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What is the most important factor between a PA and his physician supervisor and why? If you had to be a member of the healthcare team other than a PA, what would you choose? Who is the most important person on the healthcare team? What is the difference between a NP and a PA? What is a dependent practitioner, and how do you feel about practicing as one?
Scenario Questions/ Current Issues 1. You have a patient whose English stills needs some improvement and you do not speak her language, how do you overcome the language barrier to assist her with her needs? 2. Provide an example of a time that you had to make an ethical decision. What was the situation and what did you do? 3. A person makes an appointment with their primary care physician, but when they are waiting for the doctor in the examining room, you enter and explain that you will be meeting with her today. The patient refuses to be examined by a Physician Assistant. How do you handle this situation? 4. How would you describe your position to a patient? 5. What are the most significant issues PAs currently face and will have to face in the future? 6. What do you see as the role of the Physician Assistant in the workforce or healthcare in the next 10 years? 7. How would you handle a dispute with a colleague? 8. Describe the day of a hypothetical surgical PA and that of a medical PA. Questions to Ask Employers The interview is the time for you to evaluate a potential employer. Be sure to ask questions that will help you establish if this position is a good fit. 1. What are or would be the expectations of me for this position? 2. What is the hospital /organization’s management style? 3. What is your nurse/patient ratio?
Interview Questions for Pre-Health/Medical School General Questions 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. What has been your greatest success? Greatest failure? 3. What are you top strengths? Weakness? 4. Why do you want to work for us? Why this company? 5. How would you describe your personality? 6. What item on your resume are you most proud of? Internship/Undergraduate Questions 1. How effectively do you balance your course load at school with any jobs or extracurricular activities? 2. Describe the most challenging situation you've had to deal with and the ways you dealt with it. 3. Describe a situation where you have thought of a new or creative way of dealing with a problem. 4. Describe a time when you encountered an especially difficult project. What did you do and what was the result? 5. What do you consider to be your greatest personal or school related accomplishment? How did youachieve it? 6. Describe your most successful effort in promoting teamwork within a group and how they responded. 7. What would someone you've worked for describe as your strengths? What about areas that need improvement? 8. Describe a situation when your work or one of your ideas was criticized. How did you respond? 9. Describe a situation in which you've shown a great deal of initiative. 10. Describe a goal that you have set for yourself in the last year. Motivation/Commitment to Medicine 1. Why do you want to become a doctor? 2. What is your choice of specialty? Why? 3. What have you done that shows initiative? What did you learn from that experience? 4. What leadership positions have you held in school? 5. When did you first think seriously about going to medical school? Education/Experience 1. What classes did you dislike the most? What was your favorite class? Why? 2. What have you don’t to prepare yourself to be a doctor? Page 35 of 41
