How to Write a Prescription: 7 Steps for Safety
In 2017, over four billion prescriptions were filled at pharmacies across the United States. Given their sheer prevalence, prescriptions are …
Gain a Deeper Understanding with the Power of Test-Enhanced Learning
Welcome to part two of our blog series in which we share proven learning strategies behind the Osmosis platform that …
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 …
What Do I Wear? Basic Interview Attire for Men
Fall is in the air, and you wait patiently as the medical school application cycle continues. Several weeks have passed …
How Spaced Repetition Enhances Learning
One of the biggest challenges of learning medicine is the sheer amount of information students are expected to process and …
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 …
Purposeful Prescribing: A Dentist’s Role in the Opioid Epidemic
In our oral surgery student clinic, we have a laminated sheet to reference when writing our two most common post-surgical …
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 …
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 …
10 Items To Add To Your Back To School Shopping List
With the start of classes quickly approaching (and Amazon Prime Day just around the corner!) now is the time to …
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 …
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 …
5 Rules for Protecting Your Family’s Financial Future, Part II
You and your spouse are investing a significant amount of time, energy, and money into medical training. You’ve take on …
What Dental School is Like
The Four Legs of the Dental School Marathon One of the main questions I get about dental school from pre-dental …
5 Rules for Protecting Your Family’s Financial Future, Part I
Medical training is a significant investment for both you and your spouse. It’s an investment of time and money so …
Steps to get into Dental School
If you think a dental career might be in your future, you can begin taking steps now to make yourself …
You, The Doctor’s Spouse
Welcome to the new you—“The Doctor’s Spouse.” Yes, you have had your own identity up until this point, but now …
Train For The DAT Like A Marathoner
This article originally ran on ASDA’s blog, Mouthing Off, on April 21, 2017. Preparing for the DAT can be one …
Student Loan Repayment Strategies for Medical Professionals
Unless you’re one of those people who wins every scholarship you apply for, you’ve likely had to take out student …
The Physician Gender Bias—What Every Female Doctor Has Faced
A man and a woman step into an elevator wearing the exact same hospital scrub uniforms. The man’s pager suddenly …