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Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
The interviewer asks this question for several reasons. They want to see what draws you to their program and that you have done your homework on their school before applying. If you have done your research, you will see that the Indiana University School of Medicine is a national leader in medical research and education, and they have more than 60 academic departments and specialty divisions across their nine campuses throughout Indiana. Perhaps what interested you about their program is the faculty-student ratio of 2.1:1, the medical curriculum, or the four-year program specific to rural medicine training. Or, their program may be interesting to you because of the summer research opportunities with hands-on training through projects in Indiana and abroad. Let the interviewer know that you have performed your research and what interests you most about their program.

Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"There are many aspects of your program that I find interesting. Besides being a national leader in healthcare and consistently ranking near the top of the list of best medical schools, I am very interested in your summer research opportunities as I want to gain hands-on experience in one of your projects abroad. I was also excited to learn the faculty-to-student ratio is very low, meaning every student receives individualized attention throughout the program. Another impressive aspect is your curriculum, which incorporates effective communication skills, the community and social contexts of healthcare, and lifelong learning. Not every medical school offers what your program does, which makes yours stand out as being superior to others."

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