Dr. Damon Tweedy is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center and a