Talk about the abstracts, presentations, and publications you were responsible for during your residency training. Do you have any specific research interests as a surgical critical care fellow?

"During my residency training, most of my research was focused on data mining in anesthesiology and pain management research. I presented four posters at national conferences as a resident and submitted three peer-reviewed articles that were published. These are all on my CV. As a prospective surgical critical care fellow, I love that your program has a strong focus on research and would love to focus on clinical research in recovery times with ICU patients."

Prepare for this question on your scholarly activities by writing a list of the publications, abstracts, and presentations you have had up to this point. As you discuss this, briefly describe the subjects in research that have garnered your interest. Then discuss what areas of research in surgical critical care would interest you the most. Most fellowship program websites give great details about the research activities their fellows partake in, so be sure to thoroughly research this topic before your interview.