How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.51 | 302 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 191 |
| Negatively | 69 |
| No change | 46 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 4.72 | 303 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.40 | 199 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.01 | 181 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 0 |
| Virtual | 5 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 3 |
| 15 minutes | 0 |
| 20 minutes | 3 |
| 25 minutes | 1 |
| 30 minutes | 18 |
| 35 minutes | 8 |
| 40 minutes | 7 |
| 45 minutes | 31 |
| 50 minutes | 36 |
| 55 minutes | 3 |
| 60+ minutes | 200 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 296 |
| At a regional location | 1 |
| At another location | 7 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 2 |
| In a group | 301 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 295 |
| Closed file | 5 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.51 | 302 |
"What does professionalism mean to you? Why is it important for osteopathic physicians to be professional?"
"If you couldn’t go into healthcare, what field would you want to go into"
"What does teamwork mean to you?"
"How would I balance a desire to learn with all the work I have to do?"
"What do you do for fun?"
""tell me about your experience with underserved populations?""
"What is something that we don't know about you?"
"Question about research I did several years ago"
"What would you do if you didn't get in to any schools this year?"
"I was asked about any hobbies or activities that helped me relieve/reduce stress."
"What determines whether you have a good or bad day?"
"Have you shadowed a DO?"
"Specific to my application (what style of yoga do you teach and what is your favorite pose?)"
"They asked me if I felt comfortable relocating (I'm from OOS)"
"What is an elective rotation you would create as a professor at a med school"
"How do you handle anxiety? (Specific to my work experience in an ER)"
"Why do you want to go into osteopathic medicine?"
"What difficulty have you overcame, and how did you change?"
"What do you think will be the biggest challenge for you in medical school?"
"What is your most special volunteer experience?"
"Do you have a support system (family and friends) in California? (I'm from Boston)"
"What do you expect out of me as a professor?"
"Explain "why D.O." without using the word "holistic""
"What do you think makes a good leader?"
"How have your experiences led you to believe that you can be a good physician?"
"They only asked me ONE question. "Why medidine/DO/TUCOM?" Pissed me off. You're seriously going to base everything off of one answer?"
"Since I'm from Texas, they asked me why I didn't want to go to TCOM."
"What is something at your college that you didn't like? / What major adjustments are you most worried about for medical school and how will you deal with it?"
"What negative experiences have you had with doctors?"
"How did you come to choose your (humanities) major, and how did that lead to your post-graduate work?"
"Everything is related to your application (mostly your extracurriculars, jobs, etc.) and connecting it to Osteopathic Medicine. Although some did not like the style of the interview, this interview is really about speaking from your heart. Don't B.S. and don't blabber, and you'll do fine in the interview portion."
"A long-winded version of what was an obstacle you overcame in a group and how?"
"how would you explain what you would do as an osteopathic physician to someone who didn't know what a D.O. was?"
"Tell me about your summer in Panama."
"What is one thing you would change about healthcare & what would you like to do about it? (smth like that)"
"Why DO? Did the doctor you shadowed do OMM? Why Touro?"
"As a history major, do you see a difference in how you approach history and how you'd approach medicine?"
"What qualities do you look for in a doctor? If you were a resident with 50 patients all to yourself, how would you be 'personable' with all of them?"
"What would you in 20-30 years when you're no longer passionate about medicine?"
"Are you prepared to handle the pressure and information overload that medical school brings?"
"Questions specific to my file, research, courses taken, essay experiences."
"All questions will be related to your application. Be ready to talk specifics about volunteering, shadowing, working, grades, MCATs, and significant events in your life. Also get comfortable talking about low points in your application like MCATs and GPA. A lot of people in my group got asked "How did you improve your MCAT score so much in 3 months" or "You were persistent in taking your MCATs, how would you have done things differently""
"If you have someone in your class who is adamantly against the osteopathic component of the program, what would you do? "
"The first interviewer asked questions based on what she read in our files"
"What experiences made you most want to pursue DO?"
"tell me about your time in the Americorps"
"tell me what you know about osteopathic medicine."
"How did you improve your MCAT so much ?"
"Tell me about your journey to medicine."
"What class prepared you best for medical school?"
"Without mentioning the use of OMM, explain osteopathic medicine.<Br> Without using the word "holistic" or "whole", describe osteopathic medicine.<br> What is one of yr weakness?<br> How will you be able to balance the stress of med school? <br> In your shadowing experiences, the DO used cranial therapy, can u tell us about that?<br> What was the last nice thing you did for somebody?<br> What are u gonna do if u dont get in? "
"what is the inspiration you learn from the Dr. you work with?"
"How will you handle stress of medical schooL? "
"What have you done to mature since your undergrad years and what have you learned?"
"What is your explanation for not having done any research?"
"Questions about my grades"
"How will you apply the principles of osteopathic medicine to your future practice? "
"specific questions from file"
"Most questions were directly about my nontraditional major and career and how I would bring and incorporate that into medical school."
"I would list some specifics if they weren't so specific to me. I will say this: if you have holes in your application, or obvious issues with grades or other things, make sure you can articulately and logically address them. Don't hem, haw, and do it on the spot. Honestly assess why they should say yes to you in spite of the flaws and talk about that, or the very good reasons for your digressions."
"Tell us about your research experiences."
"Something to the effect of "Explain you leadership qualities"."
"see above"
"How would you add to the next class to make it better?"
"Why are you interested in osteopathic medicine?"
"What do you know about Touro and why do you want to come here?"
"Tell me about your research."
"A specific question about one of my hobbies. What would be the easiest and the hardest things for you about being in medical school?"
"What is the most defining moment in your life"
"Two-year LDS mission to Finland...tell me about that."
"If you could meet anyone from the past, who would it be?"
"I see that you know American Sign Language, how did you get into it and can you show us something?"
"Why osteopathy and what got you interested in it?"
"Should medicine be a part of death?"
"Can you handle the rigor of medical school?"
"specific to my file"
"Why DO"
"If you could start a club at Touro, which would you start?"
"The typical why DO, why med"
"What is the difference between MD and DO"
"What is the most negative thing you'll have to overcome to be a good ____(can't remember if he said ''doctor'' or ''med student'' but I answered as though he said ''doctor.''"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"How did you pick your undergraduate institution? "
"Identify this quote"
"Why not PT, why DO and not MD?"
"Tell us about an experience that has been very uncomfortable for a patient and how you handled it to make them more comfortable?"
"All application specific! Though I will recite questions others were asked (role play), i.e. pretend you are the dean of a school meeting with a student who is being dismissed..."
"How do you feel about moving to San Francisco from Texas? (No problem since this is my first choice)"
"What was the name of the D.O that wrote your recommendation letter and tell us about her?"
"-What is the most important characteristic or trait that a physician should have? -Tell me about your research?"
"Why did you decide to switch from engineering to medicine?"
"question about healthcare"
"What is your view on stem cell research?"
"See difficult/interesting question"
"What is the stupidest thing you have done and what have you learned from that."
"Please tell us about your experiences in Japan."
"What is the difference between chiropractic manipulation and osteopathic manipulation?"
"Why did you choose D.O.?"
"all the questions were file specific`"
"As a Psychology major, how will you handle the science load of medical school? "
"What has having a child taught you?"
"they were all fairly specific to me and my application."
"Tell us about your clinical research experience at UCSF and how you came to know TUCOM students on this job."
"The horseradish question."
"How was you personal trauma affected your choice to become physician? "
"What is your experience with DO medicine?"
"DDT has been banned in America becasue its potential danger to the environement. However, in some Afircan countries DDT can be used to control the spread malaria. What's your ethical view on this matter?"
"What will you do if you don't get into medical school."
"Why?"
"do students have the opportunity to gain clinical exposure during their basic science years?"
"All of the questions came straight out of my application. Be ready for questions that deal with the minutia of the application."
"Why osteopathic medicine, considering your background?"
"all straight from file"
"So tell me why you are applying to an osteopathic program in addition to the allopathic program and what major differences separate these two fields in your opinion?"
"Why DO? Why Medicine?"
"Why at such a young age would you consider making such a long committment before you even started to experience the "real world"?"
"They were all very specific to my file and wouldn't be helpful to others."
"the transplanting a uterus into a man one, and if i were to come into contact with an MD student who started to "bad mouth" (for lack of the actual question) the DO program, how would i react and what would i say"
"Why did you decide to persue an MD and not a PhD? (I have a lot of research experience)"
"Define family and its importence to you"
"What was the most important experience during your time volunteering?"
"When creating a public health intervention, what are the two most important things you need to know or do as a physician?"
"How did your brother, he's a DO, influence your decision to become an Osteopathic physician?"
"Will you take the MCAT over again? "
"How will your past work experiences in dentistry and veterinary medicine contribute to you being a good physician? And, you described (in your personal statement) a situation in which you worked with children who spoke a different language than you and you felt that you were still able to communicate with them by holding their hand and speaking softly; do you believe animals respond to this type of communication as well?"
"You said in your application that creativity is an important asset for a physician to have. What's another?"
"Introduce yourself and tell us where you went for undergraduate. When/How did you decide you wanted to practice medicine?"
"What is the difference between osteopathic and allopathic medicine?"
"How well prepared are you for a career in medicine since you're so young? :-("
"Asked about a quote in my application. and how that was connected to being a DO."
"Why do you want to do DO if your mom is an MD?"
"why osteopathic medicine specifically?"
