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University of North Texas Health Science Center Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
University of North Texas Health Science Center Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Year founded: 1970
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University of North Texas Health Science Center Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Osteopathic Medical School
Fort Worth, TX
  • SDN RANKING 3
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 5 172 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS 5 4 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $13
  • Non - Resident Tuition $28
  • Application Fee N/A
  • AVG MCAT 505
  • AVG GPA 3.6
  • LIZZYM Score 64.0
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Admissions Information

  • Admissions and Outreach
  • 3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard
  • Fort Worth, TX 76107
  • United States

School Overview

University of North Texas Health Science Center Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Fast Facts

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School Info

Named as one of the nation`s top 50 medical schools for primary care medicine by U.S. News & World Report, TCOM is a leader in training physicians skilled in comprehensive primary care. Approximately 65 percent of TCOM`s graduates practice primary care medicine (family practice, general internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology), helping reduce the shortage of physicians in our Texas communities. Many others successfully practice in specialty careers as diverse as aerospace medicine and vascular medicine.

Curriculum

The D.O. program curriculum is a four-year program leading to the degree of doctor of osteopathic medicine. In the first two years, students are taught the basic sciences through an integrated systems approach. The second two years resemble clinical education programs that are available in medical schools throughout the United States. In both phases, emphasis is placed on identification and treatment of illnesses, the promotion of health and wellness in patients, and on the necessity of treating each patient in the context of a wide variety of factors that influence health.

Facilities

Our health science center campus is a unique setting, bringing together our medical school with the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the School of Public Health. This setting fosters a milieu for collaboration and scientific investigation. The campus continues to grow, with the opening of our new Center for BioHealth. This center will provide for novel research into the diseases that have afflicted mankind for millennia. Leading research on our campus includes studies into the spread of tuberculosis; Alzheimer`s disease and aging; diabetes and metabolic disorders; public health issues; and many more. In addition, the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine has been awarded extramural funding to establish a national Osteopathic Research Center on our campus. This opportunity will allow us to play a pivotal role in coordinating national studies, as well as performing specific studies into the distinctive osteopathic philosophy of healthcare and prevention that has played an important part in American medicine for over 120 years. We are fortunate to have affiliated hospital partners that offer a state-of-the-art environment for clinical education. These leaders in 21 st century health care include John Peter Smith Hospital, Plaza Medical Center, Cook Children?s Medical Center, Harris Methodist Medical Center Fort Worth, Baylor All Saints Medical Center, Texas Tech University Hospital-Odessa, University of Texas Health Center-Tyler, to name a few.

Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 156
Negatively 3
No change 9

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
2.77 169

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
8.20 137

0 = low, 10 = high

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"n/a" More from this Member | Report Response

"Very eco-friendly. They request that interviewees help recycle plastic badge covers at the end of the day and with over 700 applicants, they certainly make a difference!" More from this Member | Report Response

"I love that they re-used the plastic name tags. TCOM admissions have done a great job selling the school and making interviewees feel welcomed." More from this Member | Report Response

"Don't make some the interviewees wait until the end of the day to interview. The interview day is already draining enough without having to wait until 4:00 pm to interview." More from this Member | Report Response

"There was about 1.5 hours of downtime between the end of the MMIs and lunch where the applicants just sit at a table and talk to each other - while starving. Filling that time or starting lunch earlier would be nice." More from this Member | Report Response

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"None!" More from this Member | Report Response

"My check in time was an entire hour before I was scheduled to start orientation. Maybe recommend only a half an hour before because an hour was a long time to sit and do nothing. Also, warn us in the email about parking passes because I was worried I did not print mine from the email or something." More from this Member | Report Response

"Admissions office was EXTREMELY kind and helpful." More from this Member | Report Response

"None, they are so nice!" More from this Member | Report Response

"The nicest people I have ever met. Really friendly and made the experience really personable." More from this Member | Report Response

"I loved the interview! Great school!!" More from this Member | Report Response

"None. The admissions office was very approachable and very welcoming. It made the whole process ten" More from this Member | Report Response

"None. The day was great." More from this Member | Report Response

"None. They even spare you the boring financial aid presentation by giving you a CD with all the info" More from this Member | Report Response

