ezrider00
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(3/19/01 8:26:01 pm)
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Manual dexterity testing
Is anyone familiar with the manual dexterity exams that are an interview component of programs like
HSS? Is it necessary/possible to prepare for them?
dbonz
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(3/19/01 9:02:49 pm)
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manual dexterity
The "exam" at the HSS interview is more a test of how well you do two things at once, i.e. bend a K-wire
and answer inane questions about your application. They could really care less what the wire looks like
when you are done; rather, they would like to know what you would do differently if your wire looks like
crap when you are done. Everyone who gets an interview at HSS should know this particular activity is
coming, and it is really not that stressful.
The Cleveland Clinic gave a writter visuospatial exam, where you had to fit 3-D shapes together (i.e if
you matched A-A on one shape and B-B on another, what would the resulting shape look like?) This was
not difficult for the most part, and was billed as,"not having any bearing on the matching process."
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ezOP
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(3/19/01 10:06:24 pm)
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Re: manual dexterity
When I interviewed, some program had you stick your hand in a bag of change and count out the total
without looking. I think it was University of Chicago
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(3/19/01 8:26:01 pm)
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Manual dexterity testing
Is anyone familiar with the manual dexterity exams that are an interview component of programs like
HSS? Is it necessary/possible to prepare for them?
dbonz
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Posts: 2
(3/19/01 9:02:49 pm)
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manual dexterity
The "exam" at the HSS interview is more a test of how well you do two things at once, i.e. bend a K-wire
and answer inane questions about your application. They could really care less what the wire looks like
when you are done; rather, they would like to know what you would do differently if your wire looks like
crap when you are done. Everyone who gets an interview at HSS should know this particular activity is
coming, and it is really not that stressful.
The Cleveland Clinic gave a writter visuospatial exam, where you had to fit 3-D shapes together (i.e if
you matched A-A on one shape and B-B on another, what would the resulting shape look like?) This was
not difficult for the most part, and was billed as,"not having any bearing on the matching process."
OrthoDoc
ezOP
Posts: 41
(3/19/01 10:06:24 pm)
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Re: manual dexterity
When I interviewed, some program had you stick your hand in a bag of change and count out the total
without looking. I think it was University of Chicago