"You studied for and took the MCATs after your father passed away. How difficult was that?"
"When did you realize that you want to become a doctor?"
"What do you think is the biggest challenge you will face in med school?"
"What brings you to TCOM? "
"Why did I want to go to TUCOM?"
"Talk about my study abroad experience. "
"D.O.'s treat the symptoms, and not the patient. What do you think about this?"
"it's all directed to your application"
"Do you know who Carl Jung is? How do you apply communications to medicine?"
"Do you think your confidence is a weak point?"
"How do you plan to balance your charity work with your financial needs? (I want to work with low income youth)"
"See above."
"How do I think osteopathic medicine will help in a neurological based profession? "
"How did you like your undergraduate experience?"
"What did you do when you volunteered at a psych hospital?"
"Tell me about your D.O. experience."
"Why medicine and why DO?"
"Have you ever worked with a DO?"
"Tell me about your DO experience"
"-"
"Why are you interested in becoming a D.O., and how did you find out about it?"
"Describe osteopathic medicine without using the word "holistic" or anything with "whole" in it."
"Tell me about your research paper. What did you conclude?"
"explain specific accomplishments in my teaching experiences. "
"Please explain what you meant in your personal statement when you posed the question: "How do we become who we are?""
"What do you take from world war II and what is your favorite musice to play on the violin?"
"Tell us about your road to DO"
"There are only three questions and they are all easy and about your file. If you didn't B.S. anything, you should be able to answer them."
"Why osteopathy, when you have an MD mother?"
"If I had shadowed a DO and how that influenced my decision to study Osteopathic Medicine."
"What is the dumbest thing you have done? They got me on this one...could not come up with something...took me a few seconds..."
"Why Osteopathic Medicine? "
"How would you help your patients make health related decisions?"
"what are qualities of a good physician, application specific stuff, how will i overcome obstacles, questions about classes i took."
"Tell me more about your research. What significant conclusions did you reach?"
"What do you like about osteopathic medicine?"
"Tell me more about your volunteer work."
"Why did you decide to major in microbiology? MCAT?"
"Your mother is an allopathic physician, why do you want to be an osteopath?"
"What is the difference btwn a Osteopathic and Allopathic physician?"
"That where should i start "tell us about yourself" prompt happened. "
"Explain the difference between DO and MD."
"Why Touro?"
"What did you take from your specific major?"
"Describe the characteristics that would make you a great osteopathic physician."
"Tell us about your research in detail."
"Are you a leader or a follower?"
"Questions about my research, work at a doctor's office, volunteer experiences"
"why osteopathic over MD"
"How did you pay off your college loans in one year?"
"See most difficult question"
"Why D.O. when you have a M.D. father, what qualities do you have that will make you a great D.O., being an xray tech, what made you decide to be a phyiscian."
"explain causality and inference and effect"
"Describe your graduate research as if you were talking to someone who had no background in science or medicine."
"My questions were specific to my application. "
"Why DO when dad is MD, how I would approach them differently"
"Why the west coast and why Touro?"
"mostly about the your specific file; some about health insurance/state of health care"
"Why DO when your family is all MDs? Since you come from an MD family...what would you say to your family and other MDs about the DO philosophy to help them in their practices?"
"You have been out of school for 7 years. Why has it taken you so long to make the decision to go back to school?"
"Can you tell me a bit more about your experience with Osteopathic med."
"Talk about your research, and how is that important to how you will practice medicine. (did research)"
"Why D.O.?"
"What do you think are the differences between DO and MD."
"Why do you want to be a D.O. and what is the difference between a DO and MD?"
"What made you want to be a DO? Elaborate on your shadowing experiences."
"Describe a clinical experience. What was your favorite internship? "
"Question about my undergraduate research"
"Why DO instead of MD?"
"Why Medicine?"
"Why DO vs MD?"
"Research related question"
"all questions were based on my application...just memorize yo app sucka!"
""How is medicine in the UK different from the US?" (I did a study abroad program in the UK and the interviewer was from England)"
"about being an older student"
"Tell me about your experience working with a DO"
"How do you know you are charismatic?"
"What are similarities between chemistry and emergency medicine?"
""You went to the Air Force Academy... Please tell me about that..." "So you are no longer in the military... How do you feel about the current crisis America is involved in?" "
"As a non-science major do you think you will be as prepared as your science major peers"
"What was your worst subject in school? Why?"
"Why did you apply to TUCOM/What attracted you to TUCOM?"
"Tell me about your military experience. Tell me about your research."
"Why did you choose your undergrad school?"
"Something along the lines of which component of osteopathic medicine do I believe in the most, or value the highest"
" Tell me your views regarding bioethics"
"How does golf soothe your soul?"
"Tell me about your volunteer experiences"
"Tell me about Pag-asa (a community service group I helped found)."
"What is the biggest problem facing medicine today, particularly osteopathic medicine?"
""What was the last book that you read?" "
"What prompted you to change careers? Do you really think that a career in medicine will offer a less demaning lifestyle than your previous career in business?"
"Why DO?"
"Tell me about your experience as a Surg. Tech."
"Why did I feel that Osteopathy was for me."
"How would you handle a mother who was overly concerned about her child, knowing that her child was going to be okay?"
"Why did you pick business as your major?"
"How would I explain osteopathy to a person who has never heard of it."
"Tell me about your Senior Thesis Research."
"Question about sailing. What area of your education do you feel most prepared in? What area do you feel least prepared for?"
"Asked me about my clinical experience, do I want to pursue research or primary care"
"Hard work, determination, and tenacity are three qualities you feel you possess that helped you to get to where you are today. These are “get there†words. What qualities do you think will help you succeed in medical school and the medical profession? I said the same qualities would work…"
"Tell us about your research."
"Only 4 questions asked - the interesting and difficult ones above, and then two that were specific to my personal statement"
"How did you come about going from being a musician to going into medicine?...What quaities do musicians and doctors share?"
"What was it that attracted you to osteopathy?"
"What are some important qualities for DOs to possess? How do you demonstrate those qualities?"
"What was a time when your motivation to pursue medicine was tested"
"Describe a time you made a mistake, preferably while at work and recently."
"Describe a time I chose the harder path?"
"What are some of the difficulties you foresee as a medical student?"
""how do you describe what a DO is to someone who isn't familiar?""
"Tell us about yourself."
"Why osteopathic vs allopathic?"
"At the time of the interview, I was a few years removed from my undergraduate studies and was asked how I would transition back into studying and handle the medical school curriculum."
"Tell me about your time in our SMP."
"Specific to my application (describe your interest in working with the Deaf community)"
"About my research- you can tell they paid a lot of attention to what I wrote in my application"
"What brings you to this table today?"
"What does compassion mean to you and what in your background has prepared you to be compassionate as a physician?"
"Asked about support system since I am OOS"
"I mentioned that a particular weakness that I was making strides to improve. They followed up with asking for an example situation."
"Have you resolved any conflict as a leader?"
"How will you deal with not being able to help everyone?"
"How do you decide whether a setback or failure is something which you just need to move on from or something on which you need to improve?"
"With your academic record what makes you think you can succeed at Touro? (RUDE!)"
"What would you tell someone from a prestigious MD school (they said UT Southwestern) who belittles DO schools?"
"How would you incorporate osteopathic medicine into your practice?"
"Why medicine? What is "holistic"?"
"I see you have done a lot of research. What would you say is the difference between your older research and your most recent work?"
"They will probably take a line from your personal essays, and ask you to elaborate on it."
"What is it that draws you to Touro University CA?"
"about my file"
"Given that you are coming right from an undergraduate institution, do you think you will be prepared for medical school?"
"What would you do if you saw a superior prescribing a drug that you didn't think was right for the patient? (he asked 3 of us this question in a row)"
"Without stating your personal opinion, list the pros and cons of abortion? Suppose you travel back in time to the medieval England during the black plague. Given what you currently know about the disease, how will you deal with plague's situation in medieval england?"
"Having worked as an AmeriCorps VISTA, what was the biggest healthcare problem you noticed?"
"Why did you choose your undergraduate school?"
"How would you explain to an average person the importance of muskuloskeletal system?"
"A version of: What do you think your biggest weakness is and how do you deal with it?"
"Why D.O. approach is good?"
"If you were part of the first class at Touro-CA what organization would you start?"
"The second interviewer ask questions that had more of a negative twist. ex. How could I pursuade you to not go to med school. "
"How would you define 'character'?"
"tell me how you would feel leaving IL and moving to CA."
"why do?"
"Tell me about your research?"
"How did you handle moving from a to b?"
"What do you know about osteopathic medicine?"
"Scenario: a DO treats a patient using OMM and the patient feels better. Then, the DO uses the same technique to treat another patient with the same illness, but that patient doesn't feel better. How can you explain this? <br> Scenario: You are the dean of Touro University. A student goes on american idol. She's absolutely terrible but the public keeps her on because she is horrible, thus entertaining (like sanjaya last year). She mentions she goes to Touro. As the dean of the school, what do u do? <br> Many other scenarios, but i cant remember them"
"transaction from community college to a four year univeristy"
"spec to file"
"Will you be able to move out to CA?"
"Scenario: Fifteen years from now, your eight year old son has his friend Timmy over. You come in to find Timmy has taken all the fish out of the aquarium and let them die on the floor. How do you respond to this situation?"
"Why DO"
"Why touro? Why will you stay in the area to practice medicine? "
"why touro, why do"
"What medical instrument would you be and why?"
