"It honestly would depend on the disagreement. If the disagreement was with a senior fellow, I would defer to their opinion as they have more experience than I do. I would use this as a great learning experience. However, if I was concerned that they were making the wrong decision regarding patient care or providing subpar patient care, I wouldn't hesitate to discuss it with them respectfully. If necessary, I would go to the chief resident in their program. For more serious issues, such as ignoring patient care responsibilities, I would go directly to a faculty member here because these actions, or inactions, would be done under the umbrella of their medical license, and jeopardizing care for a patient would never fly with me."

For a colleague disagreement, you should go to your senior on the team. In the case of a conflict with your senior, you should go to the chief resident. If there is a significant and imminent risk of harm to the patient, you should go to the attending physician. Walk your interviewers through how you would first attempt to handle the disagreement among yourselves and then take it up the chain of command as necessary.