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Medical School Interview

1. Tell me about yourself2. How will medicine be different 10 years from now?

3. What motivated you to study medicine?

4. Why would you make an outstandin osteo!athic !hysician?". Why is this school your first choice medical school?

#. What are your strenths and weaknesses?

$. What accom!lishments are you most !roud of?%. Why did you choose your ma&or?

'. What do you think is the most difficult as!ect of medicine?

10. How will the !hysician !rofession chane in 30 years?

11. What do you know about (bamacare? How will it chane our !resent healthcaresystem?

12. )escribe your e*!eriences in healthcare.

13. +*!lain your lowest rade. +*!lain your low ,-T score.

14. )escribe your e*tracurricular activities.1". What do you believe in?

1#. What do you care about?1$. How did you investiate a career in medicine?

1%. What is your learnin style? What teachin style do you !refer?

1'. Who knows you best in this world?20. Who are your heroes?

21. What teamwork e*!eriences do you have?

22. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

23. What skills have you develo!ed outside the classroom?24. What is the reatest obstacle you had to overcome?

2". What issues confront medicine today?2#. What !erson/ !ast or !resent would you like to meet?2$. What have you read recently in the !ress about health care?

2%. What makes you a better a!!licant than others?

2'. How would you e*!ress your concern for a child needin an am!utation?30. How do you rela*?

31. What is your biest concern about enterin medical school?

32. )escribe your best teacher and what makes him or her uniue.

33. )escribe an e*!erience you had hel!in others34. What was the last book you read

3". )escribe an e*!erience where you were mis&uded

3#. What has been your favorite nonscience course and why?3$. Who are your senators/ conressional re!resentatives/ ovenor?

3%. What was your most difficult or demoraliin e*!erience?

3'. What is the difference between sym!athy and em!athy?40. s there anythin you want to bra about or that you need to e*!lain?

41. f you are acce!ted to multi!le schools/ how will you make your decision?

42. What is the touhest thin about bein a !aitent?

43. What ty!e of criticism u!sets you?

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44. Have you ever been a !atient and/ if so/ can you reveal how you felt?

4". How have your !ersonal and volunteer e*!eriences strenthened your oal to

become a !hysician?4#. What have been your strenths and weaknesses of your collee !re!aration?

4$. Would you say you are most like your father or mother? Why?

4%. Why did you choose osteo!athic medical school?4'. What will you do ne*t year if you dont et into medical school?

"0. s there anythin havent asked you that you want to tell me?

"1. What is the most !ressin !roblem facin medicine today?"2. How will you !ay for medical school?

"3. f you could do anythin different in your education/ what would you do?

"4. Where else are you a!!lyin?

"". What do you do in your s!are time?"#. How did you et here?

"$. What are your hobbies?

"%. re you a leader or a follower? Why?

"'. )iscuss your volunteer work.#0. What do you think you will like most about medicine? 5east?

#1. Where do you stand on abortion?#2. What is your o!inion on euthanasia?

#3. What is your o!inion on clonin?

#4. How are you a match for our medical school?#". Would you !erform abortions as a doctor? 6nder what conditions?

##. What are three thins you want to chane about yourself?

#$. How would you describe the relationshi! between science and medicine?

#%. Who has influenced your life so far and why?#'. How do you want me to remember you?

$0. What are your career oals?

$1. What are the !ros and cons of the healthcare system?$2. f you had the !ower/ what chanes would you make to our healthcare system?

$3. What is the Hi!!ocratic (ath?

$4. What is the difference between ,edicare and ,edicaid?$". What is your o!inion on H,(s and 77(s?

$#. s it ethical for doctors to strike?

$$. )o doctors make too much money?

$%. 8hould fetal tissue be used to treat disease? 97arkinsons:$'. f you were a doctor and an under ae irl asked you for the !ill or an abortion

and did not want to tell her !arents what would you do?

%0. How do you study;!re!are for e*ams?%1. )o you enae in selfdirected learnin?

%2.

