Dr. Gina Badalato

If you have any faculty alumni among your mentorship or mentor circles or home institutions or visiting institutions from that place, you can touch base with them. That could be a resident, a medical student or faculty alumni. You could do a PubMed search of some of the prominent faculty in that department. So those are all potential sources of information. And, you know, if there's any...

If you have any faculty alumni among your mentorship or mentor circles or home institutions or visiting institutions from that place, you can touch base with them. That could be a resident, a medical student or faculty alumni. You could do a PubMed search of some of the prominent faculty in that department. So those are all potential sources of information. And, you know, if there's any...

Anything like unique that that program has, unique to that city, a particular program, a research year, you should really be prepared to ask questions about how someone spends time during their research year, support during their research year, anything unique about that program to know those kind of details. And then you should also just know your application code.

Anything like unique that that program has, unique to that city, a particular program, a research year, you should really be prepared to ask questions about how someone spends time during their research year, support during their research year, anything unique about that program to know those kind of details. And then you should also just know your application code.

Anything like unique that that program has, unique to that city, a particular program, a research year, you should really be prepared to ask questions about how someone spends time during their research year, support during their research year, anything unique about that program to know those kind of details. And then you should also just know your application code.

So preparing is not just knowing the place, but also to know your application. Anything is fair game on your application, including... You know, a paper that you worked on a couple years ago, you might get asked about it. So you want to know, you want to like review some everything that you put on there. If you put a hobby, think about the last time you did that hobby or any insights you have.

So preparing is not just knowing the place, but also to know your application. Anything is fair game on your application, including... You know, a paper that you worked on a couple years ago, you might get asked about it. So you want to know, you want to like review some everything that you put on there. If you put a hobby, think about the last time you did that hobby or any insights you have.

So preparing is not just knowing the place, but also to know your application. Anything is fair game on your application, including... You know, a paper that you worked on a couple years ago, you might get asked about it. So you want to know, you want to like review some everything that you put on there. If you put a hobby, think about the last time you did that hobby or any insights you have.

If you write that you like to read as your hobby, what was the last thing that you read? Because you could be asked about those things. And so those are some general tips to prepare, but also just to be yourself. That's why I think preparing for those intro questions are helpful because they're icebreakers. And if you can get through that, you just get calmer.

If you write that you like to read as your hobby, what was the last thing that you read? Because you could be asked about those things. And so those are some general tips to prepare, but also just to be yourself. That's why I think preparing for those intro questions are helpful because they're icebreakers. And if you can get through that, you just get calmer.

If you write that you like to read as your hobby, what was the last thing that you read? Because you could be asked about those things. And so those are some general tips to prepare, but also just to be yourself. That's why I think preparing for those intro questions are helpful because they're icebreakers. And if you can get through that, you just get calmer.

You'd like an easy kind of pitch and then you can answer some of the more challenging questions that might come up later with more confidence.

You'd like an easy kind of pitch and then you can answer some of the more challenging questions that might come up later with more confidence.

You'd like an easy kind of pitch and then you can answer some of the more challenging questions that might come up later with more confidence.

Yeah, some of these questions have to do with like situational awareness or ability to function in the team or ability to multitask or triage. These are all like essential skills in residency, organizational skills. You know, not every program is going to ask these type of questions. You may have a clear track.

Yeah, some of these questions have to do with like situational awareness or ability to function in the team or ability to multitask or triage. These are all like essential skills in residency, organizational skills. You know, not every program is going to ask these type of questions. You may have a clear track.

Yeah, some of these questions have to do with like situational awareness or ability to function in the team or ability to multitask or triage. These are all like essential skills in residency, organizational skills. You know, not every program is going to ask these type of questions. You may have a clear track.

This is why Lindsay was talking about understanding the why, understanding the challenges, because that clearly is more of a testament to your ability to master these skills in any one of these fields. these situational questions. But I would really listen to the question, take a minute to think about it.

This is why Lindsay was talking about understanding the why, understanding the challenges, because that clearly is more of a testament to your ability to master these skills in any one of these fields. these situational questions. But I would really listen to the question, take a minute to think about it.

This is why Lindsay was talking about understanding the why, understanding the challenges, because that clearly is more of a testament to your ability to master these skills in any one of these fields. these situational questions. But I would really listen to the question, take a minute to think about it.