"Pass on the advice about the library." More from this Member | Report Response

"To admit me!!!" More from this Member | Report Response

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"Not disclosed" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"MMI- NDA" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"MMI - NDA signed" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"MMI format - you sign an NDA before the interview" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"MMI Questions (interviewees sign a non-disclosure agreement regarding interview questions)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"MMI Style" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you deal with conflict in your organization?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about osteopathic medicine and tie it to your experiences." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something about yourself I can't get from your written application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes osteopathic medicine special?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"We aren't gonna talk about academics, tell me something else." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the most difficult class you took and why? (both interviewers actually asked this question)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So what's your story?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was one difficulty you faced in a team? What did you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I have not read your file yet because I don't want to have a predetermined opinion of you. So, can you tell be a little about yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"they ask: why medicine, tell me about osteopathic medicine, what community service/ clinical experience you have had, and if you work as a team" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What two things can you contribute to this school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose to come to TX?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do i anticipate being the greatest challenge in medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about OMT and why is it important?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's your opinion on the current state of healthcare in the U.S.?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What roles does a physician play? (healthcare provider, leader, judge)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Both interviewers asked me Why medicine, why DO, why TCOM?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Health care reform" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you do nursing before medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like about osteopathic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Very conversational; no direct questions asked." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about healthcare in Canada?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none really, just chatted about my application and experiences, very laid back" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Interviewer A- Why Doctor? Interviewer B- What got you interested in Medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What goals do you have for your future?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what would you bring to the student body if you were accepted" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's the last movie you saw?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I just had a lot of standard questions with the first interviewer. We mostly talked about school, work, girlfriends, medicine, music, Lowe's, and almost anything you could think of!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about osteopathic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A child needs an amputation, what do you tell the child and his or her parents?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 15 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what is the future of health care?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself. Why medicine. (my first interviewer was a faculty member who just started 3 months before.....he was sort of lost)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If a child or an adult came in and needed an amputation, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How to fix current health system." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did you do in high school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Why DO? Nothing very specific, mostly just conversation..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about osteopathic medicine and how did you get interested in it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do I know about Osteopathic Medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about yourself? What do you know about A.T. Still" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Why DO? Tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The typical questions: Why DO, why TCOM, why medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You are the doc in a small country town and 3 patients come in at once. All of the patients are the same except for their jobs: a small rural doc, an employer that employs 1/10th of the town, and a delivery guy. Who do you save and why? Also, how do you feel about killing the others. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There are many areas in medicine, why a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Motivation for medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about Stem Cell Research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"''So I read here that you think Osteopathic Medicine is the path for you. Why?''" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In a hospital, what is the most important group: the doctors, Nurses, Board of Directors, Phamacists or the Janitors? -The Answer is they all are...there is no I in team" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You happen upon a car accident and no one else is around. There is a 70+ year old man and a 7 year old girl. Both are bleeding profusely and will die. You can only save one. Who?(This question was asked by a 65+ interviewer)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO? Why not MD? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why DO, why TCOM, when did you realize you wanted to be a doctor, (both asked these questions)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself (both asked this)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you sure you want to do this? (I'm 35 years old)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"- tell me about yourself - what defining moment in your life made you realize you want to be a physician " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What qualities make up a good physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What experiences in your life make you want to help people in your future career?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you deal with difficulties as a doctor? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had to tell a 10 year-old girl that she had to have her leg amputated, how would you do it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if a guy needed a very expensive back surgery and had no insurance and no money?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how do you deal with stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your favorite class in college?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So now tell me about you." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In a hospital setting, there are doctors, board of directors, nurses, technicians, receptionists, and custodial staff. Who are the most important? Why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Ethics situation: 1. If you had one liver and three patients with identical backgrounds and health conditions except for their job (milk delivery, factory owner that employed most of the town, and physician), who would you give the liver to? He followed the question with " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about DO schools and OMM?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your self and your work as a therapist." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the problems facing healthcare in the future?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Ethical questions...no right or wrong answer involving different scenarios.." