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Panel · PA · Critical thinking5
Clear filters- Practice this question nowPolicyIntermediateTraditional one-on-one, Panel, MMI station MD, DO, PA
What is the biggest problem facing health care in the US today?
Health systems · Equity and access · Critical thinking
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Sample answer outline
- Pick one problem and define it precisely, such as access to primary care, cost or workforce burnout.
- Explain why it happens and who it affects most, using one fact you can stand behind.
- Weigh one or two solutions, including their tradeoffs.
- Bring it back to your future role: what you can do about it as a clinician.
What makes it work
- Depth on one issue beats a list of five.
- Tradeoffs show you understand that policy is hard.
Avoid
- Partisan talking points.
- Statistics you aren't sure of.
- Practice this question nowPolicyIntermediateMMI station, Traditional one-on-one, Panel MD, DO, PA, Residency
How will artificial intelligence change the role of doctors?
Critical thinking · Health systems
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- Take a nuanced position: AI will change tasks (notes, image reading, triage) more than it replaces doctors.
- Give one real benefit, such as less paperwork or earlier detection, and one real risk, such as biased training data, overreliance or privacy.
- Say what stays human: judgment under uncertainty, accountability, trust and hard conversations.
- Close with how you'd use it responsibly.
What makes it work
- Balanced, specific and forward-looking.
Avoid
- Hype or doom with no examples.
- Practice this question nowBehavioralBeginnerTraditional one-on-one, Panel OT, PT, PA
Tell me about a time you used creativity to solve a problem with limited resources.
Critical thinking
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- Pick a real example with stakes. Set up the situation in two sentences.
- Spend most of your time on your own actions, and say "I", not only "we".
- Give an honest result, including what didn't work.
- End with what you learned and how you've used it since.
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- Practice this question nowBehavioralAdvancedTraditional one-on-one, Panel Most programs
Describe a situation where you made a quick decision with incomplete information. What did you learn?
Critical thinking · Self-awareness
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How to approach tell me about a time questions
- Pick a real example with stakes. Set up the situation in two sentences.
- Spend most of your time on your own actions, and say "I", not only "we".
- Give an honest result, including what didn't work.
- End with what you learned and how you've used it since.
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- Practice this question nowCurveballBeginnerTraditional one-on-one, Panel Most programs
What is a book you read recently that changed how you think?
Self-awareness · Critical thinking
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How to approach curveball questions
- Take a breath. There is usually no right answer.
- Give a genuine answer quickly, then one reason that shows something about you.
- If it's a puzzle, ask a clarifying question and reason out loud.
- Keep it light and short.
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