Student interviewers and title?

[mik30102]

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Hello everyone during a student interview is it appropriate to call them by their first name or only Mr/Ms last name like they were a faculty member. I ask since last time I had a interview with a student I said Ms. (last name) and she right away said to call her by her first name. I have another student interviewer coming up and I was wondering if I should just call them by their first name? Thanks!

 

[deleted407021]

Definitely go with the formal, respectful Mr./Mrs./Dr. title followed by last name, unless - like she did - you are expressly asked to do otherwise.

 

[Mr Roboto]

Hello everyone during a student interview is it appropriate to call them by their first name or only Mr/Ms last name like they were a faculty member. I ask since last time I had a interview with a student I said Ms. (last name) and she right away said to call her by her first name. I have another student interviewer coming up and I was wondering if I should just call them by their first name? Thanks!

Refer to them however you are introduced. If you walk in, shake hands, and they say "Hello ___, I'm Sarah, an MS-4 at State University SOM," then you call her Sarah. If they say both names, go with Ms./Mr. until told not to.

 

[RogueUnicorn]

if any student interviewer insists on mr./ms whatever then this person is a douche and the school not worth going to

 

[Ophthoseidon]

If I were interviewing and someone called me Mr./Ms/whatever I'd be like wtf?

 

[infinitessimal]

When do you find the need to refer to them by anything during the interview?

 

[cs24]

Good question. Any student interviewers who'd like to provide their perspective? @NickNaylor perhaps?

Student interviewer here. First name is almost always going to be fine. I certainly wouldn't care, and I would go so far as to say that anyone who does needs to calm it down a few notches.

 

[pyrrion89]

Maybe it's a California thing, but I'd be surprised if someone called me mister. It's de facto here to just go by the first name, unless your interviewer is faculty. That being said, I would just think the interviewee was being professional if he or she first addressed me as mister---no "minus points"; I won't think you're a square.

 

[mimelim]

Reminds me of

 

[Doctor Strange]

This is a ridiculous question. I would reject someone so fast if they thought it was appropriate to call me "Mr. _____."

 

[allantois]

Can't they just wait another year or two to start introducing themselves as Dr so and so?

I once observed an interaction during shadowing where a very old physician asked a medical student to introduce himself by Mr. Last name. I think it is weird because no one associates medical professionals with a title of Mr/Ms. Even nurse practitioners introduce themselves by their first name!

 

[mik30102]

Thanks everyone, I think ill just go with the first name basis then 😛. I figured its always better to be to formal but it did seem kind of odd to me to call someone my age mr/ms also.

 

[Ismet]

I once observed an interaction during shadowing where a very old physician asked a medical student to introduce himself by Mr. Last name. I think it is weird because no one associates medical professionals with a title of Mr/Ms. Even nurse practitioners introduce themselves by their first name!

I'd prefer that over attendings who introduce me as Dr. _______. Not even student doctor. Just doctor. Nooo.

I introduce myself as FirstName LastName.

 

[darkjedi]

I'd prefer that over attendings who introduce me as Dr. _______. Not even student doctor. Just doctor. Nooo.

I introduce myself as FirstName LastName.

I usually introduce myself by my first name and prefer that interviewees call me by my first name. I think it would be weird for people close to my age to call me Mr.

 

[darkjedi]

I'd prefer that over attendings who introduce me as Dr. _______. Not even student doctor. Just doctor. Nooo.

I introduce myself as FirstName LastName.

I always feel so awkward when attendings do that :\, or when patients confuse me for one.