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[quote=Anonymous]Being "smart" enough is only part of it. I have worked in both undergraduate (medical school) and graduate (residency programs) medical education for over 10 years and have defini While there are physicians practicing today who do not have good interpersonal/communication skills, what many refer to as "people" skills, it would be much harder for those physicians to get through med school and accepted into a residency program today. Personality and how the applicant interacts with the interviewer is taken into account. One of the USMLE exams (board-licensing for physicians), Step 2 - CS, is a pass/fail exam where all aspects of communication are evaluated. This is taken prior to finishing medical school and is something that all residency programs look at when reviewing applicants. How a med student interacts with faculty, peers, and patients is taken seriously and is just as important as his/her knowledge base and problem solving skills. [/quote]
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