CASPer comprehensive TEST
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Describe a disappointment from your life. - Ans>>>When I left to serve
a proselyting mission for my church in Chile, it was expected that I
serve for 18 months. I deferred from school, and said goodbye to
friends/family. When I got sick, and was told that I needed to go home
and recover, I was extremely disappointed that I wasn't able to finish.
Even though my mission didn't go as planned, it fundamentally altered
what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I was blessed to be treated
by such great health care workers, which eventually led me to the
physician assistant career. I found that if I had never gotten sick on my
mission, I might not have found what I wanted to do so I'm grateful for
that disappointment. I believe that this disappointment, will also make
,me a great PA. I understand what it is like to not be in good health, and
to have doctors who understand and treat you with respect. I want to
recripcate that with my future patients.
Describe one time when your boss had to confront you about an issue
with your work. - Ans>>>I currently work as a physical therapy
technician. About a month into the job while I was working my boss
told me that I was doing ultrasounds wrong, and was moving the probe
too fast. Though I felt a little embarrassed, I asked if I could watch him
do it the next time a patient came in so I could see the correct way to
do it. He agreed, and I was able to do it correctly from then on out. He
explained why the probe needed to move slower, and I was able to
learn from it.
Describe a past situation in which your ethics were challenged. -
Ans>>>A few years ago I was taking a test at our testing center at BYU. I
noticed that a guy next to me had notes (which he was pretending was
scratch paper). I was nervous to say something in case I was
wrong...maybe it was just scratch paper. I felt that it was my
responsibility to say something to someone so I told the supervisor at
the testing center. Though I don't know what happened, I felt good
knowing that I did what I believed was right, even though it was
difficult.
Describe a time when you used teamwork to solve a problem. -
Ans>>>In my advanced anatomy class, we did medical case studies
every few weeks. We were divided into groups, and given background
information and medical history. As a group we had to figure out the
,diagnosis of the patient. At first, we really struggled with this, always
running out of time before we could figure out what was wrong.
However, as we learned to work as a team we got significantly better.
We would create a google doc, divide out what each person was going
to research, take turns discussing what we found out, and would go
from there. Each person had a job, and we were all contributing, and
we were able to figure out the diagnosis so much faster.
Have you ever been at odds with a coworker? How did you handle this?
- Ans>>>Yes. When I was working as a physical therapy technician, I
worked with my coworker Ryan who wasn't participating and
contributing much to our team.
I decided to talk to him about it, and just suggest that we switch off
tasks because I was taking on all of the tasks that he hadn't been doing.
He ended up taking it really well and was really nice about it. I'm glad I
addressed the problem with him directly to come up with a solution.
What is the greatest challenge you have ever faced and what did you
do to overcome it? - Ans>>>The greatest challenge I ever faced was
when my dad was diagnosed with autoimmune hepatisis about a year
ago. I'm extremely close with my dad, and I've seen him fight cancer
and go through other health problems. The hardest part about this was
being far away, and not knowing what was going on. As well, as feeling
like there was no way to help because he was so far away. To overcome
this, I decided that the only thing I could do was to learn as much as I
could about it. I couldn't change his diagnosis, but I could learn about it
so I could understand what was going on.
, What quality or personality trait is most important in the PA
profession? - Ans>>>I believe that you should look for candidates that
are empathetic. While good grades and gpa are important, I think it is
even more important to look for individuals who can understand
patients and what they are going through. To be able to get down on
their level, and put themselves in their shoes. Though we might not
have gone through exactly what they are going through, we have all felt
disappointed or scared (or whatever they are feeling), and apply that to
the situation. I believe that great health care stems from empathy.
Do you get frustrated or angry? - Ans>>>Anger to me means loss of
control. I do not lose control. When I get stressed, I step back, take a
deep breath, thoughtfully think through the situation and then begin to
formulate a plan of action. For instance, when I am given multiple
projects to complete in a short amount of time, rather than feeling
frustrated, I come up with a strategy for how to complete the work in a
steady, methodical manner that will not overwhelm me.
Tell me about a time that you made a mistake at work? - Ans>>>When I
first started my physical therapy technician job, I once had a new
patient call in to schedule an appointment. I was frazzled with other
patients and forgot to ask which insurance they had. When they came
in, I had to be the one to tell them that we didn't take their insurance
and apologized profusely. Thankfully, we did offer a competitive self
pay rate, which she ended up doing and had a good experience at our
clinic despite my mistake. Since then, I learned to be extremely careful
about focusing on one task at a time.
defined and solved accurately
rated a plus
Describe a disappointment from your life. - Ans>>>When I left to serve
a proselyting mission for my church in Chile, it was expected that I
serve for 18 months. I deferred from school, and said goodbye to
friends/family. When I got sick, and was told that I needed to go home
and recover, I was extremely disappointed that I wasn't able to finish.
