A live stage show featuring the stories of healthcare providers is now a podcast you’ll love. The day-to-day of internship, residency, and an MD career doesn’t allow much time to process the effect it’s having on the ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated February 27, 2019 by The Short Coat Podcast
Becoming a physician requires a lot of planning. You have to plan which college to attend, plan your extra-curricular activities, plan the MCAT, and perhaps most complex is planning your courses. Every medical school has ... Read more
Renee Marinelli
Updated February 2, 2019 by Renee Marinelli
The Seven Parts of a Prescription Are you learning to write a prescription? It’s not that difficult once you know the seven steps to write a prescription safely. Every drug prescription consists of seven parts: ... Read more
Kunal Sindhu
Updated October 26, 2025 by Kunal Sindhu
Welcome to part two of our blog series in which we share proven learning strategies behind the Osmosis platform that help students learn medicine more effectively. (Read about spaced repetition and memory palaces in parts ... Read more
Osmosis
Updated June 26, 2022 by Osmosis
Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) You’ve made the decision to go to graduate school. Congratulations! Graduate school is no easy feat, and the fact that you are taking this important step to further both your education ... Read more
Meghan Taylor
Updated June 26, 2022 by Meghan Taylor
A 62-year-old female, G3P3, presents to her gynecologist with a year-long history of worsening stress urinary incontinence. During the course of her investigation, a pelvic MRI is performed, and reveals the findings seen here. Which ... Read more
Figure 1
Updated February 27, 2019 by Figure 1
Mentorship and Examples are critical. The Summer Health Professions Education Program, SHPEP, has become a summer tradition at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Students from around the country participate in SHPEP’s goal: “to ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 24, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
It’s a fact of life: you need money to pay expenses that allow you to live comfortably. When you’re attending school, you may use your financial aid as your “income” and, therefore, you will want ... Read more
AAMC Staff
Updated June 24, 2022 by AAMC Staff
In recent years, the multiple mini interview (or MMI) has gained popularity with medical school admissions committees. Viewed as a less subjective measure of medical school readiness than a traditional one-on-one interview, the MMI features ... Read more
Cassie Kosarek
Updated June 24, 2022 by Cassie Kosarek
Fall is in the air, and you wait patiently as the medical school application cycle continues. Several weeks have passed since you have completed your AMCAS and AACOMAS experience prompts, proof-read your personal statement, entered ... Read more
Jeffrey Perluke
Updated June 26, 2022 by Jeffrey Perluke
Unsuccessful medical school applicants face a quandary. What to do next? A popular option has been the master’s degree in public health. Students figured it was a way to spend a year doing something “health-related.” ... Read more
Monya De
Updated March 1, 2019 by Monya De
A three-year-old African American boy is brought to his new pediatrician over concerns of poor growth, fatigue, and irritability. On examination, he has a large head and generalized muscular hypotonia. His left wrist demonstrates the ... Read more
Figure 1
Updated February 27, 2019 by Figure 1
Executive Producer Jason has kindly let Dave go on vacation, so Aline Sandouk takes over the hot seat, with Irisa Mahaparn, Hillary O’Brien, Elizabeth Shirazi, and Jayden Bowen. Together they unravel the mysteries of the ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated February 27, 2019 by The Short Coat Podcast
Can you recall moments in your adolescence when you were completely living in the moment, not caring or thinking much about the future? The future seemed, like, forever away. Plus, you just wanted to enjoy ... Read more
Amy Rakowczyk
Updated January 7, 2020 by Amy Rakowczyk
One of the biggest challenges of learning medicine is the sheer amount of information students are expected to process and understand. By the time most students take the USMLE Step 1 exam, they will have ... Read more
Osmosis
Updated June 26, 2022 by Osmosis
Changing dressings on diabetic ulcers is not particularly pleasant. The oozing, the meticulousness of laying down protective layers, and the smell make the task less than ideal for even the strongest stomach. There I was ... Read more
Renee Marinelli
Updated June 24, 2022 by Renee Marinelli
A 28-year-old female presents to the emergency department with an occipital headache and neck pain. She mentions her symptoms appeared after hyperextending her neck while playing tennis the day before. Examination reveals dysdiadochokinesia and decreased ... Read more
Figure 1
Updated February 27, 2019 by Figure 1
Updated November 13, 2021. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors and to update technical details. Money should never be the most important factor While Dave and the crew try a recipe from ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 24, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
It is Friday afternoon at 4 pm. I’m headed to see a consult while simultaneously attempting to shove a granola bar in my mouth and respond to several pages. My intern is somewhere frantically discharging ... Read more
Kara Hessel
Updated June 24, 2022 by Kara Hessel