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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.
Your team of interviewers has trained vascular surgery fellows that have gone into academic practice, private practice, and community-based hospital practice. They're very curious to learn the cadidates' career goals, so they will likely pose a question like this during your time with them.

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"My pursuit of medicine always stemmed from a true passion for community medicine and caring for patients daily. This passion continued through medical school and my general surgery residency training. Following my fellowship training, my dream is to practice at a large level I or level II trauma setting where I can be in the OR for up to four or five days per week with cases. I also have a patient for clinical trials in the surgery setting and can't wait to explore more of what your vascular surgeons are doing on this front if I'm fortunate enough to match here."

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
There is no right or wrong answer to this question as long as you have a vision for where you want your career to take you. This is a time to be honest with yourself and your interviewers, and hopefully, you have a solid idea of where you want your career to take you following your training. Discuss how you feel the curriculum of the program you are interviewing with will help prepare you for success in your career.

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