The Art of Writing Abstracts
Abstracts are an essential currency of research, especially for students and early career scientists. They are the ticket to entry …
SDN Editorial Board Accepting Applications For New Members
SDN strives to publish quality feature articles as a resource that supports our mission to help build a diverse doctor …
First Student Loan Steps for Veterinary Graduates
Save time and money on your student loans Congratulations, new veterinary doctors! It’s time to celebrate graduation! It’s also the …
Strategies To Obtain Strong Letters of Recommendations
Applicants for medical, dental, and other professional programs often agonize over their personal statements, test scores, and resume, all the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
How To Develop Interpersonal Communication Skills For Better Interview Performance
“When I reviewed the interview performance of over 200 students who applied to our training program in the last 5 …
How To Choose Your Testing Center
Last year, as the summer was nearing its end, I started preparing to take the Medical College Admission Test, also …
Finding a Research Project that Fits Like a Glove
Welcome to “Research for the Rest of Us”, a column about navigating the complex intricacies of life in the lab. …
How You Can Support SDN On #GivingTuesday
Help us reach our #GivingTuesday goal of 100 new donors and 100 new Interview Feedback responses: • Become an SDN donor …
Veterinary Shadowing: How To Find And Make The Most Of Opportunities
You’ve decided you want to be a veterinarian – but how do you know it’s the right career for you? …
Caring for Your Mental Health in Medical School
Medical school is characterized, and often caricatured, by the immense levels of stress that plague students throughout their four-year education. …
5 Things to Consider When Choosing Your Global Health Experience
Learning about a new culture, seeing how healthcare is done in another country, and building your language skills are just …
Self-Care Is Not Selfish
We’re a few months into the new medical year and wherever your spouse is at in their medical journey, they’re …
How Research Can Maximize Your Residency Match Success
Welcome to “Research for the Rest of Us”, a column about navigating the complex intricacies of life in the lab. …
How To Avoid The Comparison Game
When we matched for residency, our program brought us close to some good friends we have known since college. These …
Maintaining A Relationship When Both Partners Are In Medical or Graduate School
My boyfriend began medical school the same fall I began graduate school. We met the year before when we were …
Q&A with Duffy Jones, DVM, Author of The Business Side of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. M. Duffy Jones, DVM completed his Bachelor of Science degree in biology at the University of Notre Dame and …
How to Improve Information Recall with a Memory Palace
Welcome to the final part of our blog series exploring proven study strategies used by Osmosis to make learning medicine …