Fellowship Mock Interview
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Question 2 of 40
What relevant skills did you develop during your residency training that you feel will benefit you as a new fellow with our program?
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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.
A focused fellowship requires you to hone and master new skills while improving some of the skills you developed as a resident. Your interviewers will want to hear you discuss all of the clinical skills you developed during your residency training that will help you succeed in their fellowship.
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
Before your fellowship interviews, thoroughly research all of the clinical aspects of the program you are interviewing with. By doing this, you will be able to discuss the fine details of the clinical skills you mastered during your residency training. As you answer, talk openly and honestly about the procedures, tests, and exams you learned during your residency training.
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"During my general surgery training, I was fortunate enough to train in a program that directly exposed me to plastic and reconstructive surgery. During my time working closely with our world-class plastic surgeon, I got to work hands-on with cases involving maxillofacial surgery, breast reconstruction, ear pinning, nasal surgery, vein removal, and scar revision. I received high remarks on my skills with this surgeon, and he was my inspiration in pursuing training in this arena."
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My residency program has made me a well-rounded surgeon; working in a large hospital, we managed very medically complex patients; and we have a 10-11-week rotation as the Consult Chief resident, which provided a good degree of autonomy in handling otolaryngology urgencies and emergencies, so I have a lot of confidence in my clinical and surgical judgment.
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These are excellent technical skills that will benefit you as a new fellow in the program. To make it a well-rounded answer, be sure to include a few soft skills in your response.
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