Describe a time when you had your ethics tested.
You may sometimes be asked to do unethical things as a healthcare professional. The interviewers ask this question to see that you are honest and have integrity. They want to hear that you have morals and can be trusted in your position. Some examples could be witnessing someone cheat or steal or someone asking you to do something you knew was morally wrong.
"I had my ethics tested during my first year of medical school. I was on a very strict budget and did not have much money since medical school costs were so high. I found a purse in a basket in the parking lot of a grocery store. I opened up the purse, and there was 10,000 inside. No one was around, and I could have kept the money, but morally and ethically, I knew it was wrong. I was raised to do the right thing, so I went to the address on the person's driver's license and found the purse's owner. She was so grateful and started crying. She had just withdrawn the money from the bank to buy her teenage son a car for his birthday. She explained that she was a single mother and had saved for years to be able to afford to buy her son a car. It made me feel so good that I was the one who had found the purse and did the right thing by returning it."