"If you had the choice only to be a clinician or a researcher, which one would you choose and why?"
"What are your hobbies and how did you study for the MCAT. "
"see above"
"Tell us about your research?"
"What do you consider to be your greatest weakness?"
"Essay specific: You mentioned in your essay that you learned about osteopathic medicine through students, what have you learned from them about osteopathic medicine?"
"How did you end up becoming so focused in your major/area of work? What do you like about it? Do you think you will integrate it into your medical career? "
"Would you consider any other careers? (basically a gimme, considering how I've already changed careers to do medicine)"
"What do you do for fun/relax? (Are you serious? I came all this way for someone to ask me what I do for fun. I thought it was a joke. I wanted a challenge, not a freebie)."
"People often make mistakes. However, the mistake you make as a doctor might kill someone. How would you handle that?"
"How does your research experience relate to medicine?"
"Tell us one thing about yourself that would make you a successful medical student?"
"Stuff about my file"
"Why not be a teacher?"
"How have certain volunteer and extracurricular activities enforce your want to be a physician?"
"Tell us about your research "
"What don't you want others to know about you?"
"Why Now "
"Are you aware of the bias some of your peers may have against you because of your youth? (Bias doesn't scare me, bring it on!)"
"What is one thing you wouldn't want us to know about you (asked to all of us)?"
"Specific to my application "
"The club question from above."
"How would you increase a clnician's time with patients?"
"Why are there so many pre-med students who major in psychology? Why do you think being a psychology major will make you a better doctor?"
"why touru?"
"Do you believe MCAT scores are a good indicator for medical school success?"
"How do you know that osteopathic medicine is the rigth fit for you?"
"Why Touro?"
"Name a book written by a physician."
"What strenghts do you bring to this years class?"
"What is your weakness and how will it affect you in medical school and in residency? How do you relieve stress? What if you have no time to finish your work? (they sort of grilled me when I was answering these questions)"
"-Who is Andrew Still? -What was the last book that you read that is not a science book or a book of your major?"
"What sort of support did your family provide for your decision to become a physician?"
"question from personal file that would not be relevant to any other applicant"
"Why did you not pursue veterinary medicine?"
"Tell us about your research."
"specific to my file"
"You have visited the campus before tell us about that."
"What are the differences between Osteopathy in New Zealand and the US? "
"What are the challenges facing healthcare/drs today?"
"Why D.O."
"How does your dad feel about you being a DO(he's an MD)? What is something that you have learned from him that you will apply to your work as a doctor?"
"If you were given the option to differ for one year and start med school in 2007 what would you do during that year."
"Any questions?"
"Skatepark ? www.bordertownskatepark.org"
"why would you come to california?"
"Do you plan to return to you homeland to do volunteer medical work?"
"How would your research experience come into play in your future?"
"Please explain to me what Louis Pasteur means when he says: "Chance favors only the prepared mind?""
"See most interesting/difficult question"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"Please account for the descrepancy between some of your grades and your competitive MCAT scores."
"Specific to my file so wouldn't help anyone."
"How does your leadership skills help you overall and how will they specifically help you as a physician?"
"how does cooperation play into being a DR (i put something about that in my application), and then tell me about your research"
"In your personal statement, you didn't say anything about going DO. Why not?"
"Describe yourself in 3 words. (Hard!)"
"What is a life lesson you have learned?"
"What character do you relate with in the curent book you are reading?"
"If I was a patient who knew nothing about cancer, but was scared because of a family history of cancer, what would you tell me?"
"How will I handle the heavy work load? (while this was easy to answer, I'm not positive why I was asked since they were familiar with my background)"
"What do you want to be a DO?"
"You are a physician and you tell your patient that they have a serious illness, such as lupus. They don't know anything about the disease, how will you help them understand their situation? This question does not seem that bad, but this interviewer was not happy with any response I gave and she kept challenging my answers with more questions. This was in the last few minutes of an interview that had gone really well, so I was not sure why she did that."
"Tell me about your study abroad experience in Mexico."
"In your personal statement, you said you follow the pillars of osteopathy. Tell me how you do this. "
"Describe your undergraduate experience."
"How do you overcome difficulties?"
"Why doctor when you are already in a good profession making $."
"What aspects of the surgical curriculum at Touro impress you?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"how does osteopathic medicine help underserved communities"
"Describe your volunteer experiences in the anatnomy lab at your school."
"I currently have a medicine related job. The question was to describe my job and volunteering experience."
"This other interviewee was an English major and asked to name 3 doctors that are better known as writers. "
"What is the biggest challenge facing the AIDS community? (I'm an AIDS advocate who spends a lot of time in Washington)"
"Why didn't I take science courses beyond the premed requisites?"
"Why Osteo as opposed to Alleo?"
"As you mentioned in your personal statement, you instituted lifestyle changes during your development throughout life. How do you propose to assist patients in also accomplishing these goals?"
"Why D.O.? Why medicine? Why Touro? "
"How was it to live in rural Alaska?"
"Tell us about your volunteering experience at UCSF. Didn't volunteering on the peds floor make you nervous?"
"What are of medicine do you see yourself going into?"
"Do you think chiropractic and OMM are the same? If not, how are they different? -asked of another person in group, be prepared with a good answer."
"How long have you known you wanted to become a doctor?"
"Your parents are MD's...what do they think about you becoming a DO?"
"question regarding personal statement"
"What do you think will be the biggest challenge you will face in medical school?"
"You have an interesting career path, why did yo gravitate towards medicine?"
"If you knew you wanted to be a doctor, why did you choose a non-science major?"
"What if you could never get into med school?"
"-"
"You have worked in an allopatric environment. When you become a D.O., how will you hope to change the department you are working in to accept the D.O. philosophy?"
"What is you favorite opera?"
"Why Medicine? What did you get out of your volunteer experience?"
"when did I really need healing in my life"
"After being out of school so long how will you be able to handle the long hours of studying?"
"What will you do differently from your MD father and tell me about your Master's research."
"If you had a patient that had Type 2 Diabetes and was not literate and could not speak English how would you explain a diet plan for them?"
"Explain how you were able to improve your MCAT score."
"How my job as a Radiation Oncology Assistant influenced my decision to pursue medicine."
"Research based question about my work"
"Do you have any support network in NV? Do you have any reservations moving to NV?"
"I was asked to decribe the time I decided to re-apply to medical school (It was the focus of my AACOMAS personal statement)"
"The question above"
"How can you help in rural areas?"
"Why DO? Why Touro? Why Vegas? (know a little about their doctor shortage!)"
"Your dad is an MD. How does he feel about you pursuing a DO degree? Have you gotten a chance to work with him?"
"someone else got an open ended "Talk for 4 minutes about anything you want."
"Questions about current school work and my file."
"all others were straight from my application. "
"What would you change about your file?"
"What is one weakness and one strength?"
"If you could have lunch/meet with any one person - from all time - who would it be? (This, and the question above were the only general questions asked during the interview, all others were specific to the prospective student's file.)"
"What did you take from your experience in the Navy?"
"Why are you switching careers."
"How did your degree in economics prepare you for medicine?"
"Explain discrepency between grades and MCAT scores (three of four candidates were asked this question)"
"What will you do if you don't get into medical school?"
"how do u feel about HMO"
"Why do you want to be a physician?"
"Why did I get a W (withdrawl) in one of my classes? What did I hate about Florence, Italy? "
"how would you deal with patients 20 years from now when most of them will have TYPE II diabetes and dependance on junk food?"
"Define professionalism"
"Was asked what qualities I possess that would make a good doc"
"You said a doctor must be both honest and diplomatic...these words contradict...explain."
"You have been at your current job (in clinical research) for 5 years, so clearly you like what you are doing. Whay would you give that up to go $200,000 in debt, and have no life for the next several years?"
"How are you going to be able to handle the incredible amount of information in medical school?"
"What is the one most important volunteer experience you have had."
"What are some similarities between Eastern Medicine and DO? "
"What is your favorite research paper?"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"Have you taken X classes? (dumb, it's open file) What kind of setting would you like to practice in?"
"Explain this sentence in your personal statement"
"What did you learn from shadowing the DO? What do you think of healthcare in China?"
"What was favorite subject to teach in anatomy lab?"
"What is your impression of TUCOM especially after the tour?"
"Why do you want to be a DO"
""How do you think making movies and medicine are related?""
"about military experience"
"Tell me about your graduate school program"
"There's an impressive D.O. school in TX, why didn't you apply there? "
"Tell me about your healthcare experience?"
""Do you feel that emergency medicine can be practiced wholistically?""
"How do picture a practice in an underserved area (this was mentioned in my app) "
"Explain the comment made in your personal statement that you "are open to alternative medicine.""
"Do you think patients are overmedicated?"
"Ethical situation. Tell me about your time working in Turkey (all from my essay)."
"What are your strengths and weaknesses? "
"how will you keep good health habits while in medical school?"
" What type of medicine do you think you will pursue"
"As HMOs increase, how will a career as an osteopathic physician allow you to spend more time with patients?"
"Why did you chose _____ as your minor? How has that prepared you to be a physician?"
"How do you think your leadership skills will benefit the incoming class?"
"Describe what osteopathic medicine means without using the term holistic."
""If you do not become a doctor what will you do?""
"Why apply here if your scores are so high?"
"What is your greatest quality? Your greatest weakness?"
