Dermatology Residency Mock Interview
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Did you perform any hands-on procedures during your medical school rotations? Are there any specific Dermatology procedures you are looking forward to mastering during residency training?
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Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
Dermatology is a very procedural-focused specialty. Your residency program interviewers pose this question to see if you have had any hands-on experience with procedures in any medical specialty during your residency and to hear that you are excited about the many procedures you will be mastering during your residency training program.
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
First, mention the hands-on procedures you performed during your medical school rotations. If you were eager to jump in and take the reins, make that clear to your interviewers. Then talk about your excitement for learning things like cryotherapy, excisions, phototherapy, and skin tag removal during your residency training.
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"I was always eager to learn procedures during my medical school rotations over the last few years and often asked my attending physicians if I could give them a shot under their supervision. I feel very fortunate to have delivered a baby, assisted with an appendectomy, and intubated a different patient under general anesthesia. Coming into Dermatology residency, I want exposure to mastering every procedure that I can and am looking forward to being exposed to Mohs surgery during my time with your program."
"My medical school exposed me to many procedures, which I handled adeptly with dexterity. I'm excited to learn cyst excisions, electrodesiccation, and skin tag removal during residency training as I know those will be valuable skills to have in future practice."
Sara Yumeen is a Dermatology resident physician.
"I love that dermatology is a specialty in which there are many procedures day to day. I have enjoyed suturing during medical school, and look forward to mastering biopsies and excisions during dermatology residency."
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