Leading up to our first appointment in clinic, one of my classmates asked our supervising dentist a very insightful question. “What do we tell our patients when they ask if we’ve ever done this on ... Read more
Colson Smith
Updated June 24, 2022 by Colson Smith
Medical nonfiction, as a genre, has grown considerably in recent years as many physicians have taken to writing for a broader audience. Although physicians have always been writers—documenting new research and ideas as various fields ... Read more
Brent Schnipke
Updated January 8, 2019 by Brent Schnipke
Dr. Sandeep Jauhar is a cardiologist and director of the Heart Failure Program at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a PhD in physics before completing a medical doctorate ... Read more
Christy Duan
Updated June 24, 2022 by Christy Duan
Medical students are bombarded with decisions regarding what they want to do with their lives, from choice of specialty to options within the field itself. Quite a few medical schools these days push for students ... Read more
Adelle
Updated February 28, 2019 by Adelle
A four-year-old girl is referred to a pediatric neurologist with new-onset generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Her father mentions that she has also had sudden episodes of spontaneous unexplained loud laughter for the past year, and they ... Read more
Figure 1
Updated February 27, 2019 by Figure 1
Residency applicants get boosted by AOA, but it could be racially biased Aline Sandouk, Jayden Bowen, Aditi Patel, and newbie Madeline Slater are on hand to answer listener questions, such as J’s query about the utility ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 24, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
As you make the decision to pursue a career in medicine, you may wonder, “Where do I even start?” It can be easy to feel overwhelmed by the process, but there are a lot of ... Read more
AAMC Staff
Updated June 24, 2022 by AAMC Staff
Believe it or not, it is not uncommon to take the MCAT twice. Though sitting for seven hours and thirty minutes more than once is not anyone’s idea of fun, scheduling a second test can ... Read more
Cassie Kosarek
Updated June 24, 2022 by Cassie Kosarek
I stood and watched off to the side as the cart wheeled in through the wide double doors into Operation Room 1. It was my first day of shadowing a pediatric neurosurgeon, and so as ... Read more
Kartik Iyer
Updated February 28, 2019 by Kartik Iyer
So you are nearing the end of your application season. You have spent years completing prerequisite courses, engaging in thoughtful and philanthropic extracurricular pursuits, preparing for the MCAT, and of course submitting primaries, secondaries and ... Read more
Casey Paton
Updated June 24, 2022 by Casey Paton
A 45-year-old female presents with painful lesions on her lower limbs and ears. She is a smoker, and has a history of recreational drug use. Purpuric, necrotic lesions are noted on both lower extremities, in ... Read more
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Updated February 27, 2019 by Figure 1
Should you fix a bad grade, or concentrate on making your strengths even stronger? Activia (not her actual name, though it probably should be. Feel free to take that name, anonymous caller) emailed us at [email protected] ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 24, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
When we matched for residency, our program brought us close to some good friends we have known since college. These are friends we have shared deep, heart-filled conversations with over the years, and they are ... Read more
Amy Rakowczyk
Updated June 26, 2022 by Amy Rakowczyk
My boyfriend began medical school the same fall I began graduate school. We met the year before when we were both still awaiting our respective medical/graduate school interviews and acceptances. To our surprise, we had ... Read more
Meghan Taylor
Updated June 26, 2022 by Meghan Taylor
As pre-medical students complete the AMCAS application for medical school, they are confronted by the question, ‘do you consider yourself disadvantaged?’ Most applicants are not sure if they qualify as disadvantaged or how they should ... Read more
Renee Marinelli
Updated June 24, 2022 by Renee Marinelli
Dr. M. Duffy Jones, DVM completed his Bachelor of Science degree in biology at the University of Notre Dame and obtained his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine at Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine. He then completed ... Read more
Crissey Tait
Updated June 24, 2022 by Crissey Tait
A five-year-old male with a four-day history of fever presents with a new erythematous rash. His mother says he has been coughing and sneezing for the past few days. Examination reveals conjunctivitis, grayish elevations on ... Read more
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Updated February 27, 2019 by Figure 1
Occupational therapists assist people across a wide range of ages and functional abilities and are trained to have broad, versatile skill sets; it should come as no surprise that OTs can work in many different ... Read more
Caitlin Dobson
Updated June 26, 2022 by Caitlin Dobson
Most people asking what discipline I was pursuing during my fourth year of medical school were hearing “Med-Psych” for the first time. It wasn’t the best advertised of the 12 combined training residencies approved by ... Read more
Guero
Updated June 24, 2022 by Guero