MarkusEMS
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While waiting to be hopefully called for an interview I've been thinking about the one or the other question that seems to be fairly common in interview situations.
While we all know our strengths by heart and are proud of ourselves, how about our weaknesses? Sure, everybody got them, but I wonder, is it ok to already "confess" in an interview that there's lack of some experiences?
Some experiences tend to happen while on the job, but again, my question is if its ok to bring that up during an interview as a weakness?
E.g. during my EMT training we got demonstrated twice how to prep an IV (spike the bag, caution re: sterile etc.) for the paramedic to actually place the line etc. but we didn't have practice ourselves and I didn't have any opportunities so far when I did some first aid tent shifts.
Or some independent study was about different EKG lead placement - some of my co-students got to experience and try it themselves during the clinicals but not all of us did, nor was it discussed in detail during class meeting, not to mention shown in a skill station practical session.
While we all know our strengths by heart and are proud of ourselves, how about our weaknesses? Sure, everybody got them, but I wonder, is it ok to already "confess" in an interview that there's lack of some experiences?
Some experiences tend to happen while on the job, but again, my question is if its ok to bring that up during an interview as a weakness?
E.g. during my EMT training we got demonstrated twice how to prep an IV (spike the bag, caution re: sterile etc.) for the paramedic to actually place the line etc. but we didn't have practice ourselves and I didn't have any opportunities so far when I did some first aid tent shifts.
Or some independent study was about different EKG lead placement - some of my co-students got to experience and try it themselves during the clinicals but not all of us did, nor was it discussed in detail during class meeting, not to mention shown in a skill station practical session.
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