vincent.vega
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hi all,
hope you had good holidays and good interviews!
I’d like to know how best to address the PD’s concern about applicant’s lack of recent clinical experience?
1) I gained solid clinical reasoning skills during medical school and residency back home?
2) I updated my medical knowledge while preparing for Steps and have decent scores?
3) I shadowed patient care in the US (although I didn’t touch the patient)?
4) I am willing to work extra hard to compensate for this weakness?
5) I can communicate well with the patient and always worked well in a team?
6) I am a quick learner?
7) I received a couple of prematch offers, so I must be more or less good?
What else can an applicant say to convince them?
V.V.
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| mohelgamal
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well when I was confronted by that q. I told them I came to the states and searched hard but there was no chance in the city I lived in"philadelphia". and I actually did
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| Isther
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1.- Most PD don't care about your experience back home, since they consider that US practice is too different.
2.- Do not say that you spent lots of time preparing for the steps, some PD consider it unfair over AMG who take the tests with only a few weeks of preparation... your scores will talk for you
3.- Always a good thing to mention, but do not describe it as shadowing... but as it is, an observership, a rotation in such hospital in such speciality...
4.-Do not assume that is a weakness unless it is described by the PD as such, there are tons of applicants that apply directly from med school and have no clinical experience... so not everybody will consider it as a flaw.
5.- A good thing to emphazise
6.- good too
7.- that sounds very very cocky!!! don't mentioned unless asked.
Good luck... 
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| mufurc
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Once when I was asked this question I started off by saying that " I am confident in my clinical skills and..." but at that point I was interrupted by the chairwoman of that program (strong academic instituion so this might be different in community settings)... She said: "OK so you are confident" and that was it... I said the "magic" word they did not need to hear more... it was a 10 second conversation over a 4 year long gap... Don't worry just project quiet confidence (even if you feel less than confident  ) and that's it. It will do the trick!
Good luck,
Mufurc
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| vincent.vega
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Ahaa... I see! Thanks guys, this is very helpful!!! I am gonna kick some butt next week!
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