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about manipulative medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Wow, that's quite a career change. Why did you decided to become a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Just the usual interview questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Scenario question" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Has there been a time when you were unprepared for something? If so how did you feel about it and yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Totally random ethical question that seemed like a situation that a doctor would not be put in. I kept my poise and answered as best I could without getting on a political soapbox." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a DO rather than an MD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain a problem you have encountered where you were required to think of an innovative solution." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why not research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's your favorite subject in school? He told me not to say organic chemistry, even though organic chemistry is my favorite subject. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"since when have you wanted to go into medicine and what happened to make you want to go into medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe how you decided to enter medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What were your most/least favorite subjects in college and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your specific interests in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about osteopathy/manipulative medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is a D.O.?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If three people arrive in ER at same time and you're the only doctor, how do you handle it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would to handle the situation where you have to perform an amputation to save a teenager's life?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how you would fix the nation's healthcare problems?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are my views of stem cell research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why not be an MD instead of an DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What attributes do you think it takes to work in a team? What attributes should leaders have? Why are you choosing medicine over an engineering job? Why do you want to be a doctor? Why osteopathic medicine? You have no research experience; why should we let you into our PhD program? Why are you changing careers? Your application says you were a Roughneck in an oil rig welding fabrication yard; what was that like?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself/ motivation for medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"While working in a team, have you had any confrontation with a individual who was not do his part of the job and how did you handle it? Did it work?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why osteopathy, why OMM?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You majored in [blank]. How has this prepared you for medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you only want to be a physician because your father and grandfather were?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why here, why now?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain to me what a DO means to you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So...you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO and not MD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me what you know about osteopathic medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me how you have solved a problem." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself. Why TCOM?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were practicing in a small town and the wife of the principal of the elementary school your children go to came to you for an abortion because she had an affair, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you fix the current healthcare situation (regarding doctors' loss of autonomy)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why a physician? What's a D.O.? Tell me about yourself. Are you a team player? Heart disease thing." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why TCOM?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A man comes into your office with really bad back pains (she went on about this for a while) then says that your order an MRI. Later that day your nurse comes up to you and says that the man's HMO declined the MRI, what do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Medicine and why now? (I'm older)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your view on the past and future of medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think of Stem cell research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the top three priorities in your life?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why spend the next 10years of my life studying medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about osteopathy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"i had a couple of the questions that were posted earlier on here (suppose you saw someone signing in for another student, what would you do...)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you deal with stress? How will you deal with the large volumes of info? How will you deal with patient death? What traits will make you a good doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Scenario: If you were in a first year class where attendance was mandatory and you saw one student signing in for another, how would you handle the situation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why osteopathy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why osteopathic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"see above" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me what you know about osteopathic medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what problems, if any, do you see in health care today?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about youself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to come to our school? Why osteopathic medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why the change in career from engineering" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about the state of medicine currently?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your view on HMO's/PPO's?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who do you use for your support group?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"MMI - NDA signed" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"MMI :)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe what the future of medicine will look like." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could be any animal, what would you be and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Won't disclose the full question, but it involved making a medical decision affecting multiple individuals." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what would you best friend say about you in a string of adjectives?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You turn a corner and hear two patients talking about you. What would you most like to hear: "I love my doctor." (Referring to your compassion), "I trust my doctor." (Referring to your integrity), "I admire my doctor." (Referring to your medical technique, such as surgical abilities), or "I respect my doctor" (Referring to your medical knowledge). Why would you like to hear them say ____? (The blank is whatever you would like to hear most)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"current topics in healthcare: be prepared to discuss afforadable care act aka obamacare" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you opinions on Obamacare?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What personality trait is your best? and which one would you want to improve?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing, just some critical thinking questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see healthcare in ten years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your favorite cartoon character?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You have unlimited funds, what are two things you would fix in healthcare..