Duke University School of Medicine

1. PCTL Only: Why PCLT: What distinguishes you from other applicants to the PCLT program?

2. Your career in medicine may place increasing demands on your time. While in medical school, how will you balance your educational commitments with your outside interests?

1. Describe any research or similar experience in which you utilized critical thinking. How will critical thinking be important in your future career?

1. First prompt, listed "before" the other essay prompts: "Share your story with us. This is your opportunity to let us know how you would like to be addressed, recognized, and treated."

2. Tell us who you are: Share your story with us. This is your opportunity to let us know how you would like to be addressed, recognized, and treated.

3. Critical thinking encompasses several characteristics, including creativity, innovation, discernment, emotional intelligence, application, and analysis. Describe a situation in which you utilized critical thinking. Why is critical thinking essential for your future?

4. Critical thinking encompasses various aspects, including curiosity, comprehension, application, and analysis. Describe a time when you utilized critical thinking. How do you anticipate using critical thinking as part of your career? (400 words)

5. What qualities do you bring to the practice of medicine? (600 words)

6. Toughest Feedback: What is the toughest feedback you have ever received? How did you handle it, and what did you learn from the experience? (Optional)

1. How has the COVID-19 pandemic influenced your journey to medical school? Have these events changed your perspective on the role of medicine in society?

2. Many people view medical care as an undeniable right. What responsibility does the medical profession have in caring for all individuals? 400 words

1. Share with us your story.

2. How do you cultivate a relationship with someone who may be very different from you?

3. Describe a situation in which you chose to advocate for someone who was different from you or for a cause different from your own.

4. What have you discovered from your setbacks and disappointments and how does that translate to your current way of thinking?

5. What do you value most as a leader and as a contributor?

6. While in medical school, how will you balance your educational commitment and your outside interests?

7. Further Information: Please provide any additional information you would like us to consider while reviewing your application.

8. If none of the above identities best describe you, which identity do you feel most comfortable with? (optional)

9. Please provide any additional information you would like us to consider while reviewing your application.

10. (Optional) Please share any additional information you would like us to consider while reviewing your application.

11. Good luck to all applicants!

12. All of the above have a 600-word limit.

1. Not achieving a goal or fulfilling a desire can sometimes be disheartening. What have you learned from your setbacks and disappointments, and how has this influenced your current way of thinking?

2. Coping with Disappointment: Not achieving a goal or desire can be disheartening. What have you learned from your setbacks and disappointments, and how has this influenced your current way of thinking?

3. COVID-19 Implications: How has the COVID-19 pandemic influenced your journey to medical school? Have these events changed your perspective on the role of medicine in society?

4. Not achieving a goal or fulfilling a desire can sometimes be disheartening. What have you learned or gained from your setbacks and disappointments, and how has this influenced your current way of thinking?

5. What has been your most humbling experience, and how will that experience influence your interactions with your peers and patients?

6. Success can arise from failure. What have you learned from your failures, and how has this influenced your current way of thinking?

7. What has been your most humbling experience, and how will that experience influence your interactions with your peers and patients? (500 words)

8. Describe a situation in which you failed. What did you learn from that experience? Please explain at least one functional impact of the experience. (500 words)

9. What has been your most humbling experience, and how will that experience influence your interactions with your peers and patients? (600 words)

10. Describe a situation in which you experienced failure. What did you learn from this experience? Please explain at least one functional impact of the situation. (600 words)

11. Describe a situation in which you failed. What did you learn from that experience? Please explain at least one functional impact of the experience.

1. PCTL Only: Community Engagement: What is your understanding of community engagement and its value?

2. Trust and rapport are essential in your daily interactions with others. How do you build a relationship with someone who may be very different from you?

3. Describe a situation in which you chose to advocate for someone who was different from you or for a cause or idea that differed from your own. Define your understanding of advocacy. What risks, if any, might be associated with your decision to be an advocate?

