Gastroenterology Fellowship Mock Interview
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Do you have any specific research interests during your time in training as a Gastroenterology Fellow?
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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.
While training with the program during Gastroenterology Fellowship will be very clinically rigorous and focused, your involvement in research activities will also be a vital part of your success as a fellow. As they consider residents to match into their program, your team of interviewers wants some insight into what areas of GI research you would like to pursue during your time training with them.
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
Be sure you have put some thought into your research interests in gastroenterology prior to your fellowship interview and come prepared to talk at a high level about your areas of interest. As you discuss your interests, be sure to share why you are specifically interested in these areas. This will help give your interviewing team an idea of the faculty member that you would be paired with as a mentor for your research ventures during training.
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"Yes, I have put a lot of thought into this over the last year knowing that I want to pursue a clinical and research-focused career in GI medicine. I am very interested in studying genetic factors in diseases like inflammatory bowel disease and also conducting translational research in finding effective new treatments for those diseases. Knowing that your institution has many great faculty members conducting life-changing research makes me very excited about the prospect of training here."
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Yes, I am very interested in studying the consequences of untreated H. Pylori, c diff, and NAFLD.
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Great! Can you talk more about why these illnesses interest you in particular? The interviewer will be curious and want to know!
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As a resident, I have worked on diverse GI topics including case reports on drug-induced liver injury and pancreatitis, review articles, book chapters on the molecular pathogenesis of cancers, and longitudinal studies/meta-analyses on endoscopic mucosal resection for colonic neoplasia and Barrett's. If given the opportunity, I would like to explore research in ESD for large polyps and diagnostic/therapeutic advancements in liver diseases/cirrhosis as I may consider a transplant hepatology fellowship in the future.
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It sounds like you've given this some thought and have identified areas of interest. Great job!
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