Victoria Knight April 30, 2021 In their last year of medical school, fourth-year students get matched to a hospital where they will serve their residency. The annual rite of passage is called the National Resident ... Read more
Victoria Knight
Updated August 18, 2022 by Victoria Knight
One of the most common mistakes pre-medical students make when applying to medical school is not shadowing physicians whose practice aligns with their career goals. What is Shadowing? Shadowing is the intentional observation of the ... Read more
Hira Khan
Updated June 22, 2022 by Hira Khan
In the mid-twentieth century, millions of viewers—some quite fanatical—tuned into daytime TV soap operas like General Hospital and The Doctors, inviting (albeit highly fictionalized) doctors, nurses, and patients into their homes for an hour of ... Read more
Susan Doktor
Updated May 13, 2021 by Susan Doktor
None of us can refute the claim that a doctor’s profession is a lifesaver and a coveted one. Working in the field of medicine is viewed as a noble profession all across the globe. At ... Read more
Samuel Iglesias
Updated June 22, 2022 by Samuel Iglesias
Every day as an EMT brings new challenges, experiences, and rewarding moments. One day you are treating an elderly patient with a rapid heart rate, and the next you’re on the scene of a car ... Read more
Zack Zarrilli
Updated June 22, 2022 by Zack Zarrilli
When thinking about the life of a pre-health student, what comes to mind? Is it a performer? Or perhaps an image of a young college student who spends their days in rigorous science courses and ... Read more
Kate Schultz
Updated June 26, 2022 by Kate Schultz
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed immense stress on the entire U.S. healthcare system but has also revealed the healthcare workforce’s resiliency and ability to drive transformation. Whether through the rapid rollout of telemedicine practices, rechanneling ... Read more
Vikram Savkar
Updated June 22, 2022 by Vikram Savkar
Hand surgeons are specialists who complete a residency in either orthopaedic surgery, plastic surgery, or general surgery and then go on to additional competency training in hand and upper extremity surgery. Hand Surgery Training Orthopaedic surgery ... Read more
Nina Lightdale-Miric
Updated June 22, 2022 by Nina Lightdale-Miric
The first year of residency has never been easy. The jump one must make from medical student to doctor feels insurmountable in those early months of July. And the trend beyond that is not linear. ... Read more
Hillary Mullan
Updated June 22, 2022 by Hillary Mullan
Jia Wei Tan came from Malaysia dreaming of completing her residency in the U.S. and becoming a nephrologist. Luckily, she took the USMLE and interviewed for programs before COVID-19 shook the world, and she began ... Read more
Jia Wei Tan, PhD, MD and Anupam Garg, PhD
Updated June 22, 2022 by Jia Wei Tan, PhD, MD and Anupam Garg, PhD
The path from undergrad to medical school can be a long and challenging one with many potential pitfalls and setbacks. In this article, a premed student, Travis Tweedy, will walk us through the joys of ... Read more
Chivas Owle
Updated March 21, 2023 by Chivas Owle
From savior to, in some people’s minds, perpetrator, as the pandemic has progressed, frontline health workers have become frequent subjects of public attention due to a lack of online privacy — not all of it ... Read more
Rob Shavell
Updated June 26, 2022 by Rob Shavell
Social media platforms lit up when sponsors of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) announced Step 1 score reporting will change from 3-digit numerical scores to pass/fail by January 1, 2022. First-year Harvard Medical School ... Read more
Bethany Erb
Updated June 22, 2022 by Bethany Erb
Welcome to Match Week 2021! Congratulations to all the fourth-year medical students who have matched into a residency this year. We hope that all students in the SOAP process land a great position. Match 2021 ... Read more
Student Doctor Network
Updated June 22, 2022 by Student Doctor Network
Dr. Gretchen Garofoli earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Pittsburgh and completed a Community-based pharmacy residency at Virginia Commonwealth University and Buford Road Pharmacy. Dr. Garofoli is an Associate Professor at ... Read more
Sarah Lawrence
Updated August 16, 2022 by Sarah Lawrence
As an undergraduate studying health education, I was first exposed to the lack of equity in healthcare when I worked with migrant laborers in rural areas of central Florida. The experience really opened my eyes ... Read more
Eboni Peoples
Updated June 22, 2022 by Eboni Peoples
Updated October 5, 2021. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors and to update technical details provided by Bankrate. Let’s just say I’ve been around the financial block a few times. So forgive ... Read more
Susan Doktor
Updated June 22, 2022 by Susan Doktor
Dr. Marcus Jennings is the chief family medicine resident at Louisiana State University (LSU) Health in Bogalusa, Louisiana. Dr. Jennings is a native of Memphis, Tennessee and he completed his undergraduate degree at the Xavier ... Read more
Brittany Ferri
Updated June 22, 2022 by Brittany Ferri
When you start physical therapy school you know you want to work as a physical therapist, but maybe you don’t know how many specialist options are available. You can specialize in anything from acute care ... Read more
Madison Oak
Updated June 26, 2022 by Madison Oak