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Dianne Barnard is a Registered Nurse and former nursing instructor. She is also board certified in Psychiatric Nursing and Holistic Nursing Critical Care.
Your interviewers want a team of urology residents who can be world-class educators. Later in your residency training, you will be responsible for educating patients and junior residents. A question like this allows your interviewers to see how you would handle educating a patient on a complex diagnosis or procedure using only verbal dialogue.

Dianne Barnard is a Registered Nurse and former nursing instructor. She is also board certified in Psychiatric Nursing and Holistic Nursing Critical Care.
"In the digital health world, I know that patients today are inundated with written messages and materials, so what we say as physicians should be prime real estate. Because of that, I always strive to speak in a way that the patient or family can understand without filler or fluff words. I fully understand that I will be relied upon to educate patients as a urology resident, and I'm very excited to do this. During my clinical rotations in medical school, I was taught to take a simplistic and step-by-step approach with patient and their family. I would stop along the way and ask them to repeat what I'm teaching them and use language and terms that best suited their educational level and understanding."

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
Healthcare is increasingly complex, so it makes sense that the instructions can be as well. This question provides a chance to showcase your ability to take a complicated idea and explain it without dumbing it down. Explain your step-by-step approach to ensure your audience understands the complex subject.

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30 Questions & Answers • Urology Residency

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