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
Figure 1
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
Can you be a parent while you’re in medical school? Listener Courtney, a 26-year-old mother of three wants to know if her med school dream is even possible. Obviously this is a two-part question since ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 26, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
An 8-year-old boy is brought to the pediatrician by his mother over concerns of a new-onset rash. He is otherwise healthy, though his mother mentions that he was unwell two weeks prior to the rash ... Read more
Figure 1
Updated March 5, 2019 by Figure 1
The AAMC Premed Team recently conducted a few twitter polls which asked premeds to share what you are looking for in a medical school. We received hundreds of responses, and while a school’s mission statement ... Read more
AAMC Staff
Updated June 26, 2022 by AAMC Staff
Ask any doctor, in any specialty and of any age, and they will remember their training in medical school. It is full of learning, new experiences, new friends, and major strides in both personal and ... Read more
Jacob Adney
Updated January 12, 2019 by Jacob Adney
I woke up abruptly from my jet-lagged sleep surrounded by a bed net, two fans, and the smell of the DEET bug spray I had applied before going to bed. One of my team members ... Read more
Crissey Tait
Updated June 26, 2022 by Crissey Tait
Reasons women should not pursue surgery discredited Before I even started medical school, I knew I wanted to be a surgeon. However—before I even started medical school—I had multiple people tell me all the reasons ... Read more
Kara Hessel
Updated June 26, 2022 by Kara Hessel
There is nothing to fear but fear itself. Kylie Miller and Issac Schwantes take a break from their fairly new clinical duties to let Gabe Conley and Erik Kneller know how it’s going working with actual patients. ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 26, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
A 56-year-old man presents with a three-month history of erectile dysfunction and bilateral buttock pain on exertion, but not at rest. His past medical history is significant for type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. Examination reveals ... Read more
Figure 1
Updated February 27, 2019 by Figure 1
Days Defined By The Medical Life Have you ever wondered what the day-to-day looks like for fellow medical spouses? On the outside, their lives may look organized and happy with ducks-in-a-row, but is that how ... Read more
Amy Rakowczyk
Updated June 26, 2022 by Amy Rakowczyk
Dr. Perri Klass is a pediatrician and journalist for the New York Times, an author, and a professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University. She obtained her BA in biology from Harvard University (1979) ... Read more
Gloria Onwuneme
Updated June 26, 2022 by Gloria Onwuneme
The United States is currently battling an opioid epidemic that is only getting worse. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in 2016 there were 42,249 opioid overdose deaths, which is a significant ... Read more
Jon Hagedorn
Updated June 26, 2022 by Jon Hagedorn