UT Medical Branch - Secondary Essay Prompts

1 .Describe a time when you learned in a team. How will this experience help you as a medical student?

2 .Describe a time when you made a mistake. How did you acknowledge it, respond, and remediate the situation?

3 .Scientific inquiry is important for being a physician. Define a time when you engaged in scientific inquiry and how do you think it would help you be a better physician?

4 .What attributes do you look for in your physician(s)? Which of these attributes do you need to develop? How will you develop them?

5 .Do you have any work experience and if so, how do you think those skills will help you as a physician?

6 .John Sealy School of Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch serves patients throughout Texas, focusing on Galveston County and the Gulf Coast Region. Are there particular characteristics of our school and/or the Galveston area in terms of location, history, or other attributes that make you especially interested in matriculating here?