"Be prepared to have some very personal questions asked of you in front of the other interviewees. And if there is anything in your file that is less than perfect, be prepared to talk about it and defend yourself. "
"How do you handle stress?"
"How do you think being a business major will benefit you as a physician?"
"Se habla espanol?"
"What other careers are you interested in if you do not go to med school? (I'm already in HEHE!!)"
"Asked about my book (mostly my file)"
"You said you learned patience from “meals on wheels.†Explain what this means and how it taught you patience."
"What type of advice would you give if there was conflict between a professor and student?"
"Asked about what was my most memorable experience volunteering in the ER?"
"Same as mentioned above."
"Suppose you are taking a group test (common at TUCOM) and you and another person in your group disagree strongly about what the answer is? How would you respond/react?"
"How will learning Spanish make you a better physician?"
""how will you manage your time and get everything done?""
"I was asked where I saw myself 10 or 15 years down the road (Specialty, type of practice, family, etc.)"
"How will you succeed in medical school?"
"Challenge you foresee facing in med school?"
"What is the hardest part about medicine?"
"N/a"
"A scenario where I was asked to determine the difference between a patient encounter with MD vs DO, taking out any obvious clues like use of OMM."
"I received specific questions about my work, as I'm a non-trad with a unique back story."
"asked what the difference between shadowing a DO and PA was"
"Would you plan on going back to your original state?"
"Why do you want to become a DO?"
"What would happen if you were accepted and you go to the school and you didn't make any friends?"
"If there is one thing you could change about our healthcare system what would it be?"
"What do you like about playing rubgy? (extracurricula activity question)."
"Name one good thing and one bad thing about health care."
"How did you come to osteopathic medicine?"
"Please give an example of a time you felt/experienced: patience, fear, happiness, joy, etc."
"Choose among these 3 questions: 1. What is the most important trait for an osteopathic doctor and why? 2. How will health care reform benefit osteopathic medicine? 3. If you could have lunch with one person, living or dead, who would it be and why?"
"About the physician I shadowed."
"What will be the hardest thing about entering medical school for you?"
"They asked questions about each individual's application."
"An application-specific question"
"Where do you see yourself in 20 years?"
"none. Only asked 2 questions due to the number of applicants in the room (6) and time constraint."
"We see on your application you're very passionate about theater. Why not go into that instead of medicine?"
"How would you practice "community-based medicine"?"
"To other applicants: Why Touro? Why medicine? Why osteopathic medicine specifically?"
"Scenario: someone wants to cheat on an exam, do you help them? What if they say their wife will leave them if they dont pass. No real answer that is right or wrong, just be honest."
"Application specific."
"The last interviewer asked questions based off of information we gave to the first interviewer."
"Scenario about pharmacy prescription fraud and needy people"
"can you explain your low grade in this class?"
"tell me more about your global medical brigade project."
"What do you for fun and deal with stress?"
"(something specific to my research experience)"
"How did you come to work with (specific researcher)?"
"If medicine could be a sport, what would it be and why?<br> What is your favorite color and why?<br> What was the last magazine u read and why?"
"Americorp"
"spec to file "
"Explain more about the research that you do at the NIH"
"Scenario: A patient presents herself with a fracture. As the nurse is assisting the patient, the patient tells her she had also been raped. The nurse then proceeds to tell the patient she had been raped before too. An attending finds the physician and tells him/her that he did not feel it was appropriate for the nurse to share information from her past to the patient. You being the physician, how do you handle this situation?"
"How do I deal with stress?"
"Specific question from my file. "
"if you were a color, what would you be and why? (asked of one of my fellow interviewees)"
"Explain an experience with a DO."
"How will you handle such an intense science curriculum?"
"Why is your middle name so different from the rest of your name? (open file question, my middle name is Japanese and the rest of my name is American)"
"If you could change one thing in your file, what would it be?"
"Asked a fellow student: If you could be any animal, what would you be?"
"A specific question off of my essay. "
"Question specific to my grades and as he stated ''they sprinted then slowed down throughout undergrad'' Other various Why DO?, more specific questions pertaining to my EC's."
"See ''interesting question''. This one was fun. My response was that there are all levels of altruism. If you help another and feel good about it, then good for you. But when a mother gives her life for her child, I don't see how that is selfish. Is not life the most precious thing we have?...In any case the DO who asked it was cool about agreeing its not an easy question and we talked about it as a group at the end. "
"What have you been doing on your time off? Why Touro?"
"Above scenario."
"Stuff about my file, clinical experience, job, lots about my research and exposure to the insurance industry."
"How did a specific experience from my file prepare me for medical school?"
"How will you handle Northern California?"
"Why Touro?"
"What do you feel is the strongest part of your application?"
"Why Touro"
"What is the greatest asset you could bring to Touro?"
"All application specific, so know what you wrote and be prepared to defend it. They quoted phrases from my statements that I didn't even know what I had been talking about, they were so short. Be wary though, they split us into two groups, and while my group received very general questions, the other group said they had mainly ethical questions and or drilling types of questions."
"What do you do for fun"
"Why DO?"
"What got you into doing research? Why should it be involved with medicine?"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"Explain your mcat verbal score of _____. "
"A specific question about my personal statment. "
"What in life has prepared you to handle the workload of medical school?"
"What makes you a better candidate than the others in the room?"
"Why do you have so few volunteering activities? (again, I think a lot of these seemingly ''skeptical questions'' are just asked to see you REACTION...They're not trying to belittle you, they want a mature, composed response)."
"What do you do to relax and relieve stress?"
"You shadowed both a D.O and M.D. What differece did you see? "
"You have a lot of MDs in your family, how do they feel about you applying to a DO school? "
"If you could be a super hero, who would you be?"
"question about personal decisions in future as a physician"
"Why did you chose to go to your undergraduate college?"
"What do you do to relieve stress?"
"You live far away, why do you want to come to this area. "
"What did you like about being an anatomy TA? (and) Are you still interested in sports medicine?"
"How does your experience as a Korean adoptee help you become a better dr?"
"Why did you decided to pursue medicine? You shadowed a DO, what was that like?"
"Is biology destiny?"
"Whether I would want to naturalize to US citizenship."
"How would your friends describe you"
"You are an ER physician. Mother with an infant is entering your ER, screaming and saying the child has been abused by the baby sitter. Baby is badly bruised and minimally responsive? What is the first thing you do? "
"Specific to my file."
"Medical school is a long and difficult process, so how do you prepare yourself for it?"
"Tell us about work experience."
"ethical question"
"If you were the dean of the school with unlimited funds, what would be the first thing you would implement? Question was regarding incorporating technology into medicine."
"Specific to my file so wouldn't help anyone."
"What is the biggest challenge facing a physician in the modern world?"
"what super hero would you be"
"What will make you a good doctor? What characteristics?"
"Tell me about the time you spent living in London, England including the experience of socialized medicine. "
"Is your wife suppportive of you going to medical school? Would she like to live in the bay area? Should students with families be given exemptions regarding traveling for rotations?"
"Tell me about what you learned about Osteopathy from your Osteopathic mentor."
"If multiple school offer me a seat, how will I choose which one to attend?"
"Be prepared to answer any suspions regarding your "fitness" for medicine."
"In your future as a physician, what healthcare trends do you expect to see? (this was asked by a student interviewer)"
"Tell me what it was like to grow up in Lincoln. The interviewer that asked me grew up there. I, however, did NOT. I moved there to be with my wife, but grew up in Denver. We chatted about Lincoln for a while, though."
"How do you manage stress? Why would a patient want to come see you? Why TUCOM?"
"Explain any clinical aspects of your research (this was hard mainly because my research during undergraute was mixed. I presently work as a pharacuetical chemist and this can be a very touchy subject for many people)."
"why did you choose to apply to TUCOM instead of UCSF, Stanford, or UCD if location is important as you stated in your application? sign.........."
"What is your definition of Health... "
"What did you enjoy about research?"
"explain how you react to "powerlessness" of death, when physicians have no answer or solution, how to prepare powerless patients to die"
"You studied for and took the MCATs after your father passed away. How difficult was that?"
"What books and authors do you like to read? "
"What is the biggest challenge you have faced as an advocate?"
"How did I study for the MCAT?"
"Least favorite class. Most favorite class."
"See most interesting/difficult questions."
"Additional Questions? It is important to prepare several questions, due to the fact that each other interviewee is offered questions to ask (possibly) first."
"You have many reasons for going into osteopathic medicine. What was your biggest influence?"
"Do you have any direct osteopathic experience? Shadowing a DO, etc?"
"Having had little human experience (when filling out the secondary) am I prepared to deal with humans, as compared to animals?"
"How did your liberal arts education prepare you for medical school?"
"what do you think about advertising for drugs?"
"question about my clinical experience"
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"What is glycomics (my field of research)?"
"Both your parents are allopathic physicians; what do they think of you wanting to pursue an osteopathic degree?"
"about a class I am taking now"
"-"
"In terms of the D.O. philosophy, what is the difference between treating a patient who is in an inpatient facility versus a patient who is in an outpatient facility?"
"How did you like going to an all women's college? (I tried to explain that this wasn't the case, but they didn't seem to understand)"
"What will be the greatest challenge you will face in medicine?"
"there were a few more,all based on my personal statement and file."
"How will your research experience with patients with Bipolar Disorder help you with your fellow classmates. "
"Do you have any regret about taking your undergraduate major and how did you know about osteopathic medicine?"
