Dermatology Residency Mock Interview
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Question 18 of 33
Have you put any thought into the elective rotations you would like to pursue during your Dermatology 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.
Most Dermatology residency training programs offer a wide array of elective rotations to give future physicians an option to hone the skills they develop and the experiences they get during training. Ideally, your interviewers want to hear that you have considered how you want to customize your training to best set yourself up for success once you graduate from their program.
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
Show your interviewers that you have a calculated plan for your training with their program that will set you up for success after your time with them. Before your interview, read through the curriculum requirements and electives for the program you are interviewing with. They can be found on the program's website. Come to your interview prepared to describe your ideal path for training.
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"Yes, I have put some thought into this, and my choice of elective rotations has led me to have your program. I want experience rotating with pediatric patients and working with infants up to adolescents on skin care issues. I'm also looking forward to diving into translational research experience and know I would be training with the best here at your program."
"I sure have! I would love to participate in a Dermatopathology rotation, along with surgical dermatology to further my procedural skills."
Sara Yumeen is a Dermatology resident physician.
"Currently, I am interested in training to be a medical dermatologist working in an academic center with a specialty area of focus. While I am open to new avenues and opportunities that may become available during my training, I am currently interested in supportive oncodermatology and cutaneous oncology, and would love to pursue electives in those areas, as well as in hematology/oncology, to gain further exposure and learning."
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