4. Potential sources of health inequities exist. Duke's Moments to Movement (M2M) is a collective effort to address these issues. Please discuss your experiences with disparities in health, healthcare, and society.

5. Working with Others: Trust and rapport are essential in your daily interactions with others. How do you build a relationship with someone who may be very different from you?

6. Advocacy: Describe a situation in which you chose to advocate for someone who was different from you or for a cause or idea that differed from your own. Define your understanding of advocacy. What risks, if any, might be associated with your decision to be an advocate?

7. Understanding the Need for Healthcare Changes: Potential sources of health inequities exist. Duke's Moments to Movement (M2M) is a collective effort to address these issues. Discuss your experiences with disparities in health, healthcare, and society.

8. Please tell us more about who you are. You may provide additional information that expands on your self-identity, including your gender identity, racial and/or ethnic background, geographic origin, socioeconomic status, academic experiences, and any other characteristics that define you as you consider a career that will involve interacting with people who are both similar to and different from you. Below, you will have the opportunity to share how you wish to be addressed, recognized, and treated.

9. Describe a situation in which you chose to advocate for someone who was different from you or for a cause or idea that differed from your own. Define advocacy as you understand it. What risks, if any, might be associated with your decision to be an advocate?

10. Potential sources of health inequities include race, gender, education, income, disability, geographic location, and sexual orientation. Moments to Movement (M2M) is Duke's collective stand against systemic racism and injustice. The name signifies a commitment to moving beyond passive moments of reflection and becoming more active in our efforts to create lasting change for our patients, their loved ones, and one another. Describe your understanding of race and its relationship to inequities in health and health care.

11. Tell us more about who you are. You may provide additional information that expands on your self-identity, including your gender identity, racial and/or ethnic background, geographic origin, socioeconomic status, academic experiences, and any other characteristics that define you as you consider a career that will involve interacting with people who are both similar to and different from you. Below, you will have the opportunity to share how you wish to be addressed, recognized, and treated.

12. In addition to the broad categories of race, ethnicity, geographic origin, and socioeconomic status provided in your AMCAS application, you may use the text box below to offer additional clarifying information that reflects how any of these factors have influenced your development thus far, as well as their impact on your path to a career in medicine and your future plans. (optional)

13. Describe a situation in which you chose to advocate for someone who is different from yourself. What does advocacy mean to you, and how has your understanding of advocacy developed? What risks, if any, are associated with your decision to be an advocate?

14. Describe your understanding of race and its relationship to inequities in health and healthcare.

15. Tell us more about who you are. You may provide additional information that expands on your self-identity, including your gender identification, racial and/or ethnic description, geographic origin, socioeconomic background, academic experiences, and any other characteristics that define you as you consider a career that will involve interacting with people who are both similar to and different from you. Below, you will have the opportunity to share how you wish to be addressed, recognized, and treated. (Words left: 500)

16. "Please describe your race, ethnicity, geographic origin, socioeconomic status, advantages, disadvantages, and religious affiliation (optional)."

17. In addition to the broad categories of race, ethnicity, geographic origin, and socioeconomic status provided in your AMCAS application, you may use the text box below to offer additional clarifying information that reflects how any of these factors have influenced your development thus far, as well as their impact on your path to a career in medicine and your future plans. (Words left: 200)

18. Describe the community in which you were raised. What core values did you gain, and how will these influence the contributions you hope to make in medicine? What improvements do you believe could enhance the community?

19. Describe a situation in which you chose to advocate for someone who is different from yourself. What does advocacy mean to you, and how has your understanding of it developed? How do you see advocacy connected to your role as a physician? What risks, if any, might be associated with your decision to be an advocate?

20. Tell us more about who you are. You may provide additional information that expands on your self-identity, including your gender identity, racial and/or ethnic background, geographic origin, socioeconomic status, academic experiences, and any other characteristics that define you as you consider a career that will involve interacting with people who are both similar to and different from you. Below, you will have the opportunity to explain how you wish to be addressed, recognized, and treated. 500 words.