"Why did you choose a school in the city when you came from the suburbs? Explain your MCAT score."
"What I felt was a weakness in our national Healtcare system."
"Student question was a little picky...She asked me about my past application to medical school and why I only applied to MD schools?"
"You see 2 students cheating on an exam, what would you do?"
"What qualities are important in a physician?"
"What school experiences have you had that has led to your wanting to become an osteopathic physician?"
"What's the best part of living in a rural area? The worst?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"Tell me about the Health Law class that you took."
"scenario: You are at a D.O. convention and a guy at the bar doesnt believe in the efficacy of acupuncture.(I think acupuncture is useful) How do you convince him, or deal with the situation?"
"Tell me about your research."
"Tell me about your volunteer experiences."
"plus the two questions above."
"Do you interact with patients in your work? Why do you want to switch from research to medicine?"
"You've lived in the rural area your whole life, how would a city practice affect you?"
"Tell us about your low MCAT score."
"What qualities do you think you can contribute to being a good osteopathic physician"
"Advice: Know who you are and how you have reached this point in the med school process. The interviewers really want to know what makes you tick."
"This program is difficult. What qualities do you have that will help you? (or some variation of this)"
"A question about my personal statement, a direct quote from it-asking me what I meant by it. "
"why do you see yourself doing in 10 years. Why DO when you seem qualified for MD?"
"Since you are the only graduate student on your panel, how will that experience help you at Touro?"
"How my experience in Guatemala has helped me decide to be doctor"
"Why DO? Why TUCOM versus DO schools in your state? "
"What is your favorite place to road trip (one of my listed hobbies)"
"What type of photography do you enjoy most? (hobby related)"
"What do you do to relax? (since school is a tough load)"
"Why DO and not PhD? (since i'm in the research field)"
"I can't remember anymore, I think that was it. One person was asked to describe the differences between eastern/alternative therapies, and how they related to Osteopathic medicine (he had experience in these areas though)"
"How would your major help you in medicine?"
"Explain the marked improvment in your grades in the last 2 years of your undergraduate education"
"How will you be a positive addition to next year's medical school class?"
"What strengths will make you a good doctor?"
"What is it about the osteopathic philosophy that interests you?"
"Why do you want to be a DO"
""Why DO when you grew up in an MD family?""
"about travels"
"What happened to your military career?"
"See above."
""If you could, what one thing would you change on your application?""
"Why did you take theater as an elective Is there anything in your file you want to be sure I know about"
"Not my question but someone was asked to explain osteopathic medicine to a third grader."
"see above for the other two."
"The OMM question's above."
"Why Osteopathic medicine vs. Allopathic?"
"Explain more about your thesis (it was in my file)"
" Tell me about your background"
"You look like a traditional MD candidate, so why have you chosen to apply to an osteopathic program? (they were looking to see how knowledged I was on this particular field of medicine and make sure this wasn't just another MD program backup.)"
"I see you were born in _____ .... would you like to practice medicine there?"
"How will you advertise Osteopathic Medicine in the community you grew up in?"
"What experiences or opportunities have you had to see osteopathic medicine first-hand?"
"See posted questions above."
"Why not MD?"
"Describe your experience shadowing an osteopathic physician?"
"the interesting one above? But one girl got asked questions specific to Who was Dr. Andrew Still and what would you say to someone that said DO=2.0 so read up on the osteopathic medicine and the history and philosophy behind it..."
"Do your best impersonation?"
"What would you say to a person who thinks all people that have HIV deserve it due to their lifestyle."
"Why DO"
"That was basically it, only four questions. There were four interviewers and four interviewees (there was another group of three and three). You sit at a table and they sit across from you and ask you questions. All I can say is don't worry about it--it isn't as bad you think it is going to beâ€â€JUST RELAX if you can. If you have any other questions, you can e-mail me at [email protected], since I know I wish I would have had someone to ask a few more questions to."
"Favorite opera, character, and how he/she relates to me?"
"Tell us about your degrees? (double bachelors degrees)"
"If you were on a clinical rotation in Emergency Medicine and the attending physician suggested a particular treatment plan that you disagreed with, how would you approach that situation?"
"What would you be doing if you couldn't work in healthcare?"
"They asked a good amount of stuff on the difference between empathy and compassion"
"How will learning Spanish make you a better physician?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"On your resume you mentioned that you blog. Given the amount of misinformation on the internet, what do you think is your ethical responsibility when blogging? How do you avoid spreading misinformation?"
"Question about local news story"
"I was asked how my participation in service activities (Volunteering, EMT, etc.) helped me overcome/improve any weaknesses I had."
"If driver less cars become the norm and a safer way of transportation, would you continue to drive?"
"How do you help a patient who has the means to be healthy but has no interest in doing so?"
"If I would like to work in a private practice or a hospital"
"Who are you?"
"Do you think allopathic medicine is bad compared to osteopathic medicine?"
"Convince the other interviewer that you really want to be accepted and that we should accept you."
"There were many follow up questions regarding your answers. Then Dr. Glover pulled slips of paper out of a hat as questions."
"Pile of cards, face down, each with an emotion written on them (anger, fear, joy, etc.). Interviewees in the group each choose one card and must explain to the interviewers a time in which they felt that emotion."
"Where do I see myself in ten years?"
"How important is service to the osteopathic education?"
"Our group had pretty easy questions.. The other group had serious ethical dilemmas & critical thinking questions, but we didn't have any that were out of the ordinary"
"(Not mines but other people in my group got asked) If you could travel back in time what would you change? What was the nicest thing you've recently done for someone? Given your public health background, how do you control the obesity epidemic in America? Since there's only one guy in our panel today, what do you think if I (the professor) decide to play matchmaker and match you guys up? How about if I was a doctor and decided to play matchmaker on my patients? What do you think about it? Suppose you were sitting in lecture and I ask you a question and you space out. I decide to throw you a quarter and say in front of the class "call your mom and tell her that you are failing in medical school." How do you react and how will you deal with this? What newspapers do you read? If you could design a medical school what attributes would you include? If Touro does not accept you, what do you think would be the reasons why? How do you study? Individually or in a group?"
"This was to another applicant: Having lived in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, what would you have done differently from a medical point of view?"
"Freddy Mercury (the lead singer of Queen) had AIDS for a number of years, but did not reveal his condition until 24 hours before his death. Many felt that he should have told his fans about his illness. Do you agree with that?"
"a very personal one that is too long to repeat"
"Asked of another student: If you were a fruit, what would you be."
"Scenario"
"none really"
"One of the interviewers got this really off the wall question. Something about how you giving the heimlich maneuver to your wife to save her but you do it so hard that you damage her trachea causing her to be hospitialized and in greater pain. How would you deal with the idea of you causing her such pain?"
"You mention the importance of empathy in patient care. How would you make sure you wouldn't become depressed while working with others in difficult situations? "
"question specific to my file "
"Oops! the interviwer thought I taught Spanish. Be careful what you write in your personal statement. They might caught up the wrong info!"
"It seems like you have had tough times in the past. What would you do if times like these arose in medical school and how would you handle it?"
"How do you plan on getting over all the hurdles you will find in Medical school."
"Do I have a support system here?"
"File specific stuff - be ready to know everything you wrote and everything you've done. "
"Just questions specific to my history."
"Tell us about your heirloom tomatoes. Loved that question!"
"None"
"Should the supplement industry be regulated? I do research and prod. dev. for supplement co. I said DEFINITELY! (and i think drugs should be better regulated)."
"If you were to put together a team, how would you do it?"
"If you could change one thing in your file, what would it be?"
"Essay related: how would you incorporate osteopathic medicine as a passion with your life goals of the pursuit of scientific knowledge"
"what do you know about osteopathic medicine"
"Tell me more about your research."
"How did you get involved in your major/area of interest/work? Good question becuase it gave me a chance to really talk about my passion. "
"What life experiences would you say is the defining moment in your life."
"DO: In your essay, you talk about altruistic behavior. I had another student tell me there is no such thing because any act to help another is meant to make the giver feel better about themselves, thus creating a selfish desire. How do you feel about that perspective?"
"''Don't you think that reading novels is a waste of time?''"
"if you could meet anyone from the past, who would it be?"
"influence of music upon your success in medical school"
"Scenario: a doctor needs to have power over his patient but also needs to have a good relationship with him. Which is more important?"
"The previous interviewee had been asked about the communication between patient doctor dynamics and she said that she wanted to flatten the hierarchy between the patient and doctor. They asked me to tell her why this was a bad idea."
"Particulars about my file."
"what was my fellow interviewee's favorite hobby"
"Should medicine be a part of death?"
"If you were at class one day and the professor said class is cancelled for the remainder of the day, what would you do?"
"Specific question about one of my volunteer experiences"
"All typical questions"
"What don't you want others know about you?"
"What specialty would you go for if not primary care?"
"Why not veterinary medicine?"
"What would be one thing I wouldn't want them to know about me."
"If TUCOM was a brand new school and I was part of the first entering class. What kind of student club would I start. (All 5 of us were asked this same question.)"
"Nothing really interesting."
"The interviewer quoted a line from a old philosophy text and asked me to identify it. I couldn't. He later said he had made up the quote and wanted to see if I would lie."
"A question regarding a sentence in my personal statement."
"What was the most important information you learned about Ladakhi medicine during your time spent studying in India?"
"Why would I want to return to school after being a professional"
"You made some grandiose statements in your personal statement (then proceeded to quote a line and asked me how I would back it up?)"
