25 Geriatric Physician Interview Questions & Answers

01 Tell me about yourself. ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

02 What is it about this group/hospital that makes you want to be a part of it? ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

03 What can you bring to our group/hospital? ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

04 Do you have any lawsuits currently or in the past, including any settlements? ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

05 Here we have a policy of _______. Do you have a problem with that? ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

06 If youâ€™re not available, due to illness or vacation, for example, how will your patients be cared for? ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

07 Do you have any personal problems with our seeing or assigning you indigent or â€œcharityâ€ cases? ~EXPERIENCE

08 If you were to see a peer disrespecting an elderly patient or doing or saying something inappropriate, how would you respond? ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

09 What invasive procedures are you planning to do? ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

10 How do you feel about telemedicine? ~COMPETENCY

11 Are you going to be doing any chronic pain care? ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

12 Are there any substance abuse, domestic violence, or other background items that could impact the integrity of our hospital/group? ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

13 If youâ€™re on a rotational call for indigent patients or patients without a doctor, how would you feel about having to see a patient in the ED whom you had dismissed from your practice? ~EXPERIENCE

14 Would you be willing to accept whatever electronic medical record process is in use here?â€¨ ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

15 How would you handle a problem in which Utilization Review wants you to discharge a patient who you feel isnâ€™t medically ready for discharge? ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

16 If you were to receive a communication from the Executive Committee about a practice issue of yours that it seems could have clinical repercussions, how would you address the members when meeting with them? ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

17 How timely is your practice to sign off on chart entries and make all of your dictations current? Have you ever been suspended from a staff for failure to do these? ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

18 Would you be willing to serve on a committee investigating an issue with one of your colleagues? ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

19 What would be your response to hearing a code being called in the middle of the night as youâ€™re getting ready to go home after attending a patient? ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

20 How is your attendance at general staff and department meetings? ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

21 How would you handle a family member who disagrees with the intentions of your patientâ€™s Advanced Directive? ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

22 Many people, especially family members, feel that their loved one requires intensive care. What is your feeling regarding placement, if the patient doesn't actually require this? ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

23 Do you feel a DNR advanced directive patient should take up a spot in the ICU? ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

24 If your patient is terminal and is at home with Hospice in terrible pain, how do you feel about medicating him or her for pain relief if you know it will hasten death? ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

25 If a patient with severe dementia has two equally authorized persons disagreeing with management, e.g., two children or two siblings, how will you decide whose directives to follow? ~GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN

Geriatric Physician Mock Interview

If youâ€™re on a rotational call for indigent patients or patients without a doctor, how would you feel about having to see a patient in the ED whom you had dismissed from your practice?

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