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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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:
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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What Ophthalmologic Feature Is This Child Most Likely To Develop?
A 5-year-old male presents to his pediatrician for a yearly check-up and immunizations. On examination, numerous light brown macules are
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Doubts, Needles, and Measles
Listener Jen sent an email to [email protected] asking M4 Irisa Mahaparn, and M1s Nick Lind and Madeline Slater about the
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5 Tips for Transitioning From the Preclinical World to the Clinical One
While undeniably more difficult than undergraduate classes, classroom-based courses offer medical students some familiar comfort in their preclinical years. Having
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How To Identify And Fight Implicit Bias in Medicine
Implicit bias refers to the attitudes, beliefs, and associations that influence a person’s actions in an unconscious way. Implicit bias
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The One About Trigonometry | MCAT Tips and Tricks
I’m guessing that by this point in your MCAT preparation you feel like you’ve parked a dump truck full of
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Where Is A Chordoma Most Likely To Occur?
A 21-year-old female is referred with a one-year history of neck pain, difficulty swallowing, and numbness of the tongue. Physical,
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MD/PhD Admissions and Shadowing Strategies
Listener Renee writes in to ask Aditi Patel, Maddie Mix, Nick Lind, and guest Dr. John Pienta whether she can
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Overwhelmed In Training
Recently, my husband’s residency class was required to take a “Risk of Burnout” questionnaire. At the end of the assessment
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