Touro University Physician Assistant Mock Interview

Practice 40 Touro University PA program interview questions covering clinical reasoning, patient care scenarios, and ethical decision-making.

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Describe what drives your passion for working in the medical field.

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Rachelle Enns

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The interviewers would like to understand what drove you to pursue a career in the medical field and what factors motivate your studies and contribute to your determination and productivity. Stress that you don't burn out easily and that you have no trouble staying productive. Explain how you approach your coursework. It is okay to share your personal story about what initiated your interest in becoming a physician assistant. Whatever drives you, make sure the interviewers can feel your passion!

Rachelle Enns

Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.

"Several factors drive my passion for a career in medicine. If I had to pinpoint one main driver, I would say that improving the health and well-being of others every day is the most significant for me. Everyone deserves great health care, and I plan to live that mantra by being the best at what I do, and giving my all to my patients, every day."

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40Touro University Interview Questions & Answers

Behavioral

1.Describe what drives your passion for working in the medical field.

Common Interest

2.What do you presently consider the most pressing concern in the medical industry?

Experience

3.Where have you excelled in your overall academic performance so far, and where do you feel you have room for improvement?

Behavioral

4.Why should we accept you over another student with the same qualifications?

Behavioral

5.What quality do you feel is the single most important for a PA to possess?

Career Goals

6.At Touro University, we’re interested in the mutual participation of the development of our students, both professionally and personally. What is your self-development plan?

Experience

7.What can you tell us about your current GPA?

Behavioral

8.In your studies so far, what area of medicine do you enjoy the most and the least?

Behavioral

9.If there was anyone in the history of medicine you could meet, who would it be, and why?

Competency

10.What questions do you have about Touro University?

Communication

11.What can you tell us about Touro University?

Career Goals

12.Is there an area of improvement you’ve struggled with where Touro University could help grow?

Communication

13.Tell us about the research you performed that led you to apply to Touro University.

Behavioral

14.Tell us something about yourself that didn’t make it into your CV.

Experience

15.What are you most proud of so far on your journey to becoming a physician’s assistant?

Behavioral

16.Tell us what you're reading right now.

Adaptability

17.Do you find it difficult to handle blood and other bodily fluids?

Compatibility

18.What other schools have you applied to, and where does Touro University rank among them?

Compatibility

19.What sources do you rely on for current on medical news, developments, and trending events?

Communication

20.How would you go about expressing your views on controversial topics like abortion, euthanasia, physician assisted suicide, and cloning?

Communication

21.What are your views on privatized versus socialized health care?

Honesty

22.Let’s say you discover a classmate is cheating. What would you do?

23.How does it make you feel when you receive critical feedback on your work?

Behavioral

24.Who's your mentor or a figure of inspiration in your life?

25.How do you feel about your interview performance so far?

26.How does it make you feel when you suffer a setback, and how hard it is to continue your work during or after?

Behavioral

27.How do you see the delivery of health care evolving?

Career Goals

28.As a physician’s assistant, you’ll need to gain certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). Have you taken steps to prepare for the PA-C exam yet?

Career Goals

29.To maintain your PA-C certification, you need to complete 100 hours of continued education every 24 months. What is your continued education plan?

Personal

30.Does your family support your decision to pursue a career as a physician’s assistant?

Personal

31.How do you like to spend your free time?

Experience

32.What hands-on experience as a care-giver do you have, if any?

Behavioral

33.Do you have a pet peeve that would benefit your profession?

Problem Solving

34.You have a five milliliter tube and a three milliliter tube, but you need to measure exactly one milliliter of medicine. How do you do it?

Communication

35.Tell us about a time you had a conflict with a professor.

Problem Solving

36.Tell us about a time you hit a roadblock in your studies. How did you get around it?

Communication

37.Have you ever worked on a school project with someone you didn't get along with?

Behavioral

38.How do you keep yourself from burning out on your studies?

Diversity

39.What experiences do you have relating to people with backgrounds different from your own?

Experience

Touro University Physician Assistant Mock Interview

Describe what drives your passion for working in the medical field.

40Touro University Interview Questions & Answers

1.Describe what drives your passion for working in the medical field.

2.What do you presently consider the most pressing concern in the medical industry?

3.Where have you excelled in your overall academic performance so far, and where do you feel you have room for improvement?

4.Why should we accept you over another student with the same qualifications?

5.What quality do you feel is the single most important for a PA to possess?

6.At Touro University, we’re interested in the mutual participation of the development of our students, both professionally and personally. What is your self-development plan?

7.What can you tell us about your current GPA?

8.In your studies so far, what area of medicine do you enjoy the most and the least?

9.If there was anyone in the history of medicine you could meet, who would it be, and why?

10.What questions do you have about Touro University?

11.What can you tell us about Touro University?

12.Is there an area of improvement you’ve struggled with where Touro University could help grow?

13.Tell us about the research you performed that led you to apply to Touro University.

14.Tell us something about yourself that didn’t make it into your CV.

15.What are you most proud of so far on your journey to becoming a physician’s assistant?

16.Tell us what you're reading right now.

17.Do you find it difficult to handle blood and other bodily fluids?

18.What other schools have you applied to, and where does Touro University rank among them?

19.What sources do you rely on for current on medical news, developments, and trending events?

20.How would you go about expressing your views on controversial topics like abortion, euthanasia, physician assisted suicide, and cloning?

21.What are your views on privatized versus socialized health care?

22.Let’s say you discover a classmate is cheating. What would you do?

23.How does it make you feel when you receive critical feedback on your work?

24.Who's your mentor or a figure of inspiration in your life?

25.How do you feel about your interview performance so far?

26.How does it make you feel when you suffer a setback, and how hard it is to continue your work during or after?

27.How do you see the delivery of health care evolving?

28.As a physician’s assistant, you’ll need to gain certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). Have you taken steps to prepare for the PA-C exam yet?

29.To maintain your PA-C certification, you need to complete 100 hours of continued education every 24 months. What is your continued education plan?

30.Does your family support your decision to pursue a career as a physician’s assistant?

31.How do you like to spend your free time?

32.What hands-on experience as a care-giver do you have, if any?

33.Do you have a pet peeve that would benefit your profession?

34.You have a five milliliter tube and a three milliliter tube, but you need to measure exactly one milliliter of medicine. How do you do it?

35.Tell us about a time you had a conflict with a professor.

36.Tell us about a time you hit a roadblock in your studies. How did you get around it?

37.Have you ever worked on a school project with someone you didn't get along with?

38.How do you keep yourself from burning out on your studies?

39.What experiences do you have relating to people with backgrounds different from your own?

40.How do you measure the accuracy of your work?