Cardiology Fellowship Mock Interview
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Question 30 of 35
Talk about a time you showed initiative by taking the lead in a situation during your residency training. Why did you take action as the leader and what was the outcome?
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Christine Pasqueretta is a human resource and recruitment professional with experience creating, developing, implementing, leading, and measuring HR impact initiatives.
Your interviewers want to see that you are confident enough to take the initiative when the opportunity arises as a fellow with their program. Most medical training programs don't provide formal leadership training, so your interviewers want to know that you are a natural leader. As you advance to the final year of your Cardiology Fellowship, you will lead teams of junior fellows and your interviewers will want to hear that you can lead others with success.
Christine Pasqueretta is a human resource and recruitment professional with experience creating, developing, implementing, leading, and measuring HR impact initiatives.
"Growing up and into my college years, I was a natural leader to my peers. This is evident in my years participating in team sports and being a captain of my teams. During my residency training, I was excited to get voted as chief resident during my third year and I've taken advantage of this opportunity. While recently rotating in our ICU, I took charge of a critical patient situation on a night shift and guided our nursing staff to help stabilize a patient. It felt very gratifying to be the physician in charge of directing care and feeling comfortable and confident in doing so. This is an experience that I will carry with me to your Cardiology Fellowship program."
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Carefully describe a situation during your residency training where you saw a chance to lead and took advantage of it. Talk about the success of the moment and your biggest takeaway from the experience. You'll want to highlight your ability to communicate effectively and lead others as you answer this question.
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Intern year I was struck by the profound influence peri-transplant hospitalization has on patients and families. I wanted to better understand the challenges facing this population so I designed a qualitative research study interviewing parents of kids who recently completed a heart transplant. I developed a research team of mentors and collaborators, wrote the IRB, conducted the interviews, analyzed the transcripts, and presented the data at PAS. I shared my findings with the heart failure department and hope they can use them as the basis for future QI work.
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