MD/DO Emergency Medicine, 1.0 FTE
Posted Mar 23, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you made a mistake or a near miss on shift. What did you learn?
What they are checking: Whether they are honest and reflective about errors, which matters for patient safety and peer review.
How do you handle a patient or family who is angry about wait times?
What they are checking: Whether they can calm a tense situation with respect and honesty while keeping the department running.
How do you get involved in teaching medical students and residents through the University of Wisconsin partnership while running a full shift?
What they are checking: Whether they see teaching as part of the job and can teach in the flow of a busy shift.
What draws you to an egalitarian schedule in La Crosse, and how do you protect yourself from burnout?
What they are checking: Whether they have realistic expectations and habits that make them likely to last in emergency medicine.
What would you do
This group covers 75 to 80 thousand combined urgent care and ER visits a year. How do you keep moving on a busy shift without missing the sick patient in the waiting room?
What they are checking: Whether they have a real system for triage and reassessment under high volume.
You'd rotate through rural Critical Access Hospitals on 12 to 24-hour shifts. How does your practice change when you're the only physician in the building?
What they are checking: Whether they are ready to work without backup and know when to stabilize and transfer.
You're medically managing air and ground transport. How would you review a transport case where care was delayed?
What they are checking: Whether they can do fair, useful case review with EMS crews that improves care without blame.
About the work
Talk me through a STEMI arriving by ground ambulance, from the door to the cath lab.
What they are checking: Whether they know the time-critical steps and how to work with the PCI program to cut delays.
How do you decide when to call for air transport from a rural ER, and what do you do while you wait?
What they are checking: Whether they can make transfer decisions early and keep a patient stable with limited resources.
A stroke patient arrives within the treatment window. Walk me through your first steps as a Primary Stroke Center.
What they are checking: Whether they know stroke protocols and can move quickly through imaging and treatment decisions.
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