Despite being the current President of the American College of Physicians (ACP), David A. Fleming, MD, MA, FACP thinks of himself as a “simple country doc”. The native Missourian’s roots were indeed in rural, community-based medicine, but his distinguished career has earned him impressive accolades from the academic, professional and ... Read more
Suzanne Barston
Updated June 27, 2022 by Suzanne Barston
Republished with permission from here. Congratulations! You’ve made it to the clinical portion of medical school. Now you’ll work alongside interns, residents, attendings, pharmacists, social workers, and a myriad of other health care workers to ... Read more
Rishi Kumar
Updated June 27, 2022 by Rishi Kumar
Neuromodulation is an exciting therapy for improving neurological ailments. When I graduated medical school in 2009, I had no idea what “neuromodulation” meant or the surgeries it encompasses despite my interest in neurosurgery. Even today, ... Read more
Shannon Hann
Updated March 19, 2019 by Shannon Hann
Pre-medical students can – and should – take advantage of the many opportunities available to them to gain valuable insight into what it is like to be a physician. Some of these experiences involve clinical ... Read more
Anubodh “Sunny” Varshney
Updated June 27, 2022 by Anubodh “Sunny” Varshney
I am a young hospitalist who is 16 months into my role at an urban academic medical center. Unlike many of my more-senior colleagues who found their way to hospital medicine by circumstance, luck, or ... Read more
Joshua Allen-Dicker
Updated August 25, 2022 by Joshua Allen-Dicker
“To sleep, perchance to dream – ay, there’s the rub” ~ Hamlet The irony of being on night float in psychiatry is that I would write orders for a lot of sleep medications while struggling ... Read more
Megan Riddle
Updated June 27, 2022 by Megan Riddle
Updated September 30, 2021. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors and to update formatting. You know that people judge your character based on your behavior or appearance in an in-person interview. But ... Read more
AAMC Staff
Updated August 8, 2022 by AAMC Staff
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