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%#. The niht before your final e*am/ your father has a heart attack and is admitted to

the hos!ital/ what would you do?

%$. How would you inform someone they had # months to live?%%. !atient with )8 informs you he does not want to tell his wife what do you

do?

%'. What would you do if you witness another student cheatin?'0. f you could chane one thin about yourself what would it be?

'1. How would your friends describe you?

'2. What would you do on a !erfect day?'3. What is your reatest fault?

'4. What is your best attribute?

'". How would you attract !hysicians to rural areas?

'#. f an unconscious !atient needs a blood transfusion to stay alive but has a sinedform as a =ehovahs witness that they are aainst blood transfusions what would

you do?

'$. Why didnt you o into social work if you like workin with !eo!le?

'%. )o you think there should be a mandatory H> testin for cou!les wantin to etmarried?

''. Would you !refer less effective medicine to more !eo!le or more effectivemedicine to fewer !eo!le?

100. How can you tell if someone is truly com!assionate?

101. Why study medicine when you have so many talents?102. f someone 1" years from now were to write a book about you/ what

would you want to have included in that book?

103. How can we minimie health care costs when !eo!le are willin to !ay

more to be healthier?104. What are you !assionate about?

10". Who do you think is res!onsible for the rationin of healthcare?

10#. Why should tell the admissions committee to let you in?10$. What is your biest failure?

10%. What are some of the thins that you will have to ive u! as a doctor?

10'. Would you share your reliious beliefs with your !atients?110. How do you hel! !eo!le who dont want to be hel!ed?

111. n what field do you think the ne*t ma&or advancement in medicine will

come?

112. What do you think of the !riority system for oran reci!ients?113. What do you think of the !riority system for allocatin funds for

medicine?

114. What neative e*!eriences from your different &obs made it clear to youthat you wanted to !ursue medicine?

11". What would you do if you cauht your roommate cheatin on his medical

school a!!lication?11#. Why are some doctors unha!!y !racticin medicine?

11$. What is your cause?@

11%. Tell me about your family

11'. s your family su!!ortive of you oin to school?

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120. )escribe yourself in three words

121. s a woman/ how would you mesh career with family?

122. What makes you lauh and why?123. Tell me about a sinificant event in your life and how it has sha!ed you?

124. What ualities would you want to !ass down to your children?

12". What three material ob&ects are most im!ortant to you?12#. What kind of thins do you feel most confident doin?

12$. What are the most im!ortant characteristics and abilities to be a successful

doctor? How do you rate yourself in those areas?12%. What thins ive you the reatest satisfaction in school and in your life?

12'. What was your least favorite course in underrad?

130. What was your touhest sub&ect in collee?

131. What causes the most stress in your life?132. What frustrates you the most? How do you co!e with them?

133. What would you do if a !hysician or !rofessor humiliated you in front of

others?

134. How do you deal with conflicts?

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1#0. A we contacted your references now/ what do you think they would say

about you?

1#1. f you could chane one as!ect of your !ersonality what would youchane and why?

1#2. Who would you say has been the most influential !erson in the last 100

years?1#3. What do you think about H,(s and the chanes takin !lace in

medicine?

1#4. What schools have you a!!lied to?1#". What do you think about euthanasia?

1##. Why do you think so many !eo!le want to be doctors?

1#$. )o you think a !hysician should tell a !atient how many months they have

left to live?1#%. What ste!s have you taken to acuaint yourself with what a !hysician

does?

1#'. How do you think your role as a !hysician fits into your role as a member

of the community?1$0. )escribe your !ersonality

1$1. What do you have to offer our school?1$2. What are the best and worst thins that have ever ha!!ened to you?

1$3. Why is medicine a rewardin e*!erience?

1$4. Would you !ractice in an inner city? How do you think that would chaneyou?

1$". How would you choose between ivin a trans!lant to a sweet elderly lady

or a 20 year old dru addict?

