Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

1. Why is it important to you to go into medicine and become a physician?

2. If you will not be enrolled as a full-time student, how do you plan to spend your time during your application year? If you are a re-applicant, please describe the steps you have taken to improve your application for medical school.

3. Why is pursuing a career in medicine and becoming a physician important to you?

1. As a medical student and future physician, you will be faced with many uncertain situations. Please describe a situation when you were asked to do something that was beyond your capabilities.

2. If you will not be enrolled as a full-time student, how do you plan to spend your time during your application year?

3. In your experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, how do you envision your role as a frontline provider in future public health emergencies?

4. If you will not be enrolled as a full-time student, how do you plan to spend your time during your application year? (Limit 150 words)

5. What area of medicine do you envision yourself working in after completing your training? What factors are shaping your vision? (Limit: 100 words)

6. What area of medicine do you envision yourself working in after completing your training, and what factors are shaping that vision?

7. a) If you will not be enrolled as a full-time student, how do you plan to spend your time during your application year? (Limit 250 words)

1. What quality or attribute do you believe is most important for a physician? Please explain.

2. What non-academic advice would you give to your younger self?

3. What is the toughest feedback you have ever received? How did you respond to it, and what did you learn from it?

4. Discuss a personal role model (someone you know, not a historical or public figure). What attributes does this person possess that you admire and aspire to emulate?

5. Which extracurricular activity is most important to you, and why?

6. Describe a quality or non-academic accomplishment that you are extremely proud of.

7. What non-academic advice would you give to your younger self? As a physician, how can you contribute to social change? Please describe a quality or non-academic accomplishment that makes you extremely proud.

1. Other than work-life balance, what do you believe will be the biggest challenge you face as a practicing physician, and how do you anticipate responding to it?

2. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, what adjustments do you consider necessary and beneficial for the delivery of health care?

1. If you will not be enrolled as a full-time student, how will you be spending/intend to spend your time during your application year?

2. Tell us about your lived experiences that will enable you to provide quality care to all patients.

3. If applicable, please address any withdrawals, repeated courses, leaves of absence or breaks in your undergraduate education that are not explained in your application.

4. If applicable, please explain any withdrawals, repeated courses, leaves of absence, or breaks in your undergraduate education that are not addressed in your application.

5. Please explain any withdrawals, repeated courses, leaves of absence, or breaks in your undergraduate education that are not addressed in your application. (Optional)

6. OPTIONAL: If you could choose a theme song for yourself, what would it be and why?

7. OPTIONAL: Is there anything not included in your application that you would like to share? (Limit 150 words)

8. Is there anything not included in your application that you would like to share? (Limit 150 words)

9. OPTIONAL: Is there anything not included in your application that you would like to share?

10. Please share something about yourself that is not included in your application.

1. As medical students and future physicians, you will encounter many uncertain situations. Please describe a time when you were asked to do something for which you felt unprepared. How did you handle it?

2. As a medical student and future physician, you will encounter many uncertain situations. Please describe a time when you were asked to do something that was beyond your capabilities. How did you handle that situation? Please provide a specific example.

3. Describe a situation in which you did not receive something you believed you deserved, and explain how you handled it.

4. Discuss an experience you undertook outside your comfort zone and explain why you sought out this particular experience.

5. Describe your most humbling non-academic experience and explain how it will influence your interactions with your peers and patients.

6. Limit all responses to 250 words. 1. If you will not be enrolled as a full-time student, how do you plan to spend your time during your application year? 2. In what area of medicine do you envision yourself working at the end of your training, and what is shaping that vision? 3. Please describe how your experiences and personal attributes will contribute to the vision, mission, and values of the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine.

1. Netter SOM is a diverse and inclusive community. Please share how you have made efforts to work with people from a different background than you.

2. Describe your lived experiences that will enable you to provide quality care to all patients.

3. Netter SOM is a diverse and inclusive community, and we believe that each person brings their own unique experiences and attributes. Our students also serve and interact with diverse patient populations and communities. Please share how you have made efforts to work with individuals from backgrounds different from your own. What did you learn from these experiences?

4. Netter SOM is a diverse and inclusive community, and we believe that each person brings their own unique experiences and attributes. How have your experiences, personal or family background, and personal identity influenced your values and attitudes when working with others who may be both similar to and different from you?

5. Netter SOM has a diverse and inclusive student body. What do you believe you will contribute to enrich the incoming SOM class and community?

6. Becoming a physician requires a commitment to a career of service. Discuss how you have developed a service-oriented mindset.

1. In the Demographic Information section, please answer the following additional questions: If you will not be enrolled as a full-time student, how do you plan to spend your time during your application year? (Limit 150 words) What area of medicine do you envision yourself working in at the end of your training, and what is shaping that vision? (Limit 100 words) OPTIONAL: Is there anything not captured in your application that you would like to share? (Limit 150 words)

2. REQUIRED: 150 words each. What non-academic advice would you give to your younger self? Becoming a physician means dedicating yourself to a career of service. Discuss how you have cultivated a service mentality. Physicians are often called upon to play a leadership role within a healthcare team. Provide an example of how you have developed your leadership skills. Describe an experience you have undertaken outside your comfort zone and explain why you sought out this particular experience.

1. Please describe an experience in which you encountered and resolved a conflict. How did you navigate this situation? How would you apply the lessons learned from this experience as a medical student and future physician?

2. Physicians are often called upon to take on a leadership role within a healthcare team. Please provide an example of how you have developed your leadership skills.

3. Physicians are often called upon to take on leadership roles within healthcare teams. Please provide an example of how you have developed your leadership skills.