The Successful Match: Oral Communication Skills
By Rajani Katta, MD and Samir P. Desai, MD Every aspiring physician knows the importance of memorization, especially in the …
Highs and Lows: Bipolar in Medical School
While many medical students struggle to grasp the complexity of mental illness and its management, I’ve experienced it first hand. …
Clinical Clerkship Clues: Family Medicine
For many medical students the family medicine clerkship is one of the more enjoyable rotations of third year. Regardless of …
Family Medicine: Challenges for the Solo Physician
The family physician, in the eyes of many medical students, is a solo physician with a comprehensive practice that …
MD vs. DO, What’s the Difference?
DOs (osteopathic physicians) are the legal and professional equivalents of MDs (allopathic physicians). They practice in all areas of medicine and compete with MDs for residencies and in the job market. Learn more.
Dealing With Conflict on Clinical Rotations
Nearly every medical student, at some point during training, will have a negative encounter with someone higher up on the …
20 Questions: William Baker, MD, Anesthesiologist
Dr. William Baker is an anesthesiologist working in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. Baker was in private practice for 18 years and …
20 Questions: David C. Hilmers, Med-Peds, Former Astronaut
David C. Hilmers, MD, EE, MPH, is as assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, in the …
Before You Write Your Personal Statement, Read This
A supplement to our Essay Workshop 101 Series. Essays & personal statements are an anxiety-inducing part of the application process …
20 Questions: David Russo, DO, Pain Medicine and Physiatry
Recently The Student Doctor Network interviewed David Russo, DO, who specializes in interventional pain medicine and physiatry in private practice …
Ethical Questions (Interview Advice Column)
To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this …