New York University-Long Island Secondary Application Prompts

Please select the residency track for which you wish to be considered and reason(s) for your choice – including those experiences (pre-medical, professional or personal) which have confirmed your interest in this area. Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, General Surgery

Please tell us how these principles align with your professional goals as a future physician?

Describe a situation or personal challenge that motivated you to evaluate your strengths and weaknesses, re-assess or change your behavior, navigate an unexpected outcome and/or learn from your mistakes.

Option A

Problem-based learning (PBL) is a core active learning methodology at NYU LISOM which involves students working together in small groups on clinical case-based problems utilizing:
Self-directed learning
Self-assessment
Teamwork
Identifying information needed and thinking critically in applying this information to address the problem
Identifying knowledge gaps or what is not understood about the problem
Assisting peers to integrate and apply knowledge to a given problem as well as being able to learn from peers
Using this framework, please share an example of a problem-solving experience you have encountered in a small-group setting or leadership role which you feel has prepared you to be successful in an active learning environment and why?

Option B

The NYU Long Island School of Medicine seeks to prepare future physician leaders who will be ‘change agents’ in health systems science in domains such as:

• Healthcare Policy & Economics
•  Population and Public Health
•  Evidenced-based Medicine and Practice
• Health System Improvement and Patient Safety
• Clinical Informatics

Which of these domains interests you the most and why? If applicable, please include those aspects of your academic studies, pre-medical, or professional experiences that have informed your interest in the domain you selected.

• If you are still in school, please tell us your planned activities for the application cycle.
• If you have graduated from college, please tell us what you have been doing since that time and your reasons for doing so.