General Surgery Residency Mock Interview
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How many abstracts, presentations, and publications are you responsible for?
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Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
ProspectiveDoctor.com reports that the average matched U.S. general surgery applicant had 7.1 abstracts, presentations, and publications. The interviewers want to hear how proactive you were as a medical student in going above and beyond your coursework and what topics interested you. After giving the number of abstracts, presentations, and publications, you are responsible for, briefly describe the subject matter.
Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"I am responsible for three abstracts surrounding post-operative patients, four medical presentations on unusual cases seen during rounds, and one peer-reviewed article published in the Annals of Surgery regarding surgical procedures at critical access hospitals within hospital networks. I am currently working on another publication regarding appetite loss after major abdominal surgery and enjoy the research needed to present these findings."
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