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Current and previous articles on pre-medical, medical school, and physician (MD, DO) related topics. SDN publishes new articles, interviews, podcasts, and features every weekday.
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Articles are listed below in reverse date order:
Med School Youtubers, Pre-Med Experiences, and Overcoming Shyness
So many listener questions! Listener Amari returns to ask Aline Sandouk, Jayden Bowen, Tony Rosenberg, and Mark Moubarek–what do they
Read more Why is this urine bag purple?
An 80-year-old female with a history of diabetes and chronic constipation presents to the emergency department with a purple urine bag.
Read more 5 Ways You Can Help Prevent Your AMCAS® Application from Being Delayed
By AAMC Staff Many applicants applying with AMCAS strive to complete and submit their application as quickly as possible. However,
Read more Impostor Phenomenon: What To Do When You Feel Like A Fraud
By Meghan Taylor Impostor Phenomenon. Have you heard of it? I hadn’t either until graduate school. As a first year
Read more What is the MCAT?
By Emily Millet The Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) is an examination that one must take in order to gain
Read more What Do I Do if I Need Help?
By Katayoon Dowlatshahi There is an exhilarating sensation that rushes through your veins when you first get a glimpse of a
Read more Did a drug interaction complicate this injury?
A 76-year-old male presents with a progressive headache, dizziness, and confusion after falling from his bed the night before. He
Read more Why You Might Want to Wait to Apply to Med School
Your Med School Application is Too Important to Rush Listener Hanna wrote in to ask an important question: is it
Read more 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
Read more Q&A with Ms. Carolann Curry, Reference and Outreach Librarian
By Jacob Adney, SDN Staff Writer Ms. Carolann Curry is a Library Assistant Professor and the Reference & Outreach Librarian
Read more Q&A with Dr. Katherine Semrau, Women’s and Maternal Epidemiology
By Gloria Onwuneme, SDN Staff Writer Dr. Katherine Semrau, PhD, MPH, is an Associate Epidemiologist at the Division of Global
Read more What’s Causing This Persistent Cough?
A 75-year-old female presents with a two-year history of a persistent cough and fatigue. The cough is occasionally productive of
Read more The Secondary Application: Bragging vs. Confidence
How can you brag about yourself without bragging about yourself? We are taught from a young age (most of us,
Read more How To Present a Patient: A Step-By-Step Guide
By Kunal Sindhu The ability to deliver oral case presentations is a core skill for any physician. Effective oral case
Read more Challenges as Opportunities to Grow
By Medicine Pathways Up until medical school, my life was relatively smoothing sailing. I did not really have too many
Read more Hotel Influenza, Confirming Right-to-Try Problems, REM Sleep Revealed
We love when listeners get in touch, which is why Dave was glad to hear from Adil who, after listening
Read more Why Is This Patient Profoundly Hypotensive?
A 70-year-old male is brought to the emergency department with subacute shortness of breath and fatigue. Upon searching her father’s
Read more Should You Consider a Direct Admission to Medical School Program?
By Adelle There are so many paths that people can take to get to medical school. In my last piece,
Read more How to Spend a Premed Summer
By Renee Marinelli, MD Summer—the season of sun, swimming, relaxing, and traveling. For most people, summer can be the best
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