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| On average, how many hours/week does a medical student read? |
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| How many allopathic medical schools are in the US? |
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| What percent of students that apply to med school are accepted? |
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| Which major is the most popular for accepted med students? |
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| What percent of students were accepted from Clemson in 2010? |
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| What are the 2 types of med schools? |
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| Allopathic and Osteopathic |
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| ow many osteopathic medical schools are in the US? |
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| Where is South Carolina’s new osteopathic school being built? |
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| How many med schools are in SC? What are their names and where are they located? |
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| 2: USC-SOM in columbia, MUSC in Charleston |
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| How many students does MUSC take? What percentage are out of state? |
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| How many students does USC take? |
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| What is the book that lists the allopathic med schools (i.e. the Bible for pre-med advising)? |
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| What is the book that lists the osteopathic med schools? |
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| Osteopathic Medical College Information Book |
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| What is the average number of med schools people apply to? |
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| What is the sex ratio for both applicants and people accepted in med school? |
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| In practice, there are (more/less) males. |
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| What is the most important personality trait for getting into med school? |
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| On average, how many times does a med student change his or her specialty? |
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| At what point do 50% of med students decide they want to go to med school? |
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| What percent of students in med school graduate after 10 years? |
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| What are the 2 most important objective parameters for getting into med school? |
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| How long should you take to answer an interview question? |
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| What 3 things in the application process help show your personality traits? |
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| Personal Statement, Interview, Letters of Recommendation. |
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| What are the Big Five personality traits? |
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| OCEAN: Open-ness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism. |
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| Which of the 5 traits is the most important for a medical student? |
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| Which trait helps the most after graduating medical school? |
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| What are the 2 categories that medical schools are ranked in? |
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| Primary Care and Research |
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| What are the subspecialties of primary care? |
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| Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and sometimes OB-GYN |
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| Primary care doctors are generally paid (more/less) than other specialties. |
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| Which specialty is in the shortest supply? |
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| What is the top research medical school according to US News Report? |
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| What is the top primary care medical school according to US News Report? |
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| What is the sweet spot for GPA? MCAT? |
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| What is the male/female ratio in medical school? |
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| What is the #1 quality that medical schools are looking for? |
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| What is the ratio of osteopathic to allopathic doctors? |
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| What percent of students that graduate from medical school are $150-180,000 in debt? |
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| What is the #1 reason that students choose a medical school? |
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| Where is USC School of Medicine opening up another campus? |
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| What is palliative medicine? |
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| Medicine dealing with quality of life issues; focuses on living as well as possible with the disease rather than trying to cure it. |
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| Modern medicine has typically focused on treating the __________ and not the ___________. |
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| Hospice care is focused on improving the patient’s _____________________________. |
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| What is the optimal time period for hospice care? |
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| What criteria must be met in order to get hospice care? |
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| 6 months to live, stop agressive treatment, physician must recommend patient. |
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| What percent of deaths in Oconee county were hospice patients? |
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| True of false: Hospice facilities typically stop feeding and giving fluids to patients in an effort to hasten their death. |
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| What areas does the Oconee Hospice of the Foothills serve? |
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| Oconee County, Portions of Anderson and Pickens |
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| Describe 3 types of professions that are part of the team approach to hospice care. |
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| Physician, Nurse, Social Worker, Chaplain, Nursing Assistant, Dietician, Therapist, Volunteer. |
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| Hospice addresses which 4 needs of the patient and their family? |
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| Physical, Emotional, Social, Spiritual (PESS) |
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| How long was Dr. Brown’s residency in orthopedic surgery? |
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| In high school, college, and medical school, Dr. Brown described himself as the ____________ student. |
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| How many years has Dr. Brown been in practice at Blue Ridge Orthopaedics? |
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| What type of animal skeleton did Dr. Brown put together before medical school? |
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| When it comes to deciding on a specialty, what are the two groups that Dr. Brown described? |
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| All residencies that begin with the letter ____ are hard to get in to. |
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| How many residency interviews did Dr. Brown get? |
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| Where did Dr. Brown go for medical school and residency? |
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| What did he rank the residency program where he ended up? |
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| Dr. Brown describes his medical school training as _________. |
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| What book does Dr. Brown recommend as a requirement for going into medicine? |
