Interview questions

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
QUESTION		ANSWER	ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Tell me about yourself?		I am 31 years old. I was born in the capital of Uzb and grown here. I am the youngest one in the family. I studied at Tashkent medical academy. My becoming a certified doctor coincided with COVID-19 pandemics, and I worked in COVID-19 clinics. At the same time I qualified and was certified intensive care specialist in KOREAN FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTHCARE and begin to teach doctors and paramedics, besides that I took my USMLE steps and began to study in Cardiology Master's Degree program, and I will end it in May of 2023 before residency programs begins.	I am 31 years old. I was born and grown in the capital of Uzb. I studied at Tashkent medical academy. After becoming certified doctor I was eager to develop myself further and despite of working general practitioner and EMS doctor Iwon a grand to study intensive therapy and EMS training providing by Inje university in Seul Korea. After returning to Uzbekistan I began to teach other doctors for Internsive therapy and EMS In a special center opened by Korean foundation for International healthcare. In 2020, During the pandemic I began to work as a physician in intensive therapy unit and became a head of the department in newly opened COVID-19 redistribution center. At the same time I won a grand to study in master’s degree program in cardiology. Although, it was tough to study and work, I could pass my USMLE steps. I was ready to develop myself further and applied to your residency program. And once more, thank you for providing me the opportunity to be interviewed.
What are your strengths?		Collaboration, multitasking, hardworking are my great strengths which helped me succeed in my prior works. As the head of the of the ICU at the COVID-19 redistribution facility, for instance, I was able to set up an interdisciplinary approach to patient treatment. We collaborated with Turkish, Chinese, and German physicians to significantly improve the standard of patient care, and on the other hand, we actively participated in the development of our national COVID-19 patient care standards. I put in 14 to 16 hours a day there, but I still studied for and passed the USMLE steps.
What are your weaknesses?		Every human being has some weaknes, and I am not exclusion. My first weakness I feel a lot of stress when one of my family members get sick.. And my sedond weakness is chocolates. Sweet chocolate.	But I could manage my weakness. I applied preventive medicine for my family. I regularly check them, pay great attention to their vaccination. For example I found that my mother has gallstone 8 month ago. And I prescribed her Ursomax 300 mg. On resent US we did not see any stone in her gallbladder. Unfortunately, against the chocolate, I could not do anything)))
Joke		A millionaire was asked in an interview the secret behind his success? He replied, “Well you see the first million is always the hardest to make, so I started from second”	“Doctor, doctor, will I be able to play the violin after the operation?”“Yes, of course.” “Great! I never could before!” I told my doctor that I broke my arm in two places. She told me to stop going to those places. Doctor: “Quick, he’s losing a lot of blood. He needs an infusion — what’s his blood type?!” Nurse: “B positive.” Doctor: “I’m trying, but he’s lost a lot of blood.
Why did you become a doctor?		Well, I've always been interested in being a doctor, but because I was able to speak four foreign languages in school, I also considered becoming a diplomat. But the myocardial infarction that claimed my father's life altered my ambitions, and I strongly decided become a doctor. Now, I am a doctor with great enthusiasm, wherever I work I try to improve a patient care. E.G. When I worked in COVID-19 redistribution center, I closely colloorated with chinese, Germany, Turkish doctors and significantly improved the patient care. I teach doctors and paramedics in KOFIH. Besides that I recently started working as a cardiologist in a family clinic in rural area of Tashkent. I am really happy what I could done after my graduation. Now I am ready to develop myself further.
Hobby		Going to the gym is one of my hobbies; I do it every other day. I am able to socialize with others and it helps me keep healthy and energetic and positive. Additionally, I do yoga every morning, which makes me feel more at ease and focused throughout the day.
Funny story		This happened when I studied in 2nd year of medical school. I had a presentation at a scientific conference. I prepared the whole night and could not wake up early in the morning. I hurried up, got a taxi, and halfway realized that I wore two different socks, one of them was black and long second was white and short. The whole day I pulled my trousers down to hide them. After that, I made a habit for myself to prepare for the next day beforehand	After that, I acquired a habit to prepare myself for important day 2-3 days prior and go to bed early and wake up early. And I’ve never had such kind situation again.
Embarrassed situation?		We did our surgery rotation and began IM rotation. We learned about some ACE bandages which is a brand name. IM attending physician asked me tell him about ACE, I automatically began to tell him about the bandages. He stared at me very strange and repeated his full question as tell me about ACE inhibitors.	After that, whenever I get some unclear question or information, I politely ask clarification in order to prevent further miscommunication.