"You went on a mission trip, do you plan to do missions as a doctor? If so where?"
"Tell me about the D.O that wrote your letter of recommendation?"
"If I was about to perform an OMM procedure on the lower back of a man who was laying prostrate in front of me and he happened to reach over with his hand and grab my behind, what would I do?"
"If you could do anything besides going to medical school, what would it be?"
"Question about healthcare."
"Why did you not pursue veterinary medicine instead? (This was asked because I did research in a veterinary medical center)"
"Why DO? (Seriously, nothing particularly interesting)"
"I was asked about a specific situational is which students made huge mistakes on a microbiology exam clearly demonstrated they did not understand the material. They wanted to know how I thought the instructor should handle these students and what advice I had for the instructor to keep these students from getting into TUCOM."
"I am not sure if it was an interesting question, but I was asked how as a physician I was going to be able to keep my patients coming back for treatment. I thought this question was weird."
"Why was I changing careers."
"n/a"
"The ethical questions(abortion, physician assisted suicide, organ doning), I had 3 and was the only one who received any ethical questions out of my interview group."
"What do you believe is the largest challenge facing health care in developing countries?"
"My opinion regarding how a patient is supposed to go about getting a prescription they need immediately when their insurance company won't pay up front because they require approval which can take a couple of days to a week. The interviewer who asked this question had actually just had this happen to her and she ended up charging the $2000 prescription on her credit card until the insurance company could reimburse her, but her concern was for those who had no other means of purchasing the prescription."
"What is the difference between healthcare in Japan and US?"
"no really interesting questions - i felt prepared. it was a great interview."
"Elaborate on how you came to be involved with the skatepark you mention in your application."
"Did you make horseradish peroxidase? "
"nothing interesting in particular."
"You are an ER physician. Mother with an infant is entering your ER, screaming and saying the child has been abused by baby sitter. Baby is badly bruised and minimally responsive? What is the first thing you do? "
"Nothing in particular"
"Explain to me what does Louis Pasteur means when he says "chance favors only the prepared mind"?"
"What will I do if I don't get into medical school"
"What are the medical symptoms of a certain disease."
"tell us about your international experience?"
"Why osteopathic medicine, considering your background?"
"I was asked about different treatment modalities."
"from file"
"If you were the dean of the school with unlimited funds, what would be the first thing you would implement? (was asked this regarding incorporating technology into medicine)"
"none really."
"What is the biggest challenge facing a physician in the modern world?"
"Why women's studies and then medical school?"
"if a man really wanted to have a baby, do you think it would be ethically right to transplant a uterus into him to do so? "
"Why will a surgeon do surgery for someone who is convinced they are the opposite sex, but not add a beak on someone convinced they are a bird?"
"An ethical question regarding a doctor lying to a patient which ultimately resulted in a postive outcome. "
"You just had a baby and spoke much about the beauty of seeing life brought into the world. How would you react to a patient who wanted an abortion?"
"When creating a public health intervention, what are the two most important things you need to know or do as a physician?"
"Given my advanced pharmacology degree and current clinical position, why pursue medicine at this point?"
"How do you expect to handle the heavy science load as a psychology major?"
""Can there be joy in death? "
"How will your past work experiences in dentistry and veterinary medicine contribute to you being a good physician? And, you described (in your personal statement) a situation in which you worked with children who spoke a different language than you and you felt that you were still able to communicate with them by holding their hand and speaking softly; do you believe animals respond to this type of communication as well?"
"Tell me about your study abroad experience in Mexico. "
"About my undergraduate school. This wasn't so much interesting as it was the least stressful of the questions posed."
"which superhero will you choose to be if you have a chance??"
"What is your definition of health?"
"How my English major relates to medicine."
"When answering a question in research, is it better to achieve this answer by a 5 minute experiment or by a 5 year experiment?"
"describe the political condition of MLK hospital where you have shadowed and how it affects the physicians and patients"
"What is the best revenge?"
"The question about the city I was born in. I mentioned it in my personal statement."
"Which scientist said ..... "
"What is the biggest challenge facing the AIDS community in America?"
"If you were president and aliens asked you to sacrifice a number of people or they would blow up the earth, would you do it?"
"I was asked to talk about the most difficult obstacle I had overcome."
"How I came to be in my current line of work (Finances)."
"What are the negatives of osteopathy?"
"Father is an M.D., why do u want to become a D.O.?"
"What do you see the place of advertising (cognition) and the pharmaceutical industry?"
"I wrote in my essay about preventive medicine and encouraging lifestyle changes, as they are cheap and effective. The interviewer asked me how I would implement these changes."
"You volunteered at UCSF. Didn't that intimidate you?"
"What was the most disturbing experience you during your clinical experience in a hospital?"
"Why do I think people tend to be more compassionate towards animals than they are to other people or themselves? (I used to be pre-vet)"
"If you received a grant from the Gates Foundation, would you give the money to an income-generating program, a clinic, or a school in Senegal (where I studied abroad), and why? "
"I didnt really get an interesting one, but someone in my group got "what is vioxx?""
"regarding a comment I had made in my personal statement"
"Tell us more about U.S.-Japanese relations/Japanese history."
"What is a vedic healer (referencing my essay)?"
"Question that pertained to my personal statement"
"What would you do if you could not ever apply to medical school?"
"there were many (i was impressed by the interviewers and their questions)"
"Pretty much all of they questions they asked me and the other interviewees came from our applications, personal statement, experiences/research. Know these and you'll be fine. "
"In terms of the D.O. philosophy, what is the difference between treating a patient who is in an inpatient facility versus a patient who is in an outpatient facility?"
"They did not ask any interesting questions."
"a question about my research"
"unfortunately , this is why I was stressed out.. I didn't really receive any interesting questions, except one about my personal statement (but it won't help you if I post it, so I won't waste the space)"
"what is the future of OMM in children?"
"I was asked to elaborate on a question I posed in my personal statement. This revealed to me that the interviewer read my statement thoroughly and he asked several follow up questions after my answer."
"I was a bit surprised they will ask me questions about my hobbies, but I was glad to answer them. The questions were I see you are a world war II buff, what do you take from it? Also what is your favorite song to play on a violin?"
"If you had a patient that had Type 2 Diabetes and was not literate and could not speak English how would you explain a diet plan for them?"
"I don't remember."
"Nothing, just know what is in your file and why you want to be a DO"
"The Nevada campus is a new school and will have many obstacles along the way. What will you do to handle these?"
"I was asked what I though was "a weakness in our national Healthcare system?"."
"What is the dumbest thing you have done?"
"Describe your junior college experience."
"Do you have any reservation moving to Nevada or Henderson/Las Vegas?"
"all questions were basic"
"How would you help your patients make health related decisions?"
"None really interesting. Just basic stuff"
"What do your allopathic parents think of you becoming a D.O.?"
"What have we lost by losing horses (I ride)- this was a very strange question! I answered it more like what is better without us using them (less animal abuse, unfit owners, etc)"
"About the my family's business"
"Your dad is an MD; have you been able to work with him?"
"Why do you enjoy rockclimbing, and will you continue to climb once in med school?"
"What is the most important thing to know in medicine: Anatomy, Physiology or Biochemistry?"
"This question flowed from another interviewee's response because my personal statement addressed what he was talking about. BL: Listen attentively to the others answer----the next question could be directed to you and stem from their response. "
"If you could change anything about your file, what would it be?"
"how is medicine an art form?"
"See below"
"What did you learn from your Health Information major?"
"Tell us about your research in detail."
"What question would you like us to ask you"
"specific to my file"
"What will you do if you don't get into medical school?"
"All questions were straight forward from my application."
"What would I tell a patient who wanted to take shark cartilage as a possible cure or preventative measure against cancer?"
"Tell me about an experience at the hospital you work at (as a radiology tech) that influenced your decision to become a physician."
"explain causality-inference-effect (I have a background in public health)"
"Describe your graduate research as if you were talking to someone who had no background in science or medicine."
"Most were very personalized questions. It's easy to talk about yourself."
"None. My questions were specific to my application."
"Because my dad is an MD, what he thinks of my choice to go DO, and how I would approach it differently in treating patients than he would"
"They were all questions about me. Nothing really interesting or challenging, but having 4 people make an evaluation based on each answer added a lot of pressure"
"Most of the questions are based on your application. Anything is free game. There were some questions about health insurance and potential solutions."
"Since you come from an MD family...what would you say to your family and other MDs about the DO philosophy to help them in their practices?"
"I was asked mostly questions that had to do with my clinical experience. Probably no one other than myself would find that very interesting. I was glad they asked me questions specific to me. The read my file which is more than I can say at other interviews I've been on"
"What is your favorite place to road trip (one of my listed hobbies)"
"What I thought about a headline that was posted on the web that day."
"Tell me about your research and how that will affect your view/ability as an osteopathic physician. (research on health promotion)"
"If you are not accepted to medical school, what plans do you have for the near and long term?"
"None. But other students were asked questions that I and other students felt were irrelevant."
"What are some similarities between Eastern Medicine and DO? "
"About my research paper in detail."
"Do you think as an English major you will be at a disadvantage, or the flip side, do you think it offers an advantage over other students? I think this is a bit tricky since there are other students in the room, and I don't want to start criticizing science majors in comparison to my own."
"Nothing interesting."
"Nothing interesting"
"What should Touro look for in a medical school student?"
