Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Mock Interview
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Question 19 of 30
Are you mentally and physically prepared to handle the required shift work in our surgical critical care fellowship program?
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Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
The blocks of rotations you will complete during your year of surgical critical care fellowship can include many weeks of working 60 to almost 80 hours, with long 12 hour shifts being the norm. Added to that is the required on-call time. Your team of interviewers needs to be assured that any new fellow they match is ready to take on this challenge, both from a mental health and physical perspective.
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
Explain to your interviewers that you know their program will require you to work 12-hour shifts any day of the week, any day of the year. If you are used to this type of clinical coverage during your residency training, be sure to discuss that experience and the steps you took to give all of your focus on the job. This is also a great time to reiterate that you will have all of the support you need in your personal life to ensure you can meet all of the program's requirements.
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"I'm certainly ready to dedicate the next year of my training to your program and my future. During most of my rotations in my general surgery training, 11-12 hour days were common with morning rounds starting as early as 5:30am and afternoon rounds finishing after cases sometimes at 6:00pm. Being able to handle this both physically and mentally came down to me taking care of myself while not in clinic. This included getting plenty of sleep, eating healthy and doing the things that I enjoy to relax."
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