Must Know Medical School Interview Questions

· Why do you want to be a doctor?

· What will you if you aren't accepted to medical school?

· What makes you special?

· What are your 2 best points?

· What are your 2 weakest points?

· What do you think will be your greatest challenge in completing medical school or learning how to be a doctor?

· In your view, what is the most pressing problem facing medicine today?

· How will you pay for medical school?

· If you could do anything different in your education, what would you do?

· Where else are you applying?

· Have you been accepted anywhere?

· What is your first choice?

· Tell me about yourself.

· What do you do in your spare time?

· How did you get here?

· Why would you be a good doctor?

· What are your strengths?

· What do you feel are the most important qualities in being a good doctor?

· What are your hobbies?

· Are you a leader or a follower? Why?

· What exposure have you had to the medical profession?

· Discuss your clinical experiences.

· Discuss your volunteer work.

· What do you think you will like most about medicine?

· What do you think you will like least about medicine?

· Expect questions concerning what you think about ethics and healthcare (e.g., abortion, cloning, euthanasia).

· Be prepared to discuss managed healthcare and changes in the US healthcare system.

· How are you a match for our medical school?

· Would you perform abortions as a doctor? Under what conditions?

· What are three things you want to change about yourself?

· How would you describe the relationship between science and medicine?

· Which family member has influenced your life so far and why?

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What to Do If You Don't Get Into Medical School

You completed your premedical course work, taken your MCAT's, found medical school recommendations, and completed the medical school admission process. You eagerly await word of your acceptance. When the envelopes finally arrive from your chosen medical schools, you open them, hoping to find a bit of good news inside but are only met with a conciliatory form letter. So, what do you do now?

The first step is to ask yourself if you really want to pursue the arduous task of becoming a physician after all. Consider the long hours, the years of delayed gratification, and the opportunities and income lost during the additional years of schooling. Are there other careers that would make you happy? If the answer is no, you need to think about what you can do to improve your chances of acceptance when you apply to medical school next year. It's reassuring to know candidates who take steps to improve their application and apply to medical school a second time, have a higher chance of acceptance.

Here are some suggestions for increasing your chances of medical school acceptance the second time around:

1. Reconsider how many medical schools you applied to the first time.

If you only applied to a few medical schools, you may have significantly reduced your chances of acceptance. If your grades and MCAT scores are good, acceptance to medical school can be a numbers game. The more schools you apply to, the higher your chances of acceptance.

2. Reconsider which medical schools you applied to.

If the only medical schools you deem worthy of applying to are Harvard Medical School, Stanford Medical School, and Johns Hopkins, you may need to add some less competitive schools to your list next year. To be accepted into these schools, you need stellar grades, extracurricular actives, and MCAT scores.

3. Consider pursuing some advanced coursework

This strategy can work very well, particularly if your grades aren't up to par. Maybe you got off to a slow start in college with poor grades in the beginning. Getting high marks in some advanced college courses or graduate level courses can both impress the applications committee and boost your overall grade point average.

4. Consider retaking the MCAT's (medical college admission tests)

Do an honest assessment of your MCAT scores. Were they really competitive enough to boost your changes of medical school admission? If not, it would be in your best interest to retake them. Consider taking a course designed to boost your MCAT scores such as the Stanley Kaplan course. I've heard of students boosting their scores significantly after completing the Kaplan training.

5. Meet with your premed advisor to get an objective assessment of how you can improve your medical school application

Your advisor has seen lots of medical school applications and should be able to objectively assess your weaknesses. Use his services and give serious consideration to what he says.

6. Work in a medically related field for a year

This is a great way to show the admissions committee your commitment to medicine and get paid at the same time. Medical schools appreciate more mature applicants who have had some real life experiences.

7. Volunteer in the medical field.

Medical school admissions committees love volunteer work! It shows you're a true humanitarian at heart. Consider volunteering at your local free clinic, homeless shelter, battered women's shelter, or any other volunteer organization you feel passionately about.

8. Sharpen your interview skills for next year.

Be prepared to tell the admissions committee what you've done to improve your application from last year. If you possess poor interview skills, take a course or get some training in that area. The interview is where you have the chance to show your commitment to medicine and really sell yourself.

Give these suggestions a try before you apply to medical school the second time around! Hopefully, your next set of letters will have the happy news of your acceptance!

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How You Can Get Started in Medical Transcription

I am a medical transcriptionist.

More specifically, I work for a company who has contracted with the State of Oklahoma to do mental and physical exams for Social Security Disability.

Here is the process as a whole:

• Social Security makes the appointments.


• The doctor(s) see the patients and dictate(s) the reports.


• I, or one of the other three transcriptionists, type the dictation.


• The doctor signs the report.


• The report is sent to Social Security Disablity as part of the patient's file.

I have been doing this for eight years.

Quite often, on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, or another bulletin board system, someone asks me, "How can I get started doing medical transcription?"

In all honesty, I'm not the person to ask. I got started doing this as a fluke. Here's how it happened:

• I had been laid off.


• My mother was starting this company.


• She gave me a tape to listen to and said, "Here. See if you can do this."


• I did it.

I understand this is not the usual procedure for getting started doing medical transcription. I didn't go into it completely blind, though.

• In college, I had majored in counseling and learned a lot of the pscyhological terminology there.


• I found a good medical dictionary -- online and off -- that helped me with medical terminology.


• I befriended some doctors and was given old copies of the monthly supplement to the Physician's Desk Reference for medication spellings.


• One psychiatrist gave me a (probably out-dated) CD that had a lot of medications on it as well.

None of this is "regulation" for getting started in this kind of a career.

Many colleges and vocational-technical schools have certification programs for medical transcription. Those are honestly probably the best ways for you to get started doing medical transcription. There are a few things I can suggest, though:

• Beef up on your typing speed. If you are a slow typist, you won't last.


• Invest in a good office chair. Your back will thank you.


• Either buy an ergonomic keyboard or Smart Gloves (available at any drug store) to help ward off carpal tunnel syndrome.


• Learn excercises to do to help ward off carpal tunnel syndrome.


• Don't work from home. It can take over your life if you do.

Other than that, there is really only last thing I can say.

Good luck.

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