Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship Interview Questions
Go Back1. When you suffer a setback, how does it affect you and your work?
2. What aspects of your personality make you well-suited for fellowship?
3. How do you cope with stress?
4. What's your approach to teaching residents and medical students?
5. As a fellow in our program, how would you change your communication style if a patient's family had trouble understanding what you were trying to tell them?
6. Talk about a time you successfully educated a patient on a complex topic during residency. How did you ensure the information was understood?
7. How would you describe your communication skills?
8. Choose one item from your CV and elaborate on it.
9. What relevant skills did you develop during residency training that you feel will benefit you as a new fellow with our program?
10. Tell me about yourself.
11. What do you know about our institution?
12. Have you had effective mentors in your training thus far?
13. Outside of medicine, what are your interests and hobbies?
14. Why did you choose to pursue fellowship training in pulmonary critical care?
15. What skills do you hope to gain through training in our fellowship program?
16. Why did you choose a career in medicine?
17. What are your career plans and goals after completing your fellowship training?
18. What do you see as your biggest area for improvement as an aspiring fellow?
19. Why did you decide to apply to our fellowship program in particular?
20. What is the most important lesson you learned during residency training that will help you be a successful and accomplished fellow?
21. What is your most memorable patient encounter?
22. How have you contributed to this field of medicine so far?
23. What are your plans if you do not secure a fellowship position?
24. How would you deal with XYZ clinical presentation?
25. Did you consider any other sub-specialties besides this one?
26. What are your research interests?
27. What or who has been one of your biggest inspirations in life?
28. What do you know about our faculty?
29. Do you have any questions for me?
30. Are you interested in being involved in community health initiatives?