Days Defined By The Medical Life Have you ever wondered what the day-to-day looks like for fellow medical spouses? On the outside, their lives may look organized and happy with ducks-in-a-row, but is that how it really is? What goes on “behind the scenes”? To give you a little glimpse, ... Read more
Amy Rakowczyk
Updated June 26, 2022 by Amy Rakowczyk
Dr. Perri Klass is a pediatrician and journalist for the New York Times, an author, and a professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University. She obtained her BA in biology from Harvard University (1979) ... Read more
Gloria Onwuneme
Updated June 26, 2022 by Gloria Onwuneme
The United States is currently battling an opioid epidemic that is only getting worse. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in 2016 there were 42,249 opioid overdose deaths, which is a significant ... Read more
Jon Hagedorn
Updated June 26, 2022 by Jon Hagedorn
Perhaps no single aspect of medicine is more visible to the public, especially in stories, film, and television, than the emergency department. Scenes of a crowded room, patients on the verge of death needing major ... Read more
Brent Schnipke
Updated March 10, 2025 by Brent Schnipke
Do doctors need protection from having to provide treatments they don’t believe in? During Human Rights Week at the Carver College of Medicine, we heard some hard truths from national news commentator, human rights activist, and ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 26, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
A 40-year-old male presents to his family physician with a pruritic, erythematous lesion on his foot after returning from vacation in coastal Brazil a week earlier. On examination, a serpiginous, slightly elevated tunnel can be ... Read more
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Updated February 27, 2019 by Figure 1
The other day I drove through a neighborhood in Chicago I once lived in and happened to drive by the National Opioid Overdose Memorial. It consists of 22,000 pills, each one engraved with the face ... Read more
John Stracks
Updated June 26, 2022 by John Stracks
Over the holidays, dental school students all over the nation put down the books, hung up the scrubs, and went home to spend time with family. Despite every effort to forget about school for a ... Read more
Colson Smith
Updated June 26, 2022 by Colson Smith
He is younger than me! This is not happening. This could have been me. These are the thoughts running through my mind when I witness my first patient death. I’ve seen a few other deaths ... Read more
Mohamed Gad
Updated June 26, 2022 by Mohamed Gad
Dr. Rozelle Kane is a physician, an NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow with the Department of Innovation, and the founder of The Future of Food Institute, which looks to translate nutritional research insights into foods which ... Read more
Gloria Onwuneme
Updated June 26, 2022 by Gloria Onwuneme
Sometimes the requirements aren’t required. Annie wrote in to [email protected] to ask Kaci McCleary, Erik Kneller, Gabriel Conley, and Marissa Evers if she should give up her 10-year job as a radiology tech so she’d have time ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 26, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
A 55-year-old female presents with a low-grade fever, a new heart murmur, and Janeway lesions one week following a dental cleaning, and a preliminary diagnosis of infective endocarditis is made. Prophylactic antibiotics are administered prior ... Read more
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Updated February 27, 2019 by Figure 1
Each year, thousands of residents in their final year of residency have the daunting task of surfing through thousands of job openings, determining which state they would like to practice in, and negotiating potential contracts. ... Read more
Ryan Bucci
Updated August 18, 2022 by Ryan Bucci
Whoever decided that doctors should wear white coats must not have spent much time with sick patients. Throughout your career, your white medical coat will encounter some nasty stains, from blood and coffee to C-diff. ... Read more
Katie Imbrock
Updated June 23, 2022 by Katie Imbrock
This time of year medical students are beginning to think of where they may match for residency. At this point in the application cycle, most candidates have completed a number of interviews and have an ... Read more
Q Lee
Updated June 26, 2022 by Q Lee
Looking Back at 2017 As another new year rolls around, I try to take some time to reflect on what went well in the past year and to look at the year ahead. This past ... Read more
Adelle
Updated June 26, 2022 by Adelle
A 31-year-old female presents to the emergency department with a two-day history of pain on urination and discomfort in her left knee and heel. She also complains of right eye pain, which is exacerbated by ... Read more
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Updated March 10, 2025 by Figure 1
Are clerkships a grind, or a boon? It’s up to you. The second-year students are moving from the pre-clinical curriculum to the clerkships this week. This transition is exciting—after all, seeing patients is what they’ve ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 26, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
To say you are busy may be an understatement! You’re balancing a full course load, work obligations, extracurricular activities, friends and family—it’s a lot to juggle. It’s no wonder that when it comes time to ... Read more
AAMC Staff
Updated June 26, 2022 by AAMC Staff