How to Think About Med Schools’ Primary Care Statistics Listener Lavender BloodPoison (not their real name) sent us a message saying they were impressed by CCOM’s Primary Care residency match statistics. And while many schools that serve states like ours do love primary care, “there are lies, damn lies, and statistics,” ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 25, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
Today we (Tutor the People) are interviewing Courtleigh Watson, a DVM associate veterinarian. Courtleigh studied veterinary medicine in Alabama, and she is going to tell us more about her background, the steps she took to ... Read more
Tutor The People
Updated June 25, 2022 by Tutor The People
At this point, you are probably already aware of how competitive medical school admissions are. For instance, you may already know that the most competitive med schools boast acceptance rates of nearly 3%—that’s almost half ... Read more
Joel Butterly
Updated June 25, 2022 by Joel Butterly
April showers bring May flowers, and May flowers into a summer of applications for dental student hopefuls. Preparation for dental school is overwhelming, and predental students work for years to mold themselves into ideal applicants. ... Read more
Abbey Tadros
Updated June 25, 2022 by Abbey Tadros
A 14-year-old boy is brought to the pediatrician by his mother over concerns of difficulty walking and worsening clumsiness. He reports a gradual loss of night vision, and a long history of chronic diarrhea which ... Read more
Figure 1
Updated February 27, 2019 by Figure 1
Studying your butt off for months, suffering through an anxiety-inducing test day, and then waiting an entire month just to get a lower-than-expected MCAT score is by no means a pleasant experience. It is so ... Read more
Andrew George
Updated June 25, 2022 by Andrew George
Anxiety about your competitive specialty ambitions in your first year isn’t worth it. Listener Luis wrote in expressing his anxiety that his med school–which he’ll begin attending this fall–doesn’t have the prestige or programs to support ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 25, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
In your second or third year of residency or fellowship, your smartphone will suddenly start buzzing at all hours of the workday. When you answer, a hyperactive-sounding millennial will chirp at warp speed: “Hi Dr[yourname]! ... Read more
Monya De
Updated October 23, 2022 by Monya De
I’ve written about choosing a medical specialty throughout the third and even fourth years of medical school, but further discussion is warranted regarding the students who don’t choose a specialty in this “typical” timeframe. It ... Read more
Brent Schnipke
Updated August 23, 2022 by Brent Schnipke
Dr. James Dahle is a practicing emergency physician and founder of White Coat Investor, a website in which he shares what he has learned about personal finance management and wealth building. Dr. Dahle graduated in ... Read more
Gloria Onwuneme
Updated June 25, 2022 by Gloria Onwuneme
By Adelle, Medical Student I went into my third year with a somewhat open mind in terms of what I thought I liked and what I thought I wanted to do for the next 35 ... Read more
Adelle
Updated June 25, 2022 by Adelle
Med school can test a relationship. Lauren wrote in to ask us to what extent her love life should play a role in her selection of a medical school, and how we thought med school challenges ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 25, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
A 60-year-old man who is HIV positive presents with fever, dyspnea, and inflammatory lesions on the skin. A biopsy reveals a diagnosis of histoplasmosis. At what threshold should antiretroviral therapy (ART) be initiated in adults ... Read more
Figure 1
Updated February 27, 2019 by Figure 1
Moving across the country for medical school was the scariest thing I ever did – and the best thing I ever did I looked out the window as the plane touched down on the runway. ... Read more
Karen Tran-Harding
Updated June 25, 2022 by Karen Tran-Harding
Young physicians have some of the highest mortgage underwriting decline rates of any professional seeking real estate financing. This should not come as a surprise, as most residents have a negative net worth (typically loans ... Read more
Josh Mettle
Updated June 25, 2022 by Josh Mettle
While most students dream of getting an acceptance letter from just one medical school, others find themselves in the enviable position of having to choose between two or more schools to which they’ve been accepted. ... Read more
Cassie Kosarek
Updated June 25, 2022 by Cassie Kosarek
By Yoo Jung Kim, MD Candidate, Stanford University Many students start college gung-ho about going into medicine, and many end up falling short of their goals. Their reasons are varied. Some discover new careers that ... Read more
Yoo Jung Kim
Updated June 25, 2022 by Yoo Jung Kim
By Monya De, MD MPH Medical students who did not match into a residency position have a difficult, stressful, and uncertain time period ahead of them, thanks to overzealous funding of new medical schools, an ... Read more
Monya De
Updated June 25, 2022 by Monya De
By Gloria Onwneme, Medical Student, University of Nottingham, UK Dr. Harris Eyre, MD, PhD, Fulbright Scholar (WG Walker) is a psychiatry trainee, and Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of CNSDose, a company which has developed ... Read more
Gloria Onwuneme
Updated June 25, 2022 by Gloria Onwuneme