Taking A Research Year: What You Should Know
When a medical student approaches the end of third year and is assessing their chances of matching, multiple factors come
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Spotlighting Surgical Specialties
In my last column, I touched on some commonly chosen medical specialties and hopefully cleared up some confusion on what
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Q&A with Dr. Farrah Fong, Family Medicine
Dr. Farrah Fong is a third year family medicine resident at Rutger’s/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Outside of busy resident
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Why Med Students Join Medical Societies
Medical Societies and Associations: Are they Useful for Students? Listener Zachary wrote to [email protected] to ask whether it’s useful for
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How To Create An MCAT Study Plan
If you’re aiming for a great MCAT score, cramming a couple of weeks before the test isn’t going to cut
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Military Doctors In Crosshairs Of A Budget Battle
The U.S. military is devising major reductions in its medical corps, unnerving the system’s advocates who fear the cuts will
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Choosing a Medical School As A URM Student
Congratulations! You survived the MCAT, AMCAS, secondaries, interviews, and months of waiting. If this cycle did not not work out
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From Intern to Attending: The Roles of Physicians on a Medical Team
As physicians move throughout their training, they acquire different titles in addition to their MD. As a medical student, this
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Second Looks and Fantasy Gap Years
As CCOM’s second-look day (which we call Get Acquainted Day) approaches, Aline Sandouk, LJ Agostinelli, Miranda Schene, and Danial Syed
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A Medical Mission: Insights into a Career in Military Medicine
From a young age, Aaron Saguil knew that he wanted to be a doctor. His mother, who was a nurse
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Preparing the Perfect Poster Presentation
Poster presentations are to medical school as book reports are to grade school. They are ubiquitous, yet nobody really knows
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Coping With An Overwhelmed Spouse
In last month’s article, we addressed the big elephant in the room during medical training: mental health. Most of our medical
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Is Your Previous Career A Strike Against You?
Admissions committees care most about what you got out of your experiences, less about what exactly they were. Here’s a
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How To Find Someone To Shadow
Applying to a health profession education program is a major decision, and schools will want to be sure that you
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It’s Okay to Not Know Everything
As a medical student, you are going to step foot onto a clinical rotation for the very first time armed
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Why You Should Consider Family Medicine
One of the most exciting experiences during medical school is selecting the specialty in which you’ll be practicing. Choosing your
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What Research Means For Residency Applications
Does research mean a whole lot when applying to residency? Listener Nathan called in to the SCP Hotline at 347-SHORTCT
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The Benefit of Psychoeducational Assessments For Some MCAT Takers
Remember when you were a child and first realized the magnitude of your school career? When you were young, it
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Specialty Spotlight: Internal Medicine and Family Medicine
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had a chance to interact with some of the first and second year students
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AAMC Fee Assistance Program: What’s New in 2019
The cost of preparing for and applying to medical school can be daunting. At the AAMC, we believe that this
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