OBGYN Residency Mock Interview

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You are assisting in a C-section on a homeless woman having her 4th child, and your upper-level resident makes some disparaging remarks about the patientâ€™s situation. What do you do?

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Ryan Brown created and launched MockQuestions in 2008.

This question is not about whether you're racist or biased in any way, but to see how well you will tolerate racism or bias. Programs have become exquisitely sensitive to intolerance, and you are being challenged to state your case on what aspects of intolerance are simply unacceptable to you.

Ryan Brown

Ryan Brown created and launched MockQuestions in 2008.

"Everyone, in my opinion, should have learned by now that bias, prejudice, or racism is totally unacceptable for professionals, especially those who are in a position of trust. The first thing I would have to reconcile is if his or her attitude can affect patient care (especially, this patient's care). If so, I would have to discuss it with his superior. If the remarks have no impact on care, that is, just identify the resident as having little integrity and professionalism, I would make it a point to discuss my misgivings with him/her, how the remarks are unacceptable, and that I don't want any part of those discussions; I would also point out that although the remarks don't necessarily affect care, they might in an unconscious way."

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