Transitional Year Residency Mock Interview
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Do you have any overseas clinical experience?
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Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
In most medical schools, it is possible to arrange an overseas clinical elective, especially during your fourth year. There are many benefits to studying overseas as a medical student, which the interviewers know. They ask this question to see if you chose an overseas clinical elective to understand what interests and inspires you. Some residency programs will also require overseas clinical experience to match their program. Describe your experience, if any. If you did not go overseas as an elective, explain why you chose not to.
Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"Yes, I was fortunate to go to Haiti for four weeks in my last year of medical school. It was a highly educational experience as I saw patients with diseases I would not have seen in the United States. I also learned about patients' experiences under different legal healthcare structures and was provided a cultural understanding that will affect my subsequent training and practice as a cardiologist."
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