"Nothing really interesting"
"Seeing as how most of the other interviewees at this table have had other jobs and various life experiences, do you think by entering medical school after completing your undergraduate years would cause you to miss out on life experiences?"
"I was asked a very specific question about my research"
"none, though the other interviewees got some tough questions."
""If you were given unlimited resources, what movie would you make?" (I was a film major in college) "What is one thing you would do differently than your father, as a phsyician?" (my dad is an MD) Both questions were asked by the great Dr. Schwartz"
"about my travel experiences"
"nothing interesting, just questions about extra-curricular activities"
"What are the positive and negative aspects of your personality?"
"What would I do if I saw a classmate cheating on a test?"
"In your personal statement, you refer to your desire to practive emergency medicine, as well as the importance of viewing your patients "wholistically." Do you feel it is poosible to practice emergency medicine "wholisitically"?"
"Compare your experiences working as a medical technologist in a disadvantaged community with working here in the United States. I focused on the fact that despite the limited resources, the work I performed was comparable in quality. In fact, my ability to deal with limited resources and still perform quality work will be extremely beneficial when I become a physician. This is especially true in this day and age where resources are quite limited in the United States."
"What do you think about herbal remedies not being regulated by the FDA?"
"Do you plan on practicing OMM? If you are in a practice and you perform OMM on a patient and file a claim with the insurance company and they say that they are not covering OMM, what would you do?"
"Nothing extraordinary. We had one guy from the boonies that was asked what he learned from farming and how those experiences translate into being a doctor. "
"Medical school students are very busy. How do you plan to take time to care for your health (exercise, eat well, sleep) as a medical school student?"
"How does golf soothe your soul? (it was on my personal statement)"
"A specific question about my research (all of the interviewers KNOW your application)"
"You are a with we to buy a car at a dealership. A salesperson walks up. As he walks up, what three things can you quickly tell me I should look for in the salesperson to help me decide if I want to buy a car from him? (I am a sales manager at a Honda Dealership)"
"How did the death of my sister to gang violence affect me?"
""What was the most interesting thing that you learned in you World Religions course?""
"Given your marketing background, how would you recommend marketing osteopathic medicine to the public?"
"Why D.O?"
"What is a good restaurant to eat around your undergrad. college?"
"with your high MCAT and GPA, why DO?"
"If I recieved a B with a 79%, and my classmate recieved an A with an 80%, how would I react?"
"What's the best dish that you cook?"
"One of the biggest problems in healthcare is the lack of physicians in underserved areas, how would you intice/attract physicians to move to these areas and practice primary care, seeing as how most want to move to Beverly Hills making millions as plastic surgeons?"
"I am a literature minor and was asked if I knew the novel written by Mary Shelley and who Lord Byron was."
"Do your best impersonation for us?"
"Why I chose osteopathic medicine after pursuing a graduate degree."
"All questions from submitted secondary and application. Know yourself and your file!"
"What do you think about African countries refusing genetically altered food aid? "
"What is your idea of the perfect wedding?"
"I have written a book, so they asked me about my book quite a bit"
"Since I am from a small town, the student interviewer asked if I was on a panel to figure out how to get doctors to practice in small towns and large cities, what programs would I implement to encourage this."
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"What makes a good teacher?"
"How would I explain to a child why Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent fight, being that they are teamates."
""You state that you have played in opera orchestras, what is your favorite opera and what character do you like the most and what do you see in him/her that you see in yourself?""
"Given Emergency Room experience, can you describe anything that you saw/witnessed in the ER that was wrong?"
"Do I prefer black and white or color photography and why?"
"I was asked that after working as a paramedic for 12 years, why I decided to change careers."
"The interview said, ". . . I watched Miss Congeniality the other night. You know the scene where Sandra Bullock is performing her talent? That made me think 'what would my talent be?'. What is your talent?""
"They looked through my application activities and noticed a general theme: They asked me to relate that interest/theme to the treatment of a patient as a DO."
"If you had a time machine, what item would you bring back to the past with you?"
"What was a time when your motivation to pursue medicine was tested"
"Describe a time you made a mistake, preferably while at work and recently."
"How would you handle the corona virus crisis, what does 2019 nCov stand for, details of reverse transcriptase PCR (what the hell)"
"Discuss the idea of single payer healthcare/medicare for all"
"How do your experiences help you become a compassionate physician"
"On your resume you mentioned that you blog. Given the amount of misinformation on the internet, what do you think is your ethical responsibility when blogging? How do you avoid spreading misinformation?"
"I was asked about being a re-applicant and what I did to improve my application since then. Not necessarily a difficult question, but it may have been a bit uncomfortable to do so in front of other applicants."
"Your dog turns to you and says "No one will ever believe you". What do you say?"
"None were extremely difficult"
"They asked if I had heard of something related to my line of work which I had never heard of before. I had to basically say...uhhh i have no idea what that is. luckily I still got in :)"
"Tell me one thing you want us to know that is not in your file."
"comparing allopathic medicine with osteopathic medicine"
"None of them were really hard. They were pretty predictable. They just want to see if you lose your cool."
"Do you think it is ethical for exhausted doctors to be in charge of patients in critical condition? Tell me what you learned about sleep deprivation in your research study."
"How would you comfort or help a patient who is afraid of dying?"
""What is the difference between your x experience and your y experience?" This was difficult because the interviewer misinterpreted my previous research experiences to be different from each other when really it was all the same. I had to correct him and say "Actually, all of my work involved bla bla bla, but the real difference was what I learned, etc." It's good to prepare yourself in thinking about the ways in which your experiences were different from each other-- I didn't expect that kind of question."
"Ha, well, in speaking I lost track of what exactly the question was in my mind, so I ended an answer abruptly... don't do that."
"No difficult questions."
"None were too difficult, it was just hard when the person before had just answered the same exact question."
"(Other people in my group got asked these questions) Suppose a dwarf family wanted a child to be dwarf so that they could share their experience with their child. As a doctor you would have to genetically modify the child to make it dwarf. Would you do this? Why choose Touro over Western?"
"None - all the questions were very straightforward and oriented towards the applicant's file and experiences."
"(to another student) (Quote from a scientist stating that in the future, sex would be purely recreational, conception would occur in the laboratory, and reproduction without prior genetic testing would be considered reckless) What do you think? Is this a feasible prediction?"
"the one about community-based medicine"
"How do you keep yourself from crossing the line and caring for a patient too much?"
"Character..."
"Tell me about osteopathy."
"tell me what u know about osteopathic medicine"
"He asked me this really vague question specific to my app. If this ever happens to you, ask for clarification rather than what I did of answering it in a vague way. "
"(something specific to my research experience - question was very ambiguous and, therefore, difficult to answer)"
"What class did you take as an undergraduate that best describes the theory of medicine?"
"scenarios "
"Nothing. I was expecting questions about the research I did because they ask the first two people questions about their research. All the sudden, they ask me about the inspiration I learn from a doctor, bummer!"
"What are the two greatest disparities you find with health care in ethnic communities?"
"If someone who knew nothing about osteopathic medicine asked you to explain what a D.O. is, what would you say?"
"Medical instrument question."
"We were asked a lot of questions aimed at gleaning why we were specifically interested in D.O. rather than M.D. This may have been due to our having capabilities in both camps..."
"Connect the dots for us to get us up to why you are just now applying?"
"What else would you do if you did not enter medicine? I said I would keep applying, which made the panel laugh. Then I said research, psychology or public health."
"none, they were all pretty straightforward."
"If you could change one thing in your file, what would it be?"
"all other questions were application specific"
"Tell me more about your research."
"A question about something I wrote in my essay. It wasn't a hard question but worded in a confusing way that caught me off guard. "
"What life experiences would you say is the defining moment in your life."
"''What do you think about the rise of HMOs?"
"none were really difficult...just remember to take a second to breathe and THINK about a response..you dont want to babble"
"Above"
"I do computational research that has no direct practicality: if I were to write a grant for my research what would I write to persuade granters to give me funding."
"Nothing really hard."
"how would you use your talents to promote the osteopathic profession"
"Assuming you've done the research, why do you want to come to school at Touro?"
"How could I assure them that I would stick with a career in Medicine"
"None."
"No particular question was hard"
"Specific to my application. What was the worst part about working with _____?"
"The club question."
"How would you increase a clinician's time with patients?"
"Why are so many students applying to medical school getting their degree in psychology?"
"Nothing really."
"A question regarding a sentence in my personal statement."
"Why did not make any specific mention of osteopathic medicine in your personal statement?"
"What strengths will you bring to this school"
"You have shadowed a D.O and an M.D., what did you find was the difference"
"Do you think the MCAT predicts how well of a physician the student taking it will be?"
"When was the moment you decided to pursue a career in medicine?"
"Question about healthcare."
"Nothing really"
"Why DO? (Again...pretty much all basic questions)"
"None of the questions were difficult per say, however, the interviews especially one of the PhD interviewers seemed cold and not that interested in what we were telling them. "
"None were difficult."
"I was asked a question comparing Osteopathy where I live (where Osteopaths aren't physicians-outside the US) to that in the US. Then I was asked where Chiropractics and PT fit into the scheme. I didn't really know what to say, so I just told them I couldn't properly answer the question. He seemed to be asking more out of curiousity than anything."
"n/a"
"As a physician's child do you feel you have an advantage when applying to medical school?"
"Is biology destiny?"
"Why apply to medical school when I spend a year abroad doing business-related internship?"
