What ultimately made you choose to pursue psychiatry residency training out of medical school?

"Many specialties deal with just the patient at a moment in time, whereas psychiatry works with and treats a patient from initial assessment through to rehabilitation. This can sometimes put psychiatrists working with their patients throughout their entire lives. I'm most looking forward to building these long-term relationships with my patients."

This is a question in which you can shine by espousing the vision of the specialty-mental illness. Share why the assessment, diagnoses, treatment, and prevention of mental illness hits home for you enough to make a career out of it. As you answer, try to include a personal touch to your story so that your interviewers can be sold on the fact that your heart is in the right place.