Pre Interview Social?

[Courtney Matlach]

Hope the start of the interview season is off to a good start!

I wanted to check in with the group to see what everyone was doing about their pre-interview social event. We are going back and forth about if we need to have a zoom the night before (in lieu of our usual dinner) or is having residents available during the interview day enough? On one hand I wonder if it would be strange not to have something the night before since it’s tradition. Although on the other hand students could be interviewing at multiple places on the same day, so are we just adding stress to them to try and attend multiple events?

Looking forward to hearing everyone’s plans!

[Amber Cox]

We are not planning a zoom pre-interview social. We agree the interview day is sufficient and another zoom event could be overwhelming during this stressful time.

[Ramona Guyden]

We are also not planning a zoom pre-interview social. We have heard from medical students that it would be overwhelming as several are having different interviews to attend at multiple places and do not want it to be stressful.

[David E. Craig]

My quick poll of 30+ students says that they are overwhelmingly opposed to the virtual social. More of an obligation than a benefit. We are going to make one of the break out rooms a score free resident room for honest and free talk.

[Courtney Matlach]

Thanks for the feedback! Glad to hear we may not be the only ones not doing a social the night before.

[Jennifer Duane]

We are still planning to do a pre-interview social. While we do plan to encourage residents to participate in “waiting rooms” on the interview day, our interview day schedule is so tightly packed that we don’t think we’d be able to fit in a session for meaningful presentation about the program and opportunity for dialogue with residents.

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