What is the best experience you had in a medical school?		One of the best experiences was with 20 years old patient who had an anaphylactic reaction during the varicocellectomy operation. Persistent hypotension caused the brain death and decortication. Now he is 30 y.o and he is still under the care of reanimation unit of TMA. Why it was the best experience I've ever had in medical school is because I developed the practice of taking a thorough history. If I discover anything crucial, such as an allergy to something, I put it in the history and inform other doctors so they can avoid making mistakes. I find that this habit greatly aids me in my practice.
Why IM		Wide range of pathology in Internal Medicine is one of the most important reason why I want to be an internist. Being an internist I will be able to treat wide range of pathology and so I can better influence to people health. On the other hand Internal medicine allows me to work in various settings e.g. hospital, private clinic which is most interesting for me as I want to develop a setting of private clinics. Besides that, we are planning with my programmer brother who lives in Crtland, NY to create a Web Doctor Artificial intelligence. As it can’t be applied for surgical disease, Internal disease is the best choice to apply AI. In order to make it work as we expect, I should study as much as diseases, standarts I can.	I participated in the treatment of various cardiac, pulmonary, neurologic, rheumatologic, and infectious diseases. It was my duty to present patients, propose treatment plans, and participate in case discussions. Dr. Lazarevic also provided me a dedicated training on completing written outpatient notes and prescriptions.
What is the worst experience you had in medical school?		It was my last year at medical school. My friend had appendicitis and was he operated in TMA clinic where I study. He continued to experience tremendous pain after the operation, so I took care of him the entire night. After 24 hours, it was discovered that he has peritonitis, and he underwent surgery once more. I tried to hide my worries and made every effort to support and motivate him.
How would you describe yourself?		Positive, Hardworking, collaborative person For example I can keep my positive thinking on every life situation. I could take my usmle steps while I was working in the covid -19 clinics. When I worked in this clinic I could set up partnership with foreign doctors from Turkey, China, Germany.
How would your friends describe you?		They describe me as a kind person because I take care not only them but also their family. They can call me at any time and me to help and I am very happy that they do that without hesitation. And I believe if I can match this program I can become a friend to other residents and other doctors in short amount of time.
Why are you going into this specialty?		Wide range of pathology in Internal Medicine is one of the most important reason why I want to be an internist. Being an internist I will be able to treat wide range of pathology and so I can better influence to people health. On the other hand Internal medicine allows me to work in various settings e.g. hospital, private clinic which is most interesting for me as I want to develop a setting of private clinics. Besides that, we are planning with my programmer brother to create a Web Doctor for internal disease based on Artificial intelligence. As it can’t be applied for surgical disease, Internal disease is the best choice to apply AI. In order to make it work as we expect, I should study as much as diseases, standarts I can.
What would you bring to the program?		First of all, as my friend Timur A says, "high-quality training, mentorship, and friendly colleagues make this program perfect." These features are the most important for me. Secondly, research opportunity with E. Donnall Thomas Resident Research program. Based on my project as I mentionaed above Web Doctor with AI I’m planning to do some research. I hope the research program will help me. It’s a prospective cohort study evaluation of influence of Web Doctor (with AI) to mortality and morbidity rate of cardiovascular, Oncologic and Pulmonary disease. good work-life balance is one of the proud aspects of this program. On the other hand, good work-life balance is one of the proud aspects of this program. I grew up in the rural area of the capital of Uzbekistan therefore Cooperston with its nature is the best fit for me.
Why should we rank you highly? Why should we chose you?		I have a hardworking, Cooperative personality ,and I try to improve workflow and patient care wherever I work. Becides that I have a teaching, research and clinical management experience E.g., when I worked in COVID-19 clinics, with the help of my other colleagueas could improve patient care, patients satisfactory rate. When I started working there, the first thing I did was fill out an anonymous patient satisfaction survey, which yielded a score of 45%. After three hardworking months this rate was 92%, which is nearly 100%. You may think whether I work in Basset as my previous clinics. Yes, I do. Because Basset really piques my interest as it simulates the clinics which I want to build in rural areas in my country.
What do you think you can contribute to this program?
List three abilities you have that will make you valuable as a resident in this specialty		Hardworking, Cooperative personality and I try to improve workflow and patient care wherever I work. E.G when I worked in COVID-19 clinics I with the help of my other colleagueas could improve patient care, patients satisfactory rate. When I came to work first what I made it was to rovide Patient satisfactory survey. with anonymus test and it 45%. After 3 hardworking months this rate was 92% which is nearly 100%
What makes you different form others?		“The unique skill that I can bring to your workplace is my ability to pick anything up and get jobs done very quickly and efficiently.