FREE CASPer: Situational Judgment Questions and Answers
You should act the part of a medical student in each scenario. On a four-point scale, you will be asked to score the effectiveness of each response.
SCENARIO:
In your clinical skills course, you are placed in a small group. One of the members of your group has recently had trouble with their homework. The group member frequently arrives late for meetings, creates subpar materials, and frequently requests reminders to complete responsibilities. A new task is given to your group. It is due in three weeks and will be graded on the basis of the group's overall performance.
Please rank the impact of each solution to this issue.
In a group meeting, distribute tasks equally among all participants while ensuring that expectations are clear.
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You should act the part of a medical student in each scenario. On a four-point scale, you will be asked to score the effectiveness of each response.
SCENARIO:
In your clinical skills course, you are placed in a small group. One of the members of your group has recently had trouble with their homework. The group member frequently arrives late for meetings, creates subpar materials, and frequently requests reminders to complete responsibilities. A new task is given to your group. It is due in three weeks and will be graded on the basis of the group's overall performance.
Please rank the impact of each solution to this issue.
Tell the group member to talk to the professor about coming up with a strategy for managing their workload.
Correct!
Wrong!
You should act the part of a medical student in each scenario. On a four-point scale, you will be asked to score the effectiveness of each response.
SCENARIO:
You are trying to get a two-week volunteer position at a reputable neighborhood clinic. You discover the volunteer opportunity might interfere with your weekly compulsory lab when you obtain your course schedule. You cannot make up this lab because it is the only time it will be presented this semester. Your mark will be affected by how well you performed in the lab.
Please rank the impact of each solution to this issue.
Ask your lab instructor to come up with a plan that will let you attend both, if possible.
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Wrong!
You should act the part of a medical student in each scenario. On a four-point scale, you will be asked to score the effectiveness of each response.
SCENARIO:
You are trying to get a two-week volunteer position at a reputable neighborhood clinic. You discover the volunteer opportunity might interfere with your weekly compulsory lab when you obtain your course schedule. You cannot make up this lab because it is the only time it will be presented this semester. Your mark will be affected by how well you performed in the lab.
Please rank the impact of each solution to this issue.
Give up looking into the volunteer opportunity so that you can go to the necessary lab.
Correct!
Wrong!
You should act the part of a medical student in each scenario. On a four-point scale, you will be asked to score the effectiveness of each response.
SCENARIO:
You are trying to get a two-week volunteer position at a reputable neighborhood clinic. You discover the volunteer opportunity might interfere with your weekly compulsory lab when you obtain your course schedule. You cannot make up this lab because it is the only time it will be presented this semester. Your mark will be affected by how well you performed in the lab.
Please rank the impact of each solution to this issue.
For two weeks, skip your lab to participate in the volunteer opportunity.
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Wrong!
You should act the part of a medical student in each scenario. On a four-point scale, you will be asked to score the effectiveness of each response.
SCENARIO:
In your clinical skills course, you are placed in a small group. One of the members of your group has recently had trouble with their homework. The group member frequently arrives late for meetings, creates subpar materials, and frequently requests reminders to complete responsibilities. A new task is given to your group. It is due in three weeks and will be graded on the basis of the group's overall performance.
Please rank the impact of each solution to this issue.
Request a new group assignment from the professor for the group member.
Correct!
Wrong!
You should act the part of a medical student in each scenario. On a four-point scale, you will be asked to score the effectiveness of each response.
SCENARIO:
In your clinical skills course, you are placed in a small group. One of the members of your group has recently had trouble with their homework. The group member frequently arrives late for meetings, creates subpar materials, and frequently requests reminders to complete responsibilities. A new task is given to your group. It is due in three weeks and will be graded on the basis of the group's overall performance.
Please rank the impact of each solution to this issue.
Ask the group member directly during your one-on-one meeting how you can support their contribution to the task.
Correct!
Wrong!