T-reg Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Thought I would start a thread on a potential interview question: what are the difficulties of medicine and how are you prepared for them? I think the two obvious ones to me are 1) time management: managing your time between patients- ensuring due care but also seeing all the patients you need to see, and balancing home and work 2) dealing with losing patients: not being able to do anything and coping with that (ie. did I do everything?) I was wondering what other people thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshan Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Thought I would start a thread on a potential interview question: what are the difficulties of medicine and how are you prepared for them? Good first couple of points. Also, burnout is an important reality, as well as getting jaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Keeping yourself up-to-date, especially if you are in a broad specialty such as general IM or family medicine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renin Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Coordinating interprofessional teams to best suit the needs of your pts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerroger Posted November 12, 2009 Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 This is very general interview advice. It is applicable to any interview. When you get a question like the one in the original post ask yourself the following: What does this question really mean? When asking yourself this question place it in the context of what the interviewer would want to know. For example I think the question in the original post means: Do you really know what you are getting yourself into? If so, convince us you have an understanding of what this life choice entails. For example doing this rephrasing business one could roll with: thrived in really hard activity X, experience Y in medicine related thing allowed me to learn K about medicine, passion for Z helped me realize P about health care, I learned the skills needed to balance X with Y and because of this I feel (somthing positive) about this as a future career etc etc. This might seem like this is semantics upon first glance. But I have always found approaching all my interviews, not just medicine related interviews, in this matter can help you highlight the stuff the interviewer is really trying to make note of. It is a way to get into their head. They are asking the question to find out specific details about you. It might seem open ended, but I think most people have preconceived themes they are looking for you to touch on in such an answer. Rephrasing the question from the interviewers perspective increases the odds of you answering the question in a manner which addresses those themes. I am no expert, but that is my general advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveSense Posted November 12, 2009 Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 amazing advice! but also remember, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Posted November 12, 2009 Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 This is very general interview advice. It is applicable to any interview. When you get a question like the one in the original post ask yourself the following: What does this question really mean? When asking yourself this question place it in the context of what the interviewer would want to know. For example I think the question in the original post means: Do you really know what you are getting yourself into? If so, convince us you have an understanding of what this life choice entails. For example doing this rephrasing business one could roll with: thrived in really hard activity X, experience Y in medicine related thing allowed me to learn K about medicine, passion for Z helped me realize P about health care, I learned the skills needed to balance X with Y and because of this I feel (somthing positive) about this as a future career etc etc. This might seem like this is semantics upon first glance. But I have always found approaching all my interviews, not just medicine related interviews, in this matter can help you highlight the stuff the interviewer is really trying to make note of. It is a way to get into their head. They are asking the question to find out specific details about you. It might seem open ended, but I think most people have preconceived themes they are looking for you to touch on in such an answer. Rephrasing the question from the interviewers perspective increases the odds of you answering the question in a manner which addresses those themes. I am no expert, but that is my general advice. Roger, you are too modest! Your advice sounds like you are a polished interviewee; you know what you are talking about. Super advice you have given here. The basic rule is: link bite-size pieces of information into a thread that tells a (very brief) story. When the interviewer understands that you understand, they will feel like you have addressed the question 100%. It demonstrates true "awareness." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premed007 Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 well said rogerroger, i like ur approach towards interviews , any other words of wisdom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Gundam Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 finding a girlfriend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 assuming premed007 is a guy and not a gal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charmer08 Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 finding a girlfriend wtf how is it hard for a doc to find a gf????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedIn2010 Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 assuming premed007 is a guy and not a gal Assuming premed007 is straight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Assuming premed007 is straight ( Medin ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfinch Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Just an aside, being a doctor does not make getting a hot girlfriend easy. Hell, I'm just thinking of my own classmates girlfriends - most are average girls, and many guys have little luck with the ladies. Getting women has more to do with your attitude/personality/style and also GAME. Jobs, looks, money can help, but your ability to manipulate a woman's emotions is the single most important trait. Learn and master that...and you'll be able to pick up hot professional women as a total penniless bum with mediocore looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 ( sfinch ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Just an aside, being a doctor does not make getting a hot girlfriend easy. Hell, I'm just thinking of my own classmates girlfriends - most are average girls, and many guys have little luck with the ladies. Getting women has more to do with your attitude/personality/style and also GAME. Jobs, looks, money can help, but your ability to manipulate a woman's emotions is the single most important trait. Learn and master that...and you'll be able to pick up hot professional women as a total penniless bum with mediocore looks. So true. When I met the woman who is now my wife, I was earning peanuts and living at my parents. And she was the type who would only date rich guys who lived in fancy homes and had top jobs. And she has the looks to back up that approach. Technically I had zero chance... on paper. We laugh about it now but on our first date my rust bucket car had front doors that couldn't open properly. I needed a screwdriver to jimmy the front panel and then I had to lift the door up while swinging it open. (other wise the door would practically fall off and hit the ground). You should have seen her face when I opened the door for her Classic. Fast forward 15 years and we are happily married with kids. And to her surprise I got my degrees part-time while holding down crappy paying jobs and climbed the corporate ladder. Fact is you want to find a life mate who wants you for who you are and not what you have. You don't want to be wondering if the person is with you because of money or status. She always teases me and reminds me that I ought to know she married me for the right reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Gundam Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 wow coach that's probably the best post i have seen here for a looooooong time. thank you for sharing that. I salute you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karma Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 WOW Rogerroger:) GREAT advice! Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 That's because we are so far away from being a doctor. IN fact most of us are debt right now. A girl I know who was <this> close to being an abercrombie and fitch model dating a guy who is unttractive, but doing his surgery residency Makes sense, the fact that he's ugly is outweighed by the fact that she'll never have to see him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 BWAHAHAHAHAHA JOCHI YOU ARE PRICELESS. You really don't like surgery do you. Haha, I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfinch Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Doctors often have confidence (especially surgeons - they have to have it), and that is often enough to attract women. Take that same confidence into a plain looking guy with no money...and if he's got game, he'll get women. I know tons of guys like this back west, that after reading the game and taking these pick up courses, get hot women all the time with little effort. Money and looks help, but they are not that important (unless you have no confidence, and need those two as a crutch). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mourning Cloak Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Nope. It's the money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfinch Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 True...keeping her takes more than regular 'game'...but money and looks won't do it either. I suppose you need 'relationship game' . If you had money and were with a woman long enough, and she only cared for money, she could leave at any time and take half. Ultimately, in my opinion, confidence and an understanding of what women innnately want, trumps superficial things. Sure money and looks can impress. But their biggest benefit is giving a guy confidence. But if most guys really look inside, they can find confidence from other things. Women may think deep down they are only looking for money or looks (while pretending to be looking for a sweet guy), but instinctively they are looking for a guy that exhibits alpha male traits. That ability can be learned...and women are attracted to those behavious/traits, like men are attracted to big boobs: it's innate and can't be helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfinch Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 I should also mention that surgeons (alpha) seem to get TONS of women here in london and attention from nurses and female med studenrs, but the nerdier radiologists, pathologists, internists, etc, though still making lots of money, don't. Most girls would rather date a jock orthopod, than some nerdy pathologist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ploughboy Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Makes sense, the fact that he's ugly is outweighed by the fact that she'll never have to see him. Q: What does an orthopod use for birth control? A: His personality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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