SDN Editorial Board Accepting Applications
SDN strives to publish high-quality feature articles to serve as a resource for our membership and visitors. Our vision in …
How to Get Legal Help
As you move along your journey to become a medical professional, eventually you are going to come across issues that …
Underrepresented in Healthcare
Defining who is considered an underrepresented minority (URM), the frequent obstacles they face, and how we can combat these issues …
Celebrating Graduation Despite COVID-19
With cases of COVID-19 continuing to spread around the world, nearly all large events have been canceled. Unfortunately for those …
Summer Reads for Future Doctors of all Sorts
If you are aspiring to become a doctor, it can be tempting to spend your summer trying to get ahead. …
How Students Can Help Fight COVID-19
If you’re in the process of applying for graduate school as a healthcare professional, your plans may be disrupted at …
Reporting an Institutional Action
Last month, we discussed what constitutes an Institutional Action in the eyes of the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC). …
What To Do Before You Start Graduate School
It takes a lot of work to get accepted to graduate school as a healthcare professional. You must maintain good …
Legal Matters: Institutional Action Basics
The Student Doctor Network gets several questions to our Confidential Consult experts a month about what is and what is not an …
Can You Get Public Service Loan Forgiveness?
People sometimes assume that student loans are easy to pay back on a doctor’s salary, but there are many factors …
Guide to SDN Resources
When most people think of Student Doctor Network, they think of the SDN Forums, where pre-health and health professional students …
Creative Student Housing Options
A few weeks ago, I read a Wall Street Journal article circulating through the web: “Your Parent’s Advice is (Kind Of) Wrong.” …
Legal Matters: Lease Basics for Students
Congratulations, you have been accepted to the school of your choice! Your school is in another state that you have never …
Sit, Heal: Dog Teaches Military Med Students The Merits Of Service Animals
Originally posted on khn.org on November 11, 2019 The newest faculty member at the Uniformed Services University of the Health …
20 Ways You Can Support SDN
When Student Doctor Network (SDN) was founded 20 years ago by medical students and residents, applying to health professional school …
How Much Will You Really Pay on Your Med School Loans?
You’ve done it. You killed undergrad, conquered the MCAT and finally received a fateful acceptance letter. You’re going to be …
Giving and Receiving Feedback
In the minds of many students and employees alike, the word “feedback” is synonymous with criticism. Sometimes it conjures memories …
Health Professions Week 2019
Health Professions Week is a nationwide collaboration between today’s healthcare and education organizations designed to provide reliable, accessible resources to …
Pets During Professional School
Animals have been bringing companionship to mankind for more than 20,000 years. From the domestication of wolves to cattle to …
Roadmap to a Rewarding Research Year
Welcome to “Research for the Rest of Us”, a column about navigating the complex intricacies of life in the lab. …