UMass Chan Medical School MD program · Sample interviewer (fictional)
Fictional interviewer written for this sample; the employers are invented.
Brian Coughlan, MD (he/him)
Family Physician · Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health · MD Admissions Interviewer Worcester, Massachusetts
About
Family doctor at a community health center in Worcester, where about a third of my patients prefer a language other than English and many have waited months for a first visit. I precept first- and third-year medical students in clinic and teach a small-group course on communication and patient interviewing. I have interviewed MD applicants since 2018, now in virtual one-on-one sessions after applicants complete their recorded prompts. I ask about what you actually did and what you learned when it went badly. I care a lot about who will stay and practice in Massachusetts.
Experience
Quinsigamond Family Health Center (Worcester, MA) - Family Physician, 2016 - present - Full-spectrum outpatient family medicine; leads the clinic's hypertension quality team. - Clinical site director for medical student longitudinal placements.
UMass Chan Medical School (Worcester, MA) - Assistant Professor (clinical), Family Medicine and Community Health, 2017 - present - Small-group facilitator, doctoring and clinical skills course. - MD admissions interviewer, 2018 - present.
Merrimack Valley Health Partners (Lowell, MA) - Staff Physician, 2012 - 2016 - Primary care and prenatal care for a largely Khmer- and Spanish-speaking patient panel.
Education
- Residency, Family Medicine, Pioneer Valley Family Medicine Residency (Springfield, MA), 2009 - 2012
- MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 2009
- BA, Biology, College of the Holy Cross, 2003. Worked two years as an EMT in Worcester before medical school.
Volunteering
- Blackstone Free Clinic (Worcester) - Volunteer physician, monthly Tuesday evening clinic, 2014 - present
- Youth hockey coach, under-10 house league, 2019 - present
Languages
English (native), Spanish (working clinical proficiency)
Interests
Pond hockey whenever the ice holds; long-distance cycling on the Mass Central Rail Trail; Red Sox, reluctantly; makes a decent chowder.