Even though my mission didn't go as planned, it fundamentally altered
what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I was blessed to be treated
by such great health care workers, which eventually led me to the
physician assistant career. I found that if I had never gotten sick on my
mission, I might not have found what I wanted to do so I'm grateful for
that disappointment. I believe that this disappointment, will also make
,me a great PA. I understand what it is like to not be in good health, and
to have doctors who understand and treat you with respect. I want to
recripcate that with my future patients.
Describe one time when your boss had to confront you about an issue
with your work. - Ans>>>I currently work as a physical therapy
technician. About a month into the job while I was working my boss
told me that I was doing ultrasounds wrong, and was moving the probe
too fast. Though I felt a little embarrassed, I asked if I could watch him
do it the next time a patient came in so I could see the correct way to
do it. He agreed, and I was able to do it correctly from then on out. He
explained why the probe needed to move slower, and I was able to
learn from it.
Describe a past situation in which your ethics were challenged. -
Ans>>>A few years ago I was taking a test at our testing center at BYU. I
noticed that a guy next to me had notes (which he was pretending was
scratch paper). I was nervous to say something in case I was
wrong...maybe it was just scratch paper. I felt that it was my
responsibility to say something to someone so I told the supervisor at
the testing center. Though I don't know what happened, I felt good
knowing that I did what I believed was right, even though it was
difficult.
Describe a time when you used teamwork to solve a problem. -
Ans>>>In my advanced anatomy class, we did medical case studies
every few weeks. We were divided into groups, and given background
information and medical history. As a group we had to figure out the
,diagnosis of the patient. At first, we really struggled with this, always
running out of time before we could figure out what was wrong.
However, as we learned to work as a team we got significantly better.
We would create a google doc, divide out what each person was going
to research, take turns discussing what we found out, and would go
from there. Each person had a job, and we were all contributing, and
we were able to figure out the diagnosis so much faster.
Have you ever been at odds with a coworker? How did you handle this?
- Ans>>>Yes. When I was working as a physical therapy technician, I
worked with my coworker Ryan who wasn't participating and
contributing much to our team.
I decided to talk to him about it, and just suggest that we switch off
tasks because I was taking on all of the tasks that he hadn't been doing.
He ended up taking it really well and was really nice about it. I'm glad I
addressed the problem with him directly to come up with a solution.
What is the greatest challenge you have ever faced and what did you
do to overcome it? - Ans>>>The greatest challenge I ever faced was
when my dad was diagnosed with autoimmune hepatisis about a year
ago. I'm extremely close with my dad, and I've seen him fight cancer
and go through other health problems. The hardest part about this was
being far away, and not knowing what was going on. As well, as feeling
like there was no way to help because he was so far away. To overcome
this, I decided that the only thing I could do was to learn as much as I
could about it. I couldn't change his diagnosis, but I could learn about it
so I could understand what was going on.
, What quality or personality trait is most important in the PA
profession? - Ans>>>I believe that you should look for candidates that
are empathetic. While good grades and gpa are important, I think it is
even more important to look for individuals who can understand
patients and what they are going through. To be able to get down on
their level, and put themselves in their shoes. Though we might not
have gone through exactly what they are going through, we have all felt
disappointed or scared (or whatever they are feeling), and apply that to
the situation. I believe that great health care stems from empathy.
Do you get frustrated or angry? - Ans>>>Anger to me means loss of
control. I do not lose control. When I get stressed, I step back, take a
deep breath, thoughtfully think through the situation and then begin to
formulate a plan of action. For instance, when I am given multiple
projects to complete in a short amount of time, rather than feeling
frustrated, I come up with a strategy for how to complete the work in a
steady, methodical manner that will not overwhelm me.
Tell me about a time that you made a mistake at work? - Ans>>>When I
first started my physical therapy technician job, I once had a new
patient call in to schedule an appointment. I was frazzled with other
patients and forgot to ask which insurance they had. When they came
in, I had to be the one to tell them that we didn't take their insurance
and apologized profusely. Thankfully, we did offer a competitive self
pay rate, which she ended up doing and had a good experience at our
clinic despite my mistake. Since then, I learned to be extremely careful
about focusing on one task at a time.
