lawsuit regardless of whether you treated or not.

Not going to even attempt the third.

Interesting..I'd also agree there must be soo much uncertainty as a patient, I'd imagine you'd have to have loads of trust in your doctor! I've never broken a bone or had a serious illness (knock on wood) so I've never been admitted to a hospital. I've just had physicals and blood drawn.. so I can only guess how terrifying it must be to place your life in the hands of another person.

 

[rhesuspieces]

You have to remember that in the SDN interview feedback, questions are sometimes taken out of context. For example, the person who posted that third question might have been in school getting his/her MPH. Unless several users have posted the same question in interview feedback, I wouldn't worry about it too much.

 

[rafflecopter]

From my experience, the scariest thing for a patient is fear of the unknown. They are scared and worried about what is happening to them. As a doctor, I would think that the hardest thing would be if you had to tell them you don't know the answer to why their sick.

 

[georgearms]

From my experience, the scariest thing for a patient is fear of the unknown. They are scared and worried about what is happening to them. As a doctor, I would think that the hardest thing would be if you had to tell them you don't know the answer to why their sick.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40523068/ns/health-health_care/

"Diagnosis uncertainty stresses patients" - article i JUST saw after reading your post haha