OBGYN Residency Mock Interview
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Question 9 of 23
OBGYN is a mix of book knowledge, insight, dexterity, and ethics. If you had a pie chart, how might these, %-wise, divide out for you personally and is there any change you feel you should work on to adjust it?
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Ryan Brown created and launched MockQuestions in 2008.
All programs will ask some type of question that challenges you as to how you will assign priorities in your professional life. This is just one example. What they don't want is someone who bureaucratizes his or her professional life. Life is not black-or-white; it is not a simple schedule. Life and all of its challenges are on-going and all-inclusive, and they don't care how many hours there are in a day, so your management needs to be seen as appropriate for the way they are presented.
Ryan Brown created and launched MockQuestions in 2008.
"I can't live my life as a pie chart. [THIS IS NOT CONFRONTATIONAL, BUT PART OF A COGENT ANSWER.] A patient's problem certainly doesn't end at the end of my shift. That means I cannot divide my time as on-and-off for different things, but prioritize how I would juggle them all simultaneously. Challenges in OBGYN or medicine in general cannot be serialized, but must be juggled, because that's the real way medical challenges present. For example, I might consult a continuing education module between patients on rounds so as to learn about medical conditions patient-by-patient, at the same time orchestrating rounds duration and frequency according to the severity of illnesses in the spectrum of patients I'm caring for. Ethics is always full-time, in the background, unless it's challenged"”when it requires being brought into the foreground."
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Personally, these all divide out equally for me. Excellent book knowledge is needed to deliver safe and ethical care. It would not be ethical for me to not do my due diligence in studying to provide the best care to my patients. Having good insight into your patient's situation is also of great importance when dealing with a case in order to deliver adequate and ethical care. Furthermore, dexterity is a critical skill for any surgeon.
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Great! The interviewer will appreciate that you consider all of these factors equally important. Also, you offer clear explanations about why you value each. Why else do you believe it's necessary to be ethical as an ob-gyn? You might talk about how OBGYNs are many times the first professionals that women approach with health problems and that they have an ethical duty to be advocates for women's health care. OBGYNs also frequently face complex and evolving ethical questions. Delving more into this topic will impress the interviewer and assure them of your integrity/moral compass. Good job!
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