Hello guys,
I have an "interesting" problem. I would deeply appreciate any advice.
Please bear with me:
I am a FMG and want to pursue an academic career in hem/onc, I have a competitive profile with excellent LORs from internationally renowned faculty. I have an interview from a reputed research heavy program where I would absolutely love to match.
I did an elective at that hospital in a different specialty as a medical student 5 years back.
(tl;dr) In short I bombed that rotation. How do I talk about it during the interview?
Well, I did terribly because that was my first exposure to the American culture and health care system. I did poorly on my communication skills as it was completely different from my home country. However, the fellows were incredibly kind to provide me honest feedback on my performance.
I was upset, but I learned from my mistakes and improved myself and got excellent evaluations from the elective next month. The letters from the next elective helped me match into my first choice IM residency into a middle tier university program. I worked hard and made myself a competitive applicant and got very strong LORs for fellowship application.
Now on my interview day, how do I approach this aspect?
Should I say that "It's great to be back here" or should I skip it altogether?
I did mention in my PS and CV that I had rotated at this hospital before.
I would deeply appreciate any help
I have an "interesting" problem. I would deeply appreciate any advice.
Please bear with me:
I am a FMG and want to pursue an academic career in hem/onc, I have a competitive profile with excellent LORs from internationally renowned faculty. I have an interview from a reputed research heavy program where I would absolutely love to match.
I did an elective at that hospital in a different specialty as a medical student 5 years back.
(tl;dr) In short I bombed that rotation. How do I talk about it during the interview?
Well, I did terribly because that was my first exposure to the American culture and health care system. I did poorly on my communication skills as it was completely different from my home country. However, the fellows were incredibly kind to provide me honest feedback on my performance.
I was upset, but I learned from my mistakes and improved myself and got excellent evaluations from the elective next month. The letters from the next elective helped me match into my first choice IM residency into a middle tier university program. I worked hard and made myself a competitive applicant and got very strong LORs for fellowship application.
Now on my interview day, how do I approach this aspect?
Should I say that "It's great to be back here" or should I skip it altogether?
I did mention in my PS and CV that I had rotated at this hospital before.
I would deeply appreciate any help