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Erin Wildermuth

Erin is a non-traditional medical student training to become a physician scientist. Before starting medical school she worked as a writer, bootstrapped an educational non-profit in Cameroon, and made hundreds of underwater videos for tourists in Thailand. She lives with her husband and two children in Baltimore, Maryland.

National Health Service Corps Explained

August 16, 2022March 5, 2020 by Erin Wildermuth

Though most doctors will be able to pay their medical school loans, being weighed down … Read more

Categories Psychology and Social Welfare, Student Loans Tags featured, loan repayment, National Health Service Corps, NHSC, scholarship

Can You Get Public Service Loan Forgiveness?

June 23, 2022February 10, 2020 by Erin Wildermuth
Public Service Loan Forgiveness

People sometimes assume that student loans are easy to pay back on a doctor’s salary, … Read more

Categories Student Loans Tags featured, PSLF, public service loan forgiveness 1 Comment

Creative Student Housing Options

July 22, 2022January 27, 2020 by Erin Wildermuth
Creative Housing

A few weeks ago, I read a Wall Street Journal article circulating through the web: “Your Parent’s … Read more

Categories Money Tags featured, housing, students

Keeping Costs Low as a Pre-Med

June 23, 2022December 12, 2019 by Erin Wildermuth
Saving money as a student

You’ve done it. The classes have been taken, the concepts mastered, the grades received. Prom … Read more

Categories Pre-Medical Tags featured, finances, MONEY, pre-med

How Much Will You Really Pay on Your Med School Loans?

July 21, 2022November 25, 2019 by Erin Wildermuth
Saving money as a student

You’ve done it. You killed undergrad, conquered the MCAT and finally received a fateful acceptance … Read more

Categories Student Loans Tags featured, money management, student loans 3 Comments

Pathways to a Military Paycheck in Medicine

November 4, 2019October 31, 2019 by Erin Wildermuth
Money Matters

The first step in securing a military paycheck in medicine is making absolutely sure the … Read more

Categories Medical Tags FAP, featured, HPSP, HSCP, medical, millitary, reserves, scholarship 6 Comments

Finding Paid Clinical Experience

June 23, 2022September 26, 2019 by Erin Wildermuth

There are many reasons that doctors tend to come from wealthier families. The requirements of piecing together … Read more

Categories Pre-Medical Tags clinical experience, featured, medical school, MONEY, pre-med

Creative Childcare for Medical Students

June 23, 2022September 19, 2019 by Erin Wildermuth

Nineteen hundred dollars a month. That was the cost of infant care at my son’s … Read more

Categories Medical School Tags childcare, featured, medical school

Pregnant in MS1: Tackling Medical School While Growing a Tiny Human

June 23, 2022July 15, 2019 by Erin Wildermuth
pregnant in m1

There is no good time to have a baby. This is especially true in the … Read more

Categories Medical School Tags featured, medical school, medical student, pregnancy, women in medicine 3 Comments

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