A novel and comprehensive design of mock residency interviews for fourth-professional year doctor of pharmacy students.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

To describe a comprehensive design of mock residency interviews intended to closely mimic the environment and variety of interview settings commonly seen in post-graduate year 1 (PGY-1) interviews.

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY AND SETTING

Mock interviews were held during one evening where a total of 24 fourth-professional year doctor of pharmacy students each experienced seven different interview scenarios over the course of nearly three hours. Twenty-seven faculty members and pharmacists and 11 current pharmacy residents participated as interviewers. Students received individual written feedback after the conclusion of the event.

FINDINGS

Duquesne University School of Pharmacy has successfully hosted this residency mock interview program for four consecutive years. After establishing a basic template for the interview format, we have been able to include more students, more interviewers, and a greater variety of interview scenarios.

SUMMARY

This comprehensive approach to mock residency interviews has been successfully implemented to help prepare students at Duquesne University School of Pharmacy for PGY-1 residency interviews.