Eastern Virginia Medical School

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How did the interview impress you?

Positively 🙂

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 / 10

0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

What are your general comments?

Incredibly friendly, and it is obvious that the medical students are the entire school's first priority ((vs. the MD program being one of many within the school).

Interview questions they asked

what is one strength & one weakness?

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What was the most interesting question?

Do you think a physician is capable of giving quality healthcare to a patient without speaking the same language? (this is in context of medical translator ethics)

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What was the most difficult question?

How would you address the national healthcare policy? What about other national health care policies, such as that of Canada, etc.?

I was asked this too

How did you prepare for the interview?

read SD.net, skimmed my AMCAS personal statement. Interestingly enough, the Dean of Admissions & the med student who gave the tour gave us hints to what sort of things are "fair game" for the interview, and also some other hints (ie. always ask questions at the end, don't have to have a REAL answer to the healthcare question, ethical questions about abortion & physician-assisted suicide, patient bill of rights, etc.)

What impressed you positively?

The standardized patient curriculum is incredibly thorough & intriguing... specifically appealing since they changed the USMLE step 2 to include a process that is based upon the EVMS example. Also the community-oriented medicine, and how prepared the M1 & M2s are when they enter their preceptorships (ie. they can actually do stuff b/c of the Introduction to the Patient stuff they learn, instead of passively shadowing clinicians). 24-hour buildings, nice library, and they actually give gym memberships.

What impressed you negatively?

Lack of strong connections for study abroad programs, and not a weak, but not an incredibly strong, match list (middle of the road, which isn't a "negative" thing, persay).

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

The change in the USMLE Step 2 process, the EVMS 100% passing rate for Step 2, how they have some school-owned apartments just across the street, they give free parking to med students, and the only other programs they have are a small PA program, a MPH program, and surgical assistants (they take anatomy with them).