Heart: A History, by Sandeep Jauhar—Book Review
By Brent Schnipke, SDN Staff Writer Medical nonfiction, as a genre, has grown considerably in recent years as many physicians
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Articles are listed below in reverse date order:
Q&A with Physician-Writer Sandeep Jauhar
By Christy Duan Dr. Sandeep Jauhar is a cardiologist and director of the Heart Failure Program at Long Island Jewish
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Opportunities in Primary Care
By Adelle Medical students are bombarded with decisions regarding what they want to do with their lives, from choice of
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What’s causing this patient’s spontaneous laughter?
A four-year-old girl is referred to a pediatric neurologist with new-onset generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Her father mentions that she has
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Free Resources Every Aspiring Doctor Should Read
By AAMC As you make the decision to pursue a career in medicine, you may wonder, “Where do I even
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Should I Retake the MCAT?
By Cassie Kosarek Believe it or not, it is not uncommon to take the MCAT twice. Though sitting for seven
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Are You Ready for Commitment? When and How to Write a Letter of Intent
By Casey Paton So you are nearing the end of your application season. You have spent years completing prerequisite courses,
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A 45-year-old female presents with painful lesions on her lower limbs and ears. She is a smoker, and has a
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Man Ovens, Shoring Up Weaknesses, and Ditching the MCAT
Should you fix a bad grade, or concentrate on making your strengths even stronger? Activia (not her actual name, though
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How To Avoid The Comparison Game
By Amy Rakowczyk When we matched for residency, our program brought us close to some good friends we have known
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Maintaining A Relationship When Both Partners Are In Medical or Graduate School
By Meghan Taylor My boyfriend began medical school the same fall I began graduate school. We met the year before
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Factors to Consider When Applying as a Disadvantaged Applicant
By Renee Marinelli, MD As pre-medical students complete the AMCAS application for medical school, they are confronted by the question,
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A five-year-old male with a four-day history of fever presents with a new erythematous rash. His mother says he has
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Combined Medicine and Psychiatry Training: It’s a Thing
By Guera Most people asking what discipline I was pursuing during my fourth year of medical school were hearing “Med-Psych”
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How to Improve Information Recall with a Memory Palace
By Osmosis Welcome to the final part of our blog series exploring proven study strategies used by Osmosis to make
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TMDSAS: What It Is and How To Prepare
By TMDSAS The Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Service, TMDSAS, is the common application service for all state-funded medical,
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A Crucial Health Professions Pipeline Pt. 2
More great stuff from the SHPEPers at CCOM Our visit with pre-health students in the Carver College of Medicine’s Summer
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Your Research Can Change Medicine: Interview with Dr. Jeffrey Drazen, Editor-in-Chief, NEJM
Medical journalists and researchers have a responsibility to perform meaningful, reproducible research to guide the direction and practice of medicine,
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How To Find A Research Position
By Dennis Caruana Should You Get Involved in Research? To best address the question of whether or not one should get
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Medical Training Hierarchy: Your Role as a 3rd or 4th Year Student
By Adelle, SDN Staff Writer I’ve just started my fourth year, and while it’s a relief to be done with
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