There is no right or wrong answer to this question. The faculty at the program you are interviewing with has trained residents who have gone on to practice in every setting possible. As long as you answer honestly, they'll hear your passion for medicine and be able to help shape your training according to what you want to achieve down the road. Some options for practice opportunities in emergency medicine include community hospitals, rural critical access hospitals, inner-city hospitals, and academic medical centers.

"Having grown up in a rural farming community where access to healthcare often required a long drive, I'd love to practice someday in the area where I grew up with a health system that has community practices in rural settings. Part of my motivation for going into medicine was to someday give back to the community where I grew up."

"Following my residency training I could foresee myself practicing as an Emergency Medicine attending at a large academic medical center. I am interested in your program so that I can get the best possible training to be prepared for this goal."

"One of my passions, and a huge reason why I am choosing to match into Emergency Medicine, is focusing on health issues for groups of people who have been traditionally underserved by the medical community. In my practice after residency, I want to work within an organization that will not only allow me to do this but also support me in efforts to better care for these individuals through process and policy changes, as well as to study how factors like Social Determinants of Health impact the health of these populations. Because many of these people only receive their primary care through the Emergency Department, it is important to me that I match with a program who will help me on that career journey and show their awareness of this important issue through academic and professional development opportunities."