21. (Optional) In addition to the broad categories of race, ethnicity, geographic origin, and socioeconomic status provided in your AMCAS application, you may use the text box below to offer additional clarifying information that reflects how any of these factors have influenced your development thus far, as well as their impact on your path to a career in medicine and your future plans. 200 words

22. Describe the community in which you were nurtured or spent the majority of your early development, focusing on its demographics. What core values did you gain from this experience, and how will they influence the contributions you hope to make to your community as a medical student and in your career in medicine? What improvements do you believe could enhance the community you described? 500 words

23. Describe a situation in which you chose to advocate for someone who is different from yourself. What does advocacy mean to you, and how has your understanding of it developed? How do you see it connected to your role as a physician or leader? What risks, if any, might be associated with your decision to be an advocate?

24. Describe the community in which you were nurtured or spent the majority of your early development, focusing on its demographics. What core values did you gain from this experience, and how will they influence the contributions you hope to make to your community as a medical student and in your career in medicine? What improvements do you believe could enhance the community you described? 600 words

25. Describe a situation in which you chose to advocate for someone who is different from yourself. What does advocacy mean to you, and how has your understanding of it developed? How do you see it connected to your role as a physician or leader? What risks, if any, might be associated with your decision to be an advocate? (600 words)

26. Describe the community in which you were nurtured or spent the majority of your early development, focusing on its demographics. What core values did you gain from this experience, and how will they influence the contributions you hope to make to your community as a medical student and in your career in medicine? What improvements do you believe could enhance the community you described?

27. Describe a situation in which you chose to advocate for someone who is different from yourself. What does advocacy mean to you, and how has your understanding of it developed? How do you see advocacy connected to your role as a physician or leader? What risks, if any, might be associated with your decision to be an advocate?

28. Have you engaged with your community in the past? How do you hope to understand and impact communities in the future?

29. What challenges do you anticipate facing in your career as a healthcare provider when interacting with individuals who are different from you in terms of gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, social background, and other differences? How do you plan to address these challenges, and what resources do you intend to utilize?

30. Giving Back to Your Community: What is the value of giving back to your community? Is this value a more important attribute for a physician than for others in different roles within the community? (Optional)

1. Critical thinking encompasses several characteristics, and research experience can enhance critical analysis skills. Please describe any research or similar experience in which you utilized critical thinking. How will critical thinking be important in your future career?

2. Critical Thinking: Critical thinking encompasses several characteristics, and research experience can enhance critical analysis skills. Please describe any research or similar experience in which you utilized critical thinking. How will critical thinking be important in your future career?

3. Critical thinking encompasses several characteristics, and research experience can enhance critical analysis skills. Please describe any research experience or other situations in which you utilized critical thinking. How will critical thinking be important in your future career?

4. Critical thinking encompasses several characteristics, and research experience can enhance or refine critical analysis skills. Describe any research experience or other situations in which you utilized critical thinking. Why are research and critical thinking important for your future career?

5. What role has research played in your preparation for a career in medicine? (250 words)

1. What do you value most as a leader and contributor? What attributes do you possess as a leader and team member, and how do you apply them in your daily life?

2. Leadership: What do you value most as a leader and as a contributor? What attributes do you possess as a leader and as a team member, and how do you apply them in your daily life?

3. Leadership, teamwork, and communication work together synergistically. What do you value most as a leader and as a contributor? What attributes do you possess as a leader and as a team member, and how do you apply them in your daily life?

4. Leadership, teamwork, and communication work together synergistically. What do you value most as both a leader and a team member? What attributes do you possess as a leader, and how will you apply them on a daily basis?

5. Describe an experience in which you were confronted by an individual or group whose values differed from yours. How did you resolve the conflict or challenge? Please describe at least one outcome that resulted from this experience.

6. Additional prompts for those pursuing the Primary Care Leadership Track: Describe a successful leader. What leadership skills do you want to develop during your training experience, and how do you envision achieving that?