Be Confident: Bring your confidence with you to your interview. You do not want to come across as a person who is not confident in her skill set, knowledge level, or ability to complete training. You also want the interviewer to know that you are not afraid to be questioned, challenged, or asked to defend your medical opinions and that you can handle this with poise, grace, and a sense of humor.
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The first year of post-graduate training following medical school is called "internship." Medical school graduates in the first year of post-graduate training are called an "interns" regardless of what that first year of training consists. Your initial year could be one of the following: a Categorical Year, Transitional Year, or Preliminary Year.
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This article is related to an earlier blog I posted called, Essential Information for the CV and Sample to Use. The CV included as a sample in the post is a CV that the AAMC Careers in Medicine has posted on their website, but looks very much like the CVs I have coached students through at UT. (The activities on this mock CV look like an amalgamation of a Dermatology applicant’s vitae that I worked with mixed with a few activities from another student.) We are definitely on the right track since it was seen as a CV example worth posting and this is the format and suggestions I use in advising applicants.
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New specialty-specific duty-hour definitions, as mandated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, will go into effect July 1. These are additional rules as well as a clarification of the previously specified 80-hour work week limit.
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Knowing how many applications to submit for a successful residency match is always a question students ponder when it is time to apply for that next phase of medical training. The number of applications to submit will change as...
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Students have requested some sample CVs to use for applying for residency, scholarships, away rotations, and giving to faculty to write letters of recommendation. This is the...
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Be aware that from the time you arrive until the time you sign your contract, you are being interviewed. This goes for any social hours, social network pages, emails, phone conversations and nonverbal communications you have with any person at any level at that program facility. Be professional and appropriate at all times, whether you are...
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During Residency Interview season, it can become quite hectic. It is exciting and thrilling traveling and visiting so many programs. However, interviewing at multiple programs back to back, while also doing rotations and studying for Step 2 presents challenges. To help you keep up with some with your packing, we are sharing a Travel Checklist for your use. We will post additional useful tips and lists for your use on the website, so keep looking.
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Well, here you go again. You most likely haven’t had the opportunity to practice interviewing since you applied to medical school four years ago so you are a little rusty. Don’t panic. You...
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