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| What makes orthopedics different from other specialties? |
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| What does Dr. Brown think about 80-hour week for residents? |
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| Makes it difficult to get as much experience, just as many mistakes made by pass-off as by tired physicians. |
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| Which part of medical school is harder- the volume or the material? |
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| How many years was Dr. Woollen an undergraduate student? |
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| What did Dr. Wollen do before he went to medical school? |
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| Dental School at MUSC for 3 years. |
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| What is the name of the medical center where Dr. Woollen works? |
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| How many years is a residency in general surgery? |
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| 5 years, more if specialty. |
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| How much debt does the average general surgeon have when they finish their education? |
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| How often does the average general surgeon get sued? |
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| True or False: there is a trend towards working in a hospital as opposed to private practice. |
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| What is the hardest thing for Dr. Woollen to deal with as a doctor? |
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| Death of a Child and Telling parents. |
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| What is another name for a first year resident? |
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| How any hours are residents allowed to work per week, according to new regulations? |
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| How many hours a week does the attending physician usually work? |
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| Does Dr. Woollen get paid by hour or by procedure? |
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| What is the hierarchy in the hospital, starting with an intern? |
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| Intern, Resident, Chief Resident, Attending |
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| Some general surgery programs have up to a ______% divorce rate. |
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| What is the difference between a coroner and a medical examiner? |
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| Coroner is locally elected, not an MD. Medical Examiner is a MD trained in forensic medicine and science. |
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| True or false: Greenville is under a coroner system, whereas Pickens is under a mixed system. |
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| False (other way around). |
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| How long is a residency in pathology? |
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| What pass rate is required for the Forensic Pathology boards? |
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| Which is more confusing to identify: the cause or the manner of death? |
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| What are the 5 possible manners of death? |
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| Homicide, Suicide, Natural, Pending, Undetermined. |
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| True or false: There are twice as many suicide cases as there are homicide incidents. |
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| What is the pathological definition of a laceration? |
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| Forced wound resulting in tearing of skin due to blunt force trauma. |
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| What is a gunpowder tattoo? |
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| Hot soot embedded in the skin at close range shot. |
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| What causes a marbling effect on the skin of a deceased individual? |
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| Gram negative bacteria react to make gas and bloating. |
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| What are the likely causes of death due to a fire? |
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| Inhalation and thermal injuries due to carbon monoxide and gases. |
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| Why are some burnt body parts bent after death? |
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| Flexor muscles contract more than extensors, cause limbs to be stuck in bent position. |
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| What causes the “raccoon eyes” seen in some cadavers? |
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| Dr. Fulcher strives to be a ________ ____________ and not a ________ _____________. |
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| “Truth-seeker,” not a “case-maker” |
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| What is the difference between senior mentors and standardized patients? |
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| Standardized Patients are actors, senior mentor is an elderly patient who you visit over your 4 years. |
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| What is the name of Jeremy’s scholarship that pays his full medical school tuition? |
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| When will Jeremy graduate from USC SOM? |
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| True or false: As a medical student on the admissions committee for USC, Jeremy does not have an equal say in the admissions decision for medical students. |
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| What was one reason that Jeremy chose to go into medicine? |
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| Dad had leukemia, survived after bone marrow transplant. Thinks human body is the coolest machine on the planet. |
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| What is the class size at USC SOM? How about MUSC? |
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| What was the average MCAT score in Jeremy’s med school class? |
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| What percent of USC students passed the USMLE Step 1 on the first try in the Class of 2013/2014? |
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| What score do you need to pass Step 1 of the USMLE? What score would you need if you wanted to go into something like plastic surgery? |
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| The ____________________ is very important and often a source of questions during the interview. |
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| Who does Jeremy suggest you ask for letters of recommendation? |
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| People who know you well and will write excellent letters. |
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| What takes place during the USC SOM interview day? |
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| Lunch, Info Session, Tour, 2 interviews, Cookie Time. |
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| When does the admissions committee make an admission decision? |
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| Name one class that Jeremy said would be helpful in med school. |
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| Physiology, Histology, Biochemistry, Business/Finance |
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| USC SOM is the only medical school in the world that has_________________________________. |
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| Integrated Ultrasound Curriculum. |
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| What is the Merck Manual and how is it organized? |
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| World's Bestselling Medical Textbook, organized into organ systems and deals with each major disease of that system. |
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| How many years was Dr. Raunikar’s pediatric cardiology residency, and what did he spend the last year doing? |
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| What is the most common type of heart disease that a pediatric cardiologist treats? |
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| What is the #1 cause of cardiac arrest in pediatric patients? |
