Staff Anesthesiologist Interview Questions

1 Describe what procedures you have in place to monitor patient before, during, and after anesthesia and counteract adverse reactions or complications.
2 Tell me about how you record type and amount of anesthesia and patient condition throughout procedure.
3 Walk me through how you examine patient, obtain medical history, and use diagnostic tests to determine risk during surgical, obstetrical, and other medical procedures.
4 Which techniques do you find most effective when administering anesthetic or sedation during medical procedures, using local, intravenous, spinal, or caudal methods.
5 Share methods as to how you provide and maintain life support and airway management and help prepare patients for emergency surgery.
6 Expound on how you decide when patients have recovered or stabilized enough to be sent to another room or ward or to be sent home following outpatient surgery.
7 Share an experience you had in dealing with a difficult person and how you handled the situation.
8 Share an experience in which you successfully shared a difficult piece of information. (Make sure that the candidate has open lines of communication.)
9 Tell me how you organize, plan, and prioritize your work.
10 Share an experience when you applied new technology or information in your job. How did it help your company?
11 Would you consider analyzing data or information a strength? How so?
12 Tell me about the last time you monitored or reviewed information and detected a problem. How did you respond?
13 Share an example of a time you had to gather information from multiple sources. How did you determine which information was relevant?
14 Provide an experience that demonstrates your ability to manage time effectively. What were the challenges and results?
15 What have you found to be the best way to monitor the performance of your work and/or the work of others? Share a time when you had to take corrective action.

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