NICU Fellowship Mock Interview
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What's your approach to teaching residents and medical students?
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Most fellowship positions include teaching responsibilities, and, having recently completed residency yourself (or nearly so), you will be in a good position to teach residents and medical students. The interview panel wants to gauge how comfortable you are teaching and learn about your approach.
Most clinical education for residents and medical students happens during patient interactions. Your answer should give insight into your approach to delivering patient care at the same time you're teaching. It's a great idea to give a specific teaching example from residency. You might also want to research the "PARTNER" framework that is part of the "Fellow as Clinical Teacher (FACT)" curriculum.
"During residency, I've had the privilege of learning from expert fellows who are skilled teachers. I paid careful attention to how they communicated specific points and knowledge when they chose to expand on their decisions and their follow-up questions. My goal is to emulate those fellows in my own teaching, and I will definitely seek out feedback from the residents and medical students I teach so I can improve wherever needed."
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After the medical student or resident's presentation during rounds, I like to give quick learning pearls on the disease process. After conversations with patients and their families, I give feedback to the learner. When there is time after rounds, I use whiteboards and tables/charts to explain concepts that multiple patients on the team share.
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Great! It's important to acknowledge that there are different learning styles, and a one-size-fits-all approach doesn't work with education and teaching. Sharing various techniques and strategies will be beneficial in your answer.
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