Interviewing for residency positions while completing a graduate degree: Considerations for graduate students, mentors, and program directors

Wayne Newhauser^{1

2}, Garrett Pitcher^{1

2}, Christine Swanson³, Samuel G Armato 3rd⁴, Hania Al-Hallaq⁴

Affiliations

¹ Louisiana State University, Nicholson Hall, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
² Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
³ University of Louisville, James G Brown Cancer Center, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
⁴ University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Editorial

Wayne Newhauser et al. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug;23(8):e13700.

doi: 10.1002/acm2.13700. Epub 2022 Jun 14.

Wayne Newhauser^{1

2}, Garrett Pitcher^{1

2}, Christine Swanson³, Samuel G Armato 3rd⁴, Hania Al-Hallaq⁴

¹ Louisiana State University, Nicholson Hall, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
² Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
³ University of Louisville, James G Brown Cancer Center, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
⁴ University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: bottleneck; interviewing; medical physics graduate education; residency training; resiliency.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest that could be perceived as prejudicing the impartiality of the material reported.

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