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Title: Getting down to brass tacks


1
Getting down to brass tacks
  • Dont worry, it is just the REST OF YOUR
    LIFE!!!!!!!

2
NOT TRUE
  • Always remember that no matter what you always
    have
  • OPTIONS

3
From Now till your Interview
  • Do your Research
  • Three topics
  • Residency
  • Programs
  • YOU

4
Know your Specialty
  • Make sure you know what a day in the life of .
    consists of (all aspects)
  • Whats new?
  • Technology
  • Advances/changes in care
  • Research
  • Ethics

5
Know your Specialty
  • What type of people does it usually attract?
  • Male/Female
  • Extroverts/Introverts
  • Academics
  • Do you fit into this mold? Why or Why not?
  • If not, how do you think your qualities will make
    you a better Doctor in this field?

6
Know the Programs
  • Attempt to individualize each program
  • Avoid a generic interview
  • What is their focus?
  • Research, clinical, community involvement, rural,
    urban..

7
Know the Programs
  • Use every resource possible
  • Contact the programs
  • Interviewers Who? Names? Focus?
  • Residents MUN students, contact them
  • People you connected with on electives
  • CaRMS website
  • Individual websites of schools

8
Know YOURSELF!!
  • MOST IMPORTANT!!!!!
  • This is where you get to individualize yourself
  • Consistent
  • Review all your materials and be prepared to
    answer any questions on anything you submitted

9
Know YOURSELF!!
  • Reflect
  • Get to know your own value system
  • Ethics
  • Past experiences both within and outside of
    medicine

10
Questions they may ask
  • Tell me about yourself
  • What are your strengths and weaknesses?
  • What attracts you to this area of medicine?
  • Where do you see yourself in five to ten years?
    Or do you see yourself in an academic or clinical
    position? (a professional/career direction
    question)
  • Why do you think you are best qualified for this
    residency program?
  • What do you think you can contribute to this
    residency?

11
Questions they may ask
  • Describe a clinical situation that you handled
    well and were successful and one where things
    didnt go as well as you would have liked
  • What are your overall career goals?
  • What do you do in your spare time?
  • What influence do you think your family had on
    your life?
  • Is a family important in your lifelong goals?
  • How do you get along with co-workers?
  • Where have you done electives?

12
Questions they may ask
  • What challenges do you think this residency will
    present to you?
  • Explain a typical day in the life of a ..
    Resident or physician?
  • If you were a superhero which one would you be
    and why?
  • You arrive to the OR and your senior staff is
    intoxicated, what do you do?

13
Questions for shock value
  • A 7 yr old child asks you how you can guarantee
    they will wake up after their surgery, what so
    you say?
  • You are on a boat that is sinking. There is
    yourself (Doctor), Priest, a mother, her two
    children, a fisherman, and the captain of the
    ship. The rescue boat only takes 6. Everyone is
    looking to you to decide who goes to their death?

14
Questions for you to ask
  • Dont ask questions that you should have
  • been able to find the answer to yourself
  • What is the interaction between housestaff and
    attendings?
  • What type of applicant would you consider ideal?
  • Are any program changes planned in the next 3
    years?
  • How do you feel your program compares to other
    programs?
  • What challenges do you feel I may face in your
    program ?

15
SUMMARY
  • The more you research the more comfortable and
    confident you will be
  • Be yourself, Relax
  • Goal Establish Rapport
  • Sincerity
  • Engage your brain before you open your mouth!!!
  • The bottom line is you want them to like you
  • You always have OPTIONS!!!!!
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