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You have a patient that needs a blood transfusion, but refuses due to religious beliefs. What do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"See below" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All the questions were pretty general" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why are there so few physicians entering the primary care field?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Interviewer A- What does a doctor do? (Um provide medical treatment to patients?--YESSSS) " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Has there ever been a single event in your life that has completely changed your opinion about something? Would you say you're more of an 'evolving' person or one who is quick to change?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had to choose between security, achievement, compassion, and power, what would you choose?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your thesis/research. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You have unlimited funds to change the medical system, what are 3 things that you would accomplish?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 15 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing is coming to mind as being particularly out of the ordinary" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what would yuou say to a patient's mother in a case where the patient so sick that no matter what you do there is no way the patient will get better." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was not interviewed by two MD's and a PhD. Make a two by two matrix in your head. Column one is now and column two is in 10 to 15 yrs. row A is a strength and row B is a weakness. What would they be and how would they affect your career?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a barrier you've overcome, how? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your volunteering in Bali and Istanbul. (I, having never left the CONUS, was confused. He was looking at the next guys app. Big laughs.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do I feel about illegal immigration and what to do about it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think you would be bored with primary care?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Something specific to my research (it was about medical ethics, so it was kind of an ethics question as well)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see the medical field going in the next few years? What can we do on the policy side to increase health care access?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you hope your future patients describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you open to non-mainstream treatments? Why or why not?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the biggest crisis in healthcare today?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When I speak to the admissions board, what do you want me to say about you that will set you apart from the other applicants?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The daughter of a family friend whom you have seen grow up comes to you as an 18 year old. She tells you that she is pregnant. What do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How are you going to change the world?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do your brothers do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Out of all the problems in the US Health system, describe one and tell me what you would do to fix it once you become a physician." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Mostly just conversational. Nothing too terribly ''interesting''. Just very friendly conversation." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"3 people need a heart. all males, same age, same blood type, same chance of survival, happily married w/kids, were all put on the waiting list at the same time, the only difference is their profession. One is the only doctor of a small town (next closest doctor-60miles away), the second guy was a small town business owner (employed 500 people of the town), and the third was the town baker. Which one would you give the heart to and why? Follow up question:how do you feel about the other two guys that died because of your decision?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Mostly a conversation, so nothing really" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What can you tell me about the Talmud?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you tell a friend that is wanting to quit medical school after a bad day?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Imagine you're a doctor and a female patient comes in with her dad. If the dad steps out for a bit, the female patient lets on that she's been promiscuous (keep in mine she's only 13). What do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Ethical question regarding whether or not I would perform an emergency blood transfusion on a Jehovah's Witness." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what are some issues in society today, and how do you see yourself, as just one doctor, making a difference?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you found out one of your classmates was cheating, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked about how I would set up a private practice in order to best serve and educate my patients. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A young patient needs her 3rd brain surgery for cancer but doesn't want treatment. She would rather die but parents want the surgery. What do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If a colleague came up to you after residency and said he didn't enjoy the profession--it was not what he expected--and he's $100,000 in debt, what advice would you give him?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a medical issue you have been following in the news and what do you think about it. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Because the face of medicine is constantly changing, by the time you graduate you will face different problems. Choose a problem and describe a solution." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"they were all pretty standard" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your favorite class in college?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What if you keep referring all your patients to other physicians because of different ethical views, what do you do." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"From your health care experiences in other countries what have you learned that will help you when you become a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You are the ONLY ER doctor in a rural town, TX, and nothing ever happens there. One day, as you are playing cards with the nurses, three patients come in: one with cardiac arrest, one with respiratory arrest, and one is a woman delivering a child. Who do you take care of first?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think Americans' diets are what causes so much cancer? Why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are problems osteopathic physicians face today?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All questions were of a personal nature, about my life and clinical work." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would I reform health care for those patients that didn't have insurance." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If President Bush were to suddenly call you and say that he had too much to deal with in the Middle East and needed you to recognize and resolve the problems of healthcare in the U.S. what would you say those issues were and how would you resolve them?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think the challenges of being an osteopathic physician are?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""Tell me about your research." The interviews were very positive and interactive. It was an opportunity for them to get to know me and vice versa." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you fix the most important problems facing physicians? (I said the two main problems were effectively treating patients who had no insurance, since the cost of care goes up each year, & the litigous attitude of society for malpractice.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My second interview gave a scenario based question about a pregnant women who was coming to term but was bleeding profusely. Surgery is required and she needs blood but refuses because her cousin contracted HIV from a blood transfusion. Do you give her blood. Then second part of the question was the same scenario except the woman is a Jehovah's Witness and refuses the blood because of religious bleifs. What do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There were a lot of ethical questions, so those were all pretty interesting." