Psychiatry Residency Mock Interview
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Question 27 of 35
Coming into our psychiatry residency program as a new medical school graduate, what is your comfortability in handling direct patient care with little supervision?
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Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
Your initial year of training in psychiatry residency will likely be the first time you work one on one with patients as the key decision-maker. Your interviewing team asks this question to gauge your own personal comfort level in working one-on-one with patients without a mentor or attending physician in the room with you. This also gives them the chance to hear about the type of mentoring you will need from the start if you were to match into their program.
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"Coming out of medical school, I feel confident in my ability to work with any patient without someone watching over my shoulder. I was very fortunate to have some great inpatient and outpatient psychiatry experience during medical school to help me build this confidence. With that said, I also want every interaction with a patient to be a learning opportunity, and I know your faculty has an excellent reputation for providing those opportunities to blossoming psychiatry residents."
Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
Prove your ability to work confidently with little supervision while not being overconfident. As a psychiatry resident, your work with patients will be scrutinized and used as a learning opportunity, so let your interviewers know that you are aware of that. Speak with modest confidence in your ability to work with patients with little to no supervision.
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