"no difficult questions for me, yay"
"How would your friends describe you"
"I was asked something about eating horseradish and St. Patricks Day."
"none of it was difficult"
"How was you personal trauma affected your choice to become physician? Do you plan to return to you homeland to do volunteer medical work?"
"What is your exposure to DO medicine?"
"See above. I really want to go to medical school."
"See above."
"none. however, another student was asked why medicine was considered to be a manipulative science. "
"Specific questions about activities that I was involved in a long time ago and largely irrelevant to my motivation for becoming a doctor."
"An ethical question"
"nothing was particularly difficult, all was from my file. "
"from file"
"Please explain the descrepancy between some of your lower grades and your competitive MCAT scores."
"Same as above..."
"You went to a very small undergraduate college. Do you think you will have a sense of entitlement to extra attention from professors?"
"the uterus one and if you could be a superhero, which one would you be"
"An ethics question."
"You have a miracle pill that will cure cancer but you only have enough to give to half of your patients. How do you decide who gets the pill and how do you maintain your positive attitude and optimism in this situation?"
"They were all boring and uninteresting"
"If I was a patient who knew nothing about cancer, but was scared because of a family history of cancer, what would you tell me?"
"Given that you have lived in Africa for the last two years, and that there are many needy people in the US, do you plan to practice medicine here or over there?"
"You are a physician and you tell your patient that they have a serious illness, such as lupus. They don't know anything about the disease, how will you help them understand their situation? This question does not seem that bad, but this interviewer was not happy with any response I gave and kept challenging my answers with more questions. This was in the last few minutes of an interview that had gone really well. "
"You said in your application that creativity is an important asset to have as a physician. What is another?"
"Why would a patient want to come see you? (Honestly, the questions weren't hard for my group)"
"Hypothetical: You have a patient with uterine cancer who does not want to take chemotherapy or get a hysterectomy. She is only interested in 'alternative' medicine. How would you interact with this patient?"
"watch out for tons of hard questions from arrogant interviewers"
"Your in biotech making money why would you choose to become a doctor? - Not really difficult but interesting choice of asking it."
"You're interested in becoming a surgeon. What is your opinion on operating on children with ambiguous genitalia?"
"Explain the whole transition between medical school into residency... just talk about it. (Not mine)"
"how has being involved in music and the arts helped you to be a better physician"
"You have a patient/friend with ovarian and cervical cancer. She does not want a historectomy or chemo to prolong her life. What do you do?"
"Your GPA is high. Why your MCAT score is not as good as it can be expected?"
"Which scientist said ....."
"What is the biggest challenge you have faced in your advocacy in Washington?"
"I was asked to explain how being an English major would be an advantage in practicing medicine."
"If not humans or animals, what do you propose we use for research experimentation?"
"nothing too difficult"
"Why did you have no gainful work experience after receiving your undergraduate degree (BA-Communications)? My answer dealt with the concerns of financial need that was necessary for financial aid. They asked the question in a way that made me question what they meant by gainful..."
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years? "
"You're PS isn't an osteopathic personal statement, do you want to be a osteopathic physician? (My AACOMAS PS was osteopathic, my Touro wasn't.)"
"How will you help international health?"
"None were super difficult. They did ask me how I would use osteopathy in psychiatry."
"because I had not taken human anatomy/physiology in undergrad, I was asked if I would be able to handle the volume of information in the first year"
"What is your definition of health?"
"How would you counsel a patient who desires only alternative treatment (I could see the bias for traditional chemo/surgury)?"
"Question that pertained to my MCAT score"
"nothing difficult"
"-"
"You have worked in an allopatric environment. When you become a D.O., how will you hope to change the department you are working in to accept the D.O. philosophy?"
""I love trivia pursuit. Let's play. Who is...?" He continued to spout out lots of names."
"why do i have to study medicine to help people"
"I was asked all the 'general' vague questions like why medicine? tell me about your volunteer experience.... What will be your greatest challenge in medicine.. these were difficult, because they weren't too specific so I felt like I was being vague as well."
"Explain cause and effect (not really difficult, but I was unsure as to what type of answer was expected.)"
"The questions I was asked were not difficult. However other members in the group received difficult questions such as: How does the MCAT reflect one's capacity to be a good doctor; How would you advise Ariel Sharon on acheiving peace in the Middle East (yeah, that one was really tough)"
"none really."
"That building right over there is where they did the cryptology, right? (and no, I didn't know the answer and I said so)"
"Nothing"
"No difficult questions, however the above question made me think."
"what was a weakness in our national healthcare system"
"Same"
"Describe the qualities of osteopathic medicine that interest you."
"No questions were difficult! Just know your applications (primary and secondary), your motivations for osteopathic medicine, the differences b/t DO and MD."
"How would you help your patients make health related decisions?"
"All were expected...nothing really hard."
"What have you seen as connections between your public health training and osteopathic principles? (Uh oh...)"
"How would I help serve rural areas? (or something like that)"
"none, really- the above one was weird though!"
"How would I apply Music to my operating room or waiting room."
"MCAT - related. phooey!!"
"What is your position on animal testing in research?"
"How will you give the necessary time to your family and school if you were to be accepted?"
"see above. all my questions referred to my personal statement and application. "
"Explain in detail the difference between osteopathic medicine and allopathic medicine. Why are you applying to MD and DO schools?"
"about 75% of the physicians who graduate osteopathic school, don't continue to practice osteopathy afterwards. What do you have to say about that? How do you explain that?"
"See Question 2"
"How did your degree in economics prepare you for medicine?"
"same as interesting"
"specific to my file"
"what is osteopathic medicine? does anyone really know"
"All questions were straight forward from my application."
"Same as above "
"What do think physicians should do to minimize malpractice issues."
"Define professionalism"
"They gave me a hypothetical situation which the interviewer knew was against my ethics. Be prepared. "
"None. They were all questions from my file. Because I have applied to other schools, including MD schools, I was hoping they wouldn't ask which ones. They didn't."
"see above"
"You said a doctor must be both honest and diplomatic...these words contradict...explain."
"What would I do if I couldn't get into medical school. It was difficult because I rarely allow such negative thoughts creep into my thinking. I probably sounded studpid in answering it."
"You have been at your current job (in clinical research) for 5 years, so clearly you like what you are doing. Whay would you give that up to go $200,000 in debt, and have no life for the next several years?"
"To explain as a Political Science major why the headline noted above was important."
"What type of photography (one of my hobbies) do you enjoy most? I wasn't expecting such a directed question about one of my hobbies. Overall, this isn't that tough of a question...some of my fellow interviewees had some difficult questions though."
"If you were all-powerful, what you do to change the we deliver medical care in the U.S. today?"
"None. One question asked by one of the interviewer was a bone-headed question."
"What do you think are the differences between DO and MD?"
"Why do you want to be a DO and what is the difference between a DO and MD? One interviewer made it hard because he kept asking me follow up questions about MD vs. DO. Personally I thought I more than adequately answered the question, i suppose he was looking for something or maybe he was trying to fluster me. In any case, he was just staring me down the whole time I was gicing my DO speech."
"How do you deal with stress? (I guess- I don't think I got any difficult questions, though I think others in the room did.). One girl was asked what other schools she had applied to and if she would prefer MD over DO. They also asked the same person to name a major problem in medicine today."
"This weird question (can't remember what it was exactly) that the interviewer couldn't even phrase it clearly. Not a really fair question when I didn't understand what he was getting at."
"Asked to explain a very specific sentence in my personal statement"
"If accepted into a DO and MD school, which would you attend?"
"Lots of experience in PT-why medicine and not PT"
"Why do you think the allopathic philosophy and osteopathic philosophies have diverged to where they are today?"
"none. asked me about community college coursework."
"questions about my research"
"See above. Also, "How does your dad feel about you going to DO school when he's an MD?""
"respond to an inappropriate AIDS comment by a famous person"
"What was my most enjoyable military duty station and why? (Difficult to explain b/c my job was Top Secret)"
"What would I do to slove the problems in healthcare?"
"How do you feel about the current situation of America? (referring to possibility/probability of war in the near future)"
""In your essay you stated that you liked to do desktop publishing (invitations, posters, etc.). How would you advertise Touro University to the public?" I believe my answer to this question was pretty weak b/c I stated that I would focus on the people and the positive camraderie I observed. Dr. Haight is a great ambassador. Although I did not include this in the interview, I was not impressed by the campus or the facilities, so I felt that I could not focus on that."
"What do you think about direct consumer advertising by Pharmaceutical companies? (I work for a pharmaceutical company, so they asked me a lot of related questions)"
"same as above"
"The typical, "What are your strengths/weaknesses?" "
"All the questions were very straightforward and from my file. There weren't any "difficult" questions."
" A bioethics question in response to a class I had taken"
"You look like a traditional MD candidate, so why did you apply to a DO school."
"None"
"I understand you grew up in Vallejo. Since Osteopathic Medicine is a growing profession, advertising can be important to let people know what it's all about. How would you advertise Osteopathic Medicine in the Vallejo community?"
"What is the single biggest problem affecting medicine today, specifically osteopathic medicine?"
""What one question should I ask to learn the most about you?""
"How would you handle a moral or ethical situation, especially given our location in the San Franciso Bay area? (this was a very open ended question that I think they wanted me to bite on...my answer was that every patient deserves respect and confidentiality regardless of their life choices)"
"Why not M.D?"
What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?