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Ethical question." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Most questions were the usual ones... No ethics questions but many others on my interview day had ethical scenarios as part of their interviews. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you play World of Warcraft?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would I do with an non-compliant patient?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you single? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to go to this school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about the stem cell bill being vetoed by President Bush?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You're a doctor in the emergency department. A couple comes in: a man and his pregnant wife, who is bleeding profusely due to a trauma. She desperately needs a blood transfusion but they decline because it is against their religion. What do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How does the do philosophy align with your personal interest in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do to alleviate stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A twelve-year old girl had to have her leg amputated, how would you tell her parents?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why didn't you marry your baby's mother? (I simply wagged my ring finger in front of my face for that one)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If three men are waiting for heart transplant (each with a different job) and only one heart's available, who do you give it to and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"About physician assisted suicides." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is letting our children eat junk food, soda, and candy bars "child abuse"? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You didn't get a lot of campaigning [during the election], did you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How you would fix the nation's healthcare problems?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What types of people do I think are the most difficult to get along with." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How have you had to solve a problem using critical thinking?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why no be a DO instead of an MD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think of physician assisted suicide and stem cell research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You're the only doc in an ER when 3 emergency cases come in, which one do you choose? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In your view, do different cultures feel hesitant to visit physicians when needed." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do to relax?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did my last interview go? My reply- it went well. The interviewers reply- they aren't always as they seem. Pretty interesting response- wouldn't you say!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were the only physician on duty in the ER and someone two people came in wih the same trauma symptoms, but one is a doctor and the other is a business owner who would you choose to work on first?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did you do in ________? From my personal statement, showed he actually read it!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If a child was in a horrible accident and the only option is to amputate one leg due to injuries, how would you tell the parents? How would you tell the child?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think the past, present, and future of medicine compare to each other?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your favorite class? Why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I made you czar of medicine and were given "the powers that be" what would you do...is there anything you would fix about our current healthcare system?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Pretty typical questions, but the second interviewer was a little stressful. Why do you want to be a DO, etc. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could be a fruit, what kind of fruit would you be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think clinical psychologists should be given prescription privileges? (posed by a clinical psychologists)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you work with children to help correct America's obesity crisis?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing particularly interesting. One interviewer asked what I thought of stem cell research and animal research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you saw a friend of yours cheating on a test in med school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"N/A" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If a patient that has had multiple heart attacks, smokes and has eaten poorly all his life asks you if he should start to drink alcohol in order to decrease his risk of future heart attacks what do you say?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Hypothetical one regarding future residency plans and my wife's job." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Just alot of ethical and situational questions from the second interviewer." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Name a problem that you have been able to overcome and specify how you overcame it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would I use OMM for open heart surgery? (My interviewer was a cardiac surgeon)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do I think about Stem cell research? How do I deal with disappointment?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were President of Baylor, would you step down?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"State the difference between osteopathic and allopathic medicine without using the word holistic." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how would you effect the health care system with your background? (i'm a political science major)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think was the most significant medical contribution this century?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why are you here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do your life experiences (stated in the personal statement) influence the type of physician you want to be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Since D.O's are in a minority status, what do you forsee as being a major challenge as a D.O?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about something going on in the medical field today that you find interesting." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of teamwork experience have you had?- both interviewers asked this" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you handle treating an abused child? (interviewers were OB/gyn and pediatrician)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Not applicable." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How I would go about designing a building that would have an electron microscope inside. (I have an engineering background)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine now in your life? (my second career, non-trad student)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Since allopathic medicine has begun to move more towards preventive care and holistic medicine, why are you still interested in osteopathy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"An ethical question concerning abortion and confidentiality with family issues. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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8.50 2

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What do you like most?

"Great Rotation sites, Good preparation for boards" | Report Response

"Very thorough 2nd year curriculum. Training at JPS is A+" | Report Response

What do you like least?

"They have to many administration and red tape." | Report Response

"Difficult to balance both osteopathic curriculum on top of regular medical school didactics. Probably could have better clinical medicine instruction." | Report Response

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