1$#. )iscuss national health insurance and how it will affect the !hysician andthe !atient

1$$. )o you think students who receive federal loans should s!end more time

!racticin in a rural area to ive society somethin in return?1$%. How does our healthcare system differ from Britains healthcare system?

1$'. What is the biest !roblem in the world today?

1%0. What is your solution to terrorism?1%1. What do you think about merican !rimary health care delivery 9status

uo/ total !rivate systems/ national health insurance:?

1%2. Tell me about your family. How do they feel about your decision to !ursue

a career in medicine?1%3. How would you deal with a terminally ill !atient?

1%4. )escribe your childhood and !resent livin conditions

1%". How will you kee! in touch with community needs?1%#. How do you handle blood and ore?

1%$. What is your o!inion of our schools curriculum?

1%%. What im!act do you want to have in the medical field?1%'. Why did you choose to o to Cuters 6niversity?

1'0. f you were a su!er hero/ what su!er !ower would you have and why?

1'1. Have you ever e*!erienced a situation where your interity was

com!romised?

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1'2. What is your favorite color and why?

1'3. What is your favorite ty!e of food and why?

1'4. Why didnt you stay with a student host?1'". )o you lift weihts?

1'#. Why do you think we need to slee!?

1'$. What do you do to kee! yourself healthy?1'%. Where does your sense of morality come from?

1''. )o you think you will do well in this curriculum here?

200. What is the one im!ortant lesson you have learned from all your clinicale*!eriences?

201. What should tell the admissions committee about you?

202. f somebody on the admissions committee said to me well shes ood but

ve seen better@ what would you like me to answer to that?203. What do you want to talk about?

204. s there anythin else we should cover about you?

20". Dame three ualities im!ortant to bein a !hysician that you already

!ossess/ and another three that you dont &ust yet but you believe you will strive toain in medical school.

20#. When you look in the mirror what do you like about yourself and what doyou not like about yourself?

20$. What do you think will be your biest challene in becomin a doctor?

20%. f there were one reason for us to not acce!t you/ what would it be?20'. Why is this school the riht fit for you?

210. What other schools did you a!!ly to and why?

211. What are your thouhts on socialied medicine?

212. What is the reatest im!act you !lan on havin in the medical field? Howwould you o about doin this?

213. Tell me how you would fi* the healthcare system.

214. Dame three current controversies in the field of medicine that you areinterested in and e*!lain your stance and future considerations reardin the

debate.

21". Why shouldnt healthcare be !aid for by the overnment?21#. What were the ha!!iest and saddest moments of your life?

21$. -om!are life in a forein country to e*!erience in the 68

21%. What is the reatest challene you have faced?

21'. Tell me about this class you took.220. +*!lain what you learned from your Eomen nternshi! e*!erience.

221. +*!lain what you learned from your volunteerin e*!eriences

222. +*!lain what you learned from your teachin e*!eriences223. Tell me about your university. ve never heard of it.

224. Tell me about your ,-T !re!aration and your feelins about the result.

22". 5ookin at the healthcare system today/ are there any !roblems you mayhave to deal with when you start !racticin?

22#. )escribe the leadershi! !ositions you have held

22$. What challenes have you faced in Finternshi!/ clinical e*!eriences/

volunteerin/ teachinG?

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22%. How do you o about settin u! an e*!eriment for research?

22'. What research are you interested in and why?

230. What do you want to do in " years?231. Take me throuh a !erfect day in your life ten years from now

232. f you could chane one thin about our society/ what would it be?

233. How do you know you want to do medicine/ a!art from those few clinicaland volunteerin e*!eriences?

234. Tell me about your family.

23". What are your short term and lon term oals followin the com!letion ofmedical school.

23#. Alash forward to twenty years from nowtell me what your day will be

like?

23$. How has all your activities !re!ared you for a career in medicine?23%. What is the hardest thin that has ever ha!!ened to you?

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Questions to ask Interviewer

1. How are students evaluated academically?2. How are clinical evaluations !erformed?

3. How does the school assist students who do not !ass?

4. re most students involved in community service?

". s there a rievance !rocedure?#.