Why orthopedic surgery?
Describe a meaningful patient encounter during your medical training. Why was it meaningful?
Best Job you have worked and what about it made it the best?
Worst job you’ve worked and what about it made it the worst? • Do you have any ties to the area?
What are you looking for in an orthopedic surgery program?
Tell me about a personal challenge that you overcame
How do you cope with stress?
Tell me about a mistake that you made
How would you inform a patient that a colleague provided sub-optimal care?
What were you favorite and least favorite rotations of third year?
Tell me something about yourself that is not on your application.
What makes a good orthopedic surgery resident?
What the most important characteristic for a co-resident to have?
Tell me about ______ on your application
What is some constructive feedback you've received during your clerkship?
What would you do if you couldn't do orthopedic surgery/medicine in general?
What specialty would you do if not orthopedic surgery?
What are you proudest of that is not on your application?
What is your proudest achievement outside of academics/medicine?
Tell me about a time you failed.
If you could choose any animal to describe yourself, what are you most like?
Situational questions: How would you handle a conflict? How would you approach non-compliant patient? Etc.
Name a time in which you’ve been under extreme pressure, what was the situation, who was involved, how was it handled, how was it solved, and what could have been done better/differently?
If you could be any bone in the body what would you be?
How many supreme court justices are there? What do you think about increasing the number of court judges?
What would you do/handle during a zombie apocalypse?
What is the only structure in the human body without any muscle or tendon attachments?
What’s the hardest structure in the human body?
What’s your walk in anthem?
What celebrity do you look the most like?
What did you do during the pandemic/how did your school/city respond?
How do you handle working with people different from you?
How would you describe your perfect day?