Flashback Friday: Interviewing Tips for Residents

<p><strong>Host:</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Tiffany Proffitt DO, MABS PGY-4 Lakeland Health</span></p> <p><strong>Guest Panel:</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Michael Gisondi, MD, FACEP – Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, Former Program Director at Northwestern. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tarlan Hedayati, MD, FACEP – Chair of Education, Assistant Professor and Associate Program Director in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Cook County Hospital in Chicago</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Andy Little, DO: Core Faculty, Research Director, Medical Education Fellowship Director at Doctors Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency, Co-founder and Host of EM Over Easy Podcast</span></p> <p><strong>Overview: </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Tiffany talks with a panel of expert interviewers on how to conduct an interview. The panel provides tips and tricks to the resident interviewer when it comes time for interviewing medical student candidates for a spot in their programs. They discuss everything from putting interviewees at ease, to canned speeches to present to the unengaged interviewee, and some unexpected questions to set yourself apart as an interviewer.</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Our panel also reminds the resident interviewers of the honor it is to be a part of the interview process. Your program chose you as an interviewer because it values your opinion; don’t waste the opportunity</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><strong>References:</strong></p> <p><strong>10 Tips to Become a Successful Interviewer: Do’s and Don’ts, ALiEM, Medical Education, Sep 15, 2016, Meg Pusateri, MD and Nicole Battaglioli, MD</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.aliem.com/2016/09/10-tips-become-successful-interviewer"> <strong>https://www.aliem.com/2016/09/10-tips-become-