Family Physician Mock Interview

Practice 30 Family Physician interview questions covering clinical scenarios, patient care philosophy, and practice management.

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How do you keep up with changes in medicine or trends related to healthcare?

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Darby Faubion

Darby Faubion has been a Nurse and Allied Health Educator for over 20 years. She has clinical experience in several specialty areas, including pediatrics, medical-surgical, critical care, and hospice.

"After graduating from a great medical school and having extensive internship training, I knew I would be entering the workforce prepared to begin my career. However, I believe that being willing to learn something new every day is crucial to be an effective health care provider. I participate in health fairs and workshops that are aimed at educating providers on new techniques and treatments and keep current copies of medical journals to refer to."

Darby Faubion

Medicine is a continuously changing field where new technology and processes are developed and introduced on a regular basis. Those that remain stagnant in their knowledge fall behind very quickly. For this question, the interviewer is looking for you to have a passion for continuous learning in your field. Talk about any continuing education you have pursued or any journals/publications that you subscribe to and/or read.

Darby Faubion

"I am a firm believer that being a career-long learner is extremely important as a physician. I often participate in workshops that are focused on introducing new treatment plans and/or medications so that I can be familiar with new options for my patients. I also subscribe to medical literature."

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I read the New England Journal of Medicine to remain up to date.

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Medicine like other sciences is improving at a fast pace, and I for being UpToDate, will check the guidelines every 6 months, for any new changes.
Participate in online and onsite CMEs, and if I feel to have some doubt in some areas, I will check the last version of UpToDate or Textbook. For example, we extract the earwax by ear washing, then the recommendations changed to take it out by suction because of the possibility to hurt the eardrum. But recently again ear wash is the method of choice unless a patient has a history of perforated ear drum.

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30Family Physician Interview Questions & Answers

Career Goals

1.What made you choose a career as a family physician?

Discovery

2.What scares you most about being a physician?

Direct

3.Knowing what you know now, what would you say to someone who is considering pursuing a career in medicine?

Situational

4.Tell me a problem with a patient where you may have been misinformed about the patient's symptoms and had to re-evaluate a care plan or a time that a patient was afraid of treatment and had to be educated further before following through with care.

Discovery

5.What makes being a family practitioner so special to you?

Direct

6.In your opinion, what are some of the biggest problems in healthcare today?

Career Goals

7.Have you ever considered a more concentrated specialty area rather than staying within the Family Practice realm?

Stress

8.As a physician, you will often have to deliver discouraging news to patients and their families. How do you handle such hard situations?

Diversity

9.What experience do you have working with peers from diverse background?

Direct

10.What is a common misconception that people have about family practitioners?

Discovery

11.What is something you experienced in medical school that you will always remember?

Leadership

12.Are you comfortable with the idea of precepting medical interns?

Compatibility

13.What characteristics do you think are important for healthcare professionals to possess?

Compatibility

14. Are you open to working on rotation or split shift schedules, if required for this position?

Stress

15.Being a physician can be very stressful. What are some things that you do to promote a healthy balance between work and your personal life?

Trust

16.One of the most important things physicians have to pay attention to is patient confidentiality. Tell me about a time you were trusted with confidential information.

Discovery

17.Tell me one thing about yourself that most people would not know.

Management

18.How would your subordinates describe you?

Leadership

19.Are you comfortable speaking to large groups of people?

Management

20.Have you ever been responsible for hiring new employees? If so, what qualities did you look for in a candidate, and do you feel like you possess those qualities?

Communication

21.Can you share an experience you've had since practicing in which there was a misunderstanding between you and co-worker but you could laugh about it afterward?

Diligence

22.How do you keep up with changes in medicine or trends related to healthcare?

Adaptability

23.Tell me about a time you had to deal with significant changes in your workplace. How did you manage those changes?

Stress

24.Being a family practice physician requires great attention to detail and often multi-tasking. How do you keep yourself from becoming overwhelmed?

Tough

25.What makes you think you are a good family physician?

Stress

26.Many physicians report experiencing 'burn out' at some point in their careers. What do you do to help prevent this in your life?

Communication

27.Have you ever had a disagreement with a peer or co-worker, and if so, how was it handled?

Common

28.What would you describe as your biggest weakness?

Scenario Based

29.Has there ever been a time when you had to notify a patient of a missed diagnosis or an inaccurate result that was given to you?

Communication

Family Physician Mock Interview

How do you keep up with changes in medicine or trends related to healthcare?

30Family Physician Interview Questions & Answers

1.What made you choose a career as a family physician?

2.What scares you most about being a physician?

3.Knowing what you know now, what would you say to someone who is considering pursuing a career in medicine?

4.Tell me a problem with a patient where you may have been misinformed about the patient's symptoms and had to re-evaluate a care plan or a time that a patient was afraid of treatment and had to be educated further before following through with care.

5.What makes being a family practitioner so special to you?

6.In your opinion, what are some of the biggest problems in healthcare today?

7.Have you ever considered a more concentrated specialty area rather than staying within the Family Practice realm?

8.As a physician, you will often have to deliver discouraging news to patients and their families. How do you handle such hard situations?

9.What experience do you have working with peers from diverse background?

10.What is a common misconception that people have about family practitioners?

11.What is something you experienced in medical school that you will always remember?

12.Are you comfortable with the idea of precepting medical interns?

13.What characteristics do you think are important for healthcare professionals to possess?

14. Are you open to working on rotation or split shift schedules, if required for this position?

15.Being a physician can be very stressful. What are some things that you do to promote a healthy balance between work and your personal life?

16.One of the most important things physicians have to pay attention to is patient confidentiality. Tell me about a time you were trusted with confidential information.

17.Tell me one thing about yourself that most people would not know.

18.How would your subordinates describe you?

19.Are you comfortable speaking to large groups of people?

20.Have you ever been responsible for hiring new employees? If so, what qualities did you look for in a candidate, and do you feel like you possess those qualities?

21.Can you share an experience you've had since practicing in which there was a misunderstanding between you and co-worker but you could laugh about it afterward?

22.How do you keep up with changes in medicine or trends related to healthcare?

23.Tell me about a time you had to deal with significant changes in your workplace. How did you manage those changes?

24.Being a family practice physician requires great attention to detail and often multi-tasking. How do you keep yourself from becoming overwhelmed?

25.What makes you think you are a good family physician?

26.Many physicians report experiencing 'burn out' at some point in their careers. What do you do to help prevent this in your life?

27.Have you ever had a disagreement with a peer or co-worker, and if so, how was it handled?

28.What would you describe as your biggest weakness?

29.Has there ever been a time when you had to notify a patient of a missed diagnosis or an inaccurate result that was given to you?

30.How do you approach dealing with an angry patient, and why?