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| What is the normal range for the heart rate of a full term infant? Late term? |
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| Name two defects that can be caused by too much blood to the lungs? |
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| Atrial Septal Defect; Ventrial Septal Defect. |
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| What is the difference between a thrombus and a clot? |
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| Thrombus moves, clot does not. |
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| Name three diagnostic techniques that a pediatric cardiologist uses? |
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| Echocardiogram, X-ray, MRI, CT, ECG. |
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| Where does Dr. Raunikar currently lead international medical service trips almost every year? |
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| What does the plate, cake, and icing represent in Dr. Raunikar’s analogy? |
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| Plate-Education, cake-vocation, icing-advocation. |
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| How is the GHS pediatric residency ranked in the country? |
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| What percent of physicians are women in the US? |
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| Why do patients prefer female physicians? |
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| What is the average starting salary for a general pediatrician? |
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| Name 4 different specialties in pediatrics. |
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| Cardiology, Oncology, Critical Care, Neurology, Infectious Disease, Adolescent Medicine, Endocrinology, Hematology. |
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| Works in hospitals at night. |
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| True or false: Pediatric hospitalists reduce the amount of time that pediatricians are on call. |
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| What many years do GHS pediatricians have to get board certified once they complete residency? |
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| What are the three different types of interview questions? |
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| Biographical, Factual, Behavioral |
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| Describe the appropriate attire for the medical school interview. |
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| Professional Dress, Business Suit. |
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| You should keep your answers around ____________ long. |
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| How long can you pause to reply to a question? |
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| True or false: Kirby Player does not recommend doing the local doctor interview. |
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| What should you have prepared for every interview? |
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| What are Kirby’s 3 M’s that describe the focus of your interview? |
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| Memorable, Meaningful, and Medical |
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| Who should be leading the interaction? |
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| What website should you visit before your first mock interview? |
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| What is a common opening question in an interview? |
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| So tell me about yourself. |
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| How many US medical schools have switched to the multiple-mini medical school interview system? |
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| What is a closed-file interview? |
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| When the interviewer has not looked at your file or any information about you before your interview. |
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| What does SOAP stand for? |
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| Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan. |
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| What school did Dr. Troup transfer to halfway through his sophomore year? |
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| Name three subspecialties in the field of neurology? |
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| Spine, Pediatric, Vascular, Trauma, Critical Care, Oncology. |
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| How many years did Dr. Troup do a general surgery residency? |
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| What was the most dreaded rotation in the general surgery residency program? |
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| How many years is a current neurosurgery residency? |
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| Where did Dr. Troup complete his neurosurgery residency? |
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| What about his fellowship? UMass, Fellowship and St. Jude's. |
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| How many years has Dr. Troup been working in Greenville? |
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| Pediatric neurosurgery has the _______ highest malpractice. |
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| How many times has Dr. Troup been sued? |
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| According to Dr. Troup, what is an average starting salary for a resident? |
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| How many hours did it take for Dr. Troup to complete his longest surgery? |
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| What is the most important tool for a doctor to make a good diagnosis? |
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| What did Dr. Troup’s nurse say were the three things to check first during an emergency? |
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| ABC- Airway, Breathing, Circulation. |
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| Dr. Hazen-Martin describes Christine Montross as an _______________ medical student. |
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| What does Dr. Hazen-Martin teach at MUSC? |
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| How many women were in her class in 1976 at MUSC? |
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| How many groups are students divided into for the MUSC anatomy lab schedule? |
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| What are 2 criteria for the cadavers that MUSC uses for dissection? |
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| No infectious disease, No widely metastatic disease, no trauma. |
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| What does Dr. Hazen-Martin suggest doing in order to do well on the anatomy practical? |
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| Look at all of the cadavers. |
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| What school switched from cadaver dissections to computer simulations for the anatomy lab, and then switched back to cadavers? |
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| There is a shift in focus to ___________________ as a learning resource to prepare medical students for experiences ranging from basic skills to procedures. |
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| What score do you have to make to receive an honors grade at MUSC? |
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| What are the 6 core clerkships, and how long do they last? |
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| 6 Weeks each of Pediatrics, Surgery, Psychiatry, Family Medicine, OB-GYN, and Internal Medicine |
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| How many electives are required during Year 4? |
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| How many out of state students does MUSC take? |
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| What does MUSC use to rate the medical schools for adjusted GPA? |
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| How many interviews does each student have for MUSC? |
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| Name three ways that you could get added value. |
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| Research, Master's, Cultural Diversity, Overcoming Adversity, Artistic/Athletic Achievements, Improvement in Grades, Work Experience. |
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