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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.
To better the odds of matching with a great program, most medical students will apply to Emergency Medicine Residency programs all over the country. As they consider your application, your interviewers want to know that you are serious about your willingness to relocate and put your full focus on training in 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.
The goal when answering this question is to assure the interviewer that relocating will not be a problem for you. If it's a challenging relocation for you, but you are willing to do it, explain your willingness to move for the sake of joining this program. Don't hesitate to talk about your personal or family situation and the support you have to pursue this dream of yours.

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"I would greatly look forward to the opportunity of joining your program. I have traveled here throughout my youth with family as we have extended family in the city. I love the fact that I will be able to participate in all of my hobbies here in the region and also have opportunities to do new things."
"I am eager to join your residency program. One of the many reasons I want to join is to come back to the area where I grew up, and to be closer to friends and family."
"I would be extremely excited to have the opportunity to relocate to join your program not only because I think it would be a perfect fit for my residency training but because of the location itself. Although I don't have any family ties to the area, I am excited to settle into a new place to call home and have heard wonderful things about the welcoming culture of your city and of your program. I'm ready for an adventure and grow somewhere new."

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