What personality type or characteristic do you find most difficult to work with?

"I am most often challenged by staff who are poor communicators. Communication lines should always be open between residents, faculty, and the care team. If someone on my team wasn't communicating properly, I would respectfully approach them to explain what I need from them. If the problem persisted, I would take it up the proper chain of command."

Pick a quality that doesn't reflect poorly on you. Talking about demanding personalities may make you seem lazy or unable to work with demanding faculty at the program. Instead, choose a quality that impairs the ability of even the most competent and hard-working doctors from delivering high-quality care or working as part of a high functioning team.

"I sometimes find it challenging to work with people who are not team players. When this happens I try to make them feel included so they feel comfortable to participate as a team member."

"I have found that in medicine, I have difficulty working with people who believe themselves to be infallible when it comes to patient care. Medicine is extremely complex and no matter the level of training, physicians should be humble about the fact that no person is perfect or incapable of making a medical error."