Interviews

Question 1

Why family medicine

Answer 1

It’s why I came to med

• meaningful connection
• life long learning
• to live rurally

Question 2

What are your core values

Answer 2

kindness
respect
authenticity
humility

Question 3

Tell me about a setback or failure?

Answer 3

Didn’t get into GP program for 4th year

Question 4

What are your strengths?

Answer 4

• attitude - joy/positivity to the team environment, genuinely curious/interested in learning
• self-awareness - take feedback seriously, and am self-motivated to improve
• cultivating relationships - connecting with people/patients (present/listen)

Question 5

What are your weaknesses?

Answer 5

• disorganized thoughts/speech/articulating (using mnemonics, self-studying “how-to” materials)
• over-empathetic - taking too long with patients, struggle redirecting (just ask the next question)
• laissez faire in my interactions - treat nearly everyone like they’re an old friend, but some people prefer to be more professional in their interactions (student, teacher role; mentor, mentee), and case presentations, need to take communication seriously at times - recognize when it’s formal case presentation time vs thinking out loud..
• sensitive? perceived failures (negative self talk, worrying about what other people think)

Question 6

Time when you made a mistake

Answer 6

Tone of voice on Geri

Learned to watch my tone

Humbled by their follow up message, never to late to acknowledge you could have handled yourself better

Question 7

Tell me a time when you acted as an advocate

Answer 7

patient with staph aureus bacteremia, deteriorating clinically, days without labs or notes from GIM, urged my very busy preceptor to see them when he wouldnt have otherwise (gave the patient a chance to ask questions about prognosis), became delirious and messaged my preceptor who notified the GIM staff.

Question 8

A time when you should have spoken up and didn’t?

Answer 8

Hinton doc who was anti-feminist, never really said anything to call him out

Future - As a medical student tough role, but experiences like these make me motivated to be outspoken when the context allows, and when I’m in a leadership position

Lobay - do speak up sometimes

Question 9

What makes you unique

Answer 9

upbringing, many families, atypical support system, diversity of experiences

Question 10

Any questions for the program

Answer 10

How do you vet your preceptors?

Question 11

Something not on my resume

Answer 11

Love psychology

• Daniel Siegel - interpersonal neurobiology, behavioural science, self vs others
• Gottman Institute - evidence based approach to relationships
• Kristen Neff - self kindness
• Brene Brown - shame