Internal medicine MO interview questions 2022 – Gauteng (Facebook – SAMOP) – Internal Medicine

Topic starter 25/09/2023 8:07 pm

Wits(Bara)/UP(Kalafong) circuits

Mainly non clinical questions
Tell us about yourself
Why internal medicine compared to other specialities
Why our hospital
What are your future plans(specializing,interest in any subspecialty)
Conflict question
1. colleague comes late for call repeatedly
2. colleague mismanages patient
3. any situation where you had conflict with a patient in your work, how did you manage it
What do you think is the difference any between an MO and reg in a dept
How did covid change the practice of medicine and communication within medical field
Whether you've done research/areas of interest
What other hospitals have you applied to
If we both offer you a job,which hospital would you choose and why
Situation where you had an ethical dilemma and how you dealt with it
Kalafong asked a clinical questions but I've forgotten what it was

Regional hospitals

They focus a lot on clinical questions
DKA/chest pain/young person with loss of consciousness/what classes of antihypertensives do we have,example of each,side effects/chest pain
They never asked complex conditions like autoimmune diseases,etc
Cost saving measures
One hospital asked batho pele principles
Conflict - colleague comes late multiple times and you are in charge(one hospital wanted all the steps all the way to labour relations HR person)
How to reduce/avoid litigation
Steps to take once aware of litigation case

Registrar Interview

Where have you been working
Why internal medicine
Have you started research,if not what topics are you looking into
Conflict question
Clinical question : young person presented unconscious, what's your approach
*these are all I can remember

Side notes

Interviews are shorter than you'd expect, doesn't mean it went badly
If you have to choose between virtual and physical, choose physical.
For clinical questions, what they're looking for is whether you think systemically or are all over the place. Approach by primary then secondary survey makes it easier to work through it and it does not miss much. They don't ask dosages.
They'll always ask if you have any questions at the end
It takes a while for them to schedule interviews after applying,sometimes even months
Academic circuits keep a shorlist,so you might not make it on the post you applied for but be called when another ones comes up
If you get informed that interview was successful by maybe department secretary,ask for details of HR person that you can follow up with
All of them will ask if you have pending cases against you or any reason you might be unsuitable for post.will also ask if you are happy with panel
They are serious about reference checks. Ensure you've put people who'll be willing to fill in reference check forms

Apply early and apply to many places.The more interviews you attend,the easier it becomes.Might take a few interviews to get a post(esp reg post),keep applying and showing up.

ACLS,FCP 1,HIV DIP,AMLS are basics nowadays (most people applying&being interviewed have them),if you can get them during com serve - do so.

Source: South African Medical Officer Post, Anonymous

Internal medicine MO interview questions 2022 - Gauteng (Facebook - SAMOP)

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