University of Toronto family residency

[Guest Paregorics2]

Hello folks,

 

Anybody have a good idea as to the weighting of the UofT family residency interview i.e. is it 50%; 25%..etc..?

 

Or the general breakdown. I know there are a lot of qualitative factors that go into it, but was just curious if a systemic approach exists.

 

thanks

[doogs]

anyone have an idea about sample interview questions for the uoft family medicine interview

 

thanks

 

doogs

[moo]

I remember I was asked why family medicine? why UT? very casual and openended.

[ploughboy]

I was asked semi-random things based on my personal sketch. Had a 2-on-1 interview, a meeting with the program director, a tour of The Sinai and a meeting with current residents. Totally chill -- it's Family, fercryinoutloud!

[national]

questions i've been asked thus far (not from u of t though)

 

why family medicine

why our program

"tell us a story that illustrates what type of person you are"

give an example of difficult team dynamics you've been in, and how you dealt with them

patient encounter that lead you to family medicine

patient encounter where your empathy was demonstrated

where do you see yourself in 10 years

tell us about where you grew up

tell us about an experience you had with a "problem" patient and how you dealt with it

 

etc etc etc. exactly what you'd expect. entirely laid back (though UBC was the least friendly of all, but that was probably moreso because of the interviewers personalities)

[doogs]

hey everyone

 

anyone have some examples of when they have had conflict in medicine with a patient or attending

 

doogs

[Lactic Folly]

Anyone who has gone through clerkship should be able to come with appropriate examples, given some thought. It should go without saying that the situation should be based in reality, as you may be questioned, and the impression of disingenuity would be damaging to one's application. Just follow up with what steps you took to resolve the conflict and what you learned.