How to Create and Live On A Student Budget
It’s a fact of life: you need money to pay expenses that allow you to live comfortably. When you’re attending
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Dental
Current and previous articles on pre-dentistry, dental school, and dentist (DDS, DMD) related topics. SDN publishes new articles, interviews, podcasts, and features every weekday.
The Student Doctor Network was founded by students in 1999 to help students become doctors. All articles are provided free as part of our nonprofit educational mission.
Articles are listed below in reverse date order:
What Do I Wear? Basic Interview Attire for Men
By Jeffrey Perluke Fall is in the air, and you wait patiently as the medical school application cycle continues. Several
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How Spaced Repetition Enhances Learning
By Osmosis One of the biggest challenges of learning medicine is the sheer amount of information students are expected to
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Handling Sexual Harassment as a Medical Student
Changing dressings on diabetic ulcers is not particularly pleasant. The oozing, the meticulousness of laying down protective layers, and the
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Purposeful Prescribing: A Dentist’s Role in the Opioid Epidemic
By Abbey Tadros In our oral surgery student clinic, we have a laminated sheet to reference when writing our two
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A World Healed of Trafficking: Healthcare’s Role in Confronting Modern-Day Slavery
A dozen clinic staff walked into the training with skepticism. “This is a waste of time,” they muttered. “Human trafficking
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SDN Editorial Board Accepting Applications For New Members
SDN strives to publish quality feature articles as a resource that helps students become doctors. To further this goal, Student
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10 Items To Add To Your Back To School Shopping List
By Student Doctor Network With the start of classes quickly approaching (and Amazon Prime Day just around the corner!) now
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Impostor Phenomenon: What To Do When You Feel Like A Fraud
Impostor Phenomenon. Have you heard of it? I hadn’t either until graduate school. As a first year graduate student I
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What Do I Do if I Need Help?
There is an exhilarating sensation that rushes through your veins when you first get a glimpse of a letter beginning
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5 Rules for Protecting Your Family’s Financial Future, Part II
By Amy Rakowczyk, SDN Staff Writer You and your spouse are investing a significant amount of time, energy, and money
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What Dental School is Like
By Colson Smith The Four Legs of the Dental School Marathon One of the main questions I get about dental
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5 Rules for Protecting Your Family’s Financial Future, Part I
By Amy Rakowczyk, SDN Staff Writer Medical training is a significant investment for both you and your spouse. It’s an
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Steps to get into Dental School
By Student Doctor Network If you think a dental career might be in your future, you can begin taking steps
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You, The Doctor’s Spouse
By Amy Rakowczyk, SDN Staff Writer Welcome to the new you—“The Doctor’s Spouse.” Yes, you have had your own identity
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Train For The DAT Like A Marathoner
By Marissa Albert, Predental Student This article originally ran on ASDA’s blog, Mouthing Off, on April 21, 2017. Preparing for
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Student Loan Repayment Strategies for Medical Professionals
By Dave Rathmanner Unless you’re one of those people who wins every scholarship you apply for, you’ve likely had to take
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The Physician Gender Bias—What Every Female Doctor Has Faced
By Karen Tran-Harding, MD A man and a woman step into an elevator wearing the exact same hospital scrub uniforms. The
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How to Choose Your Dental School
By Abbey Tadros, DMD Candidate, University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Dentistry April showers bring May flowers, and May flowers into
Read moreHow To Manage A Cross-Country Move
The medical journey offers many opportunities to make some big moves, whether it’s to start medical school, residency, fellowship, or
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