More and more students are speaking up about their mental illness struggles One of the things we Short Coats agree on is that the stigma medical students and physicians face when dealing with mental illness ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 26, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
A 21-year-old female presents with a six-month history of irregular menses, decreased libido, impaired vision, and galactorrhea. An MRI is completed.Based on this imaging and the patient’s clinical findings, which of the following should be recommended ... Read more
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Updated February 27, 2019 by Figure 1
James R. Doty M.D., is a Professor of Neurosurgery and the founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University. He is also a philanthropist serving on ... Read more
Gloria Onwuneme
Updated August 18, 2022 by Gloria Onwuneme
The medical journey offers many opportunities to make some big moves, whether it’s to start medical school, residency, fellowship, or for that first “real” job. A move, especially one across the country, requires a good ... Read more
Amy Rakowczyk
Updated June 26, 2022 by Amy Rakowczyk
If you are having difficulty making your federal student loan payments, the worst thing you can do is ignore the problem. Help is available. For many borrowers, payments may be reduced under one of the ... Read more
Institute of Student Loan Advisors
Updated June 26, 2022 by Institute of Student Loan Advisors
You got into medical school! Now how do you pay for it? You already sold a kidney and your grandma disinherited you after your last arrest. What options are left? In this guide, I’ll provide ... Read more
Matt Sutton
Updated June 26, 2022 by Matt Sutton
This column has been focused on providing clinical snapshots while exploring the factors that affect specialty choice for medical students. Some of these factors are universal, but so much is largely person-dependent—i.e., whatever is most ... Read more
Brent Schnipke
Updated June 26, 2022 by Brent Schnipke
A 4-year-old boy with known G6PD deficiency is brought to the pediatrician by his mother with a blistering pruritic rash. On examination, numerous tense vesicles and bullae are seen on his neck, lower abdomen, and ... Read more
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Updated February 27, 2019 by Figure 1
[Dave had the flu on recording day, so we’re posting this awesome episode from the recent past. Enjoy!] Dave found himself hosting with another group of women, so what better time to talk about #MeToo ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 26, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
When did you first decide to become a physician? Why? I was a little late to the game, honestly—I only made up my mind a year after I had graduated college, and, if I’m being ... Read more
Student Doctor Network
Updated January 8, 2019 by Student Doctor Network
Dr. Ahmed Hankir MBChB PGCert (Psychiatry) PGCert (Epidemiology) is a specialty trainee in psychiatry in the National Health Service (UK), an Associate Professor of Psychiatry with the Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies (USA), and a ... Read more
Gloria Onwuneme
Updated June 26, 2022 by Gloria Onwuneme
Death is an unfortunately common event in the field of medicine. How do you deal with it? How do you keep from dwelling on it, letting it shape your practice, making you too calloused or ... Read more
Katie Imbrock
Updated January 8, 2019 by Katie Imbrock
One of my friends recently got back her evaluation from a rotation she had just completed. These evaluations, paired with the rotation’s shelf exam determine your score on that particular rotation. Therefore, these evaluations can ... Read more
Adelle
Updated June 26, 2022 by Adelle
A 67-year-old woman presents to the emergency room with acute chest pain and dyspnea after the death of her husband. She is hypotensive, tachycardic, and diaphoretic. A diagnosis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy is suspected. Which of the ... Read more
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Updated February 27, 2019 by Figure 1
This time, a mom’s point of view. On our last show, we fielded a question from Courtney who wants to go to med school but is worried about being a mom and a med student. ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 26, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
One billion. That is the approximate number of tidbits I gathered during my first semester of clinic. My mind is now cluttered with one billion facts about ferrule and ferric sulfate and free gingival grafts. ... Read more
Abbey Tadros
Updated June 26, 2022 by Abbey Tadros
Maybe you have been watching Untold Stories of the E.R. on loop, and you are expecting non-stop action during your clinical years. Maybe your physician uncle told you that he did nothing but study in ... Read more
Cassie Kosarek
Updated June 26, 2022 by Cassie Kosarek
I began my first job when I was just 12 years old (don’t worry, I had a work permit from my school!). It was natural for me to want to start earning my own income ... Read more
Renee Marinelli
Updated June 26, 2022 by Renee Marinelli
Dr. Adigo Atabo, BM BS BMedSc(Hons) MRCS MIH FWACS(Plastics) IFMCP, is the founder and Medical Director of DoctorFunctionalMedicine.com, and organiser of the Functional Medicine UK Practitioners Group. After receiving her medical degree from the University ... Read more
Gloria Onwuneme
Updated June 26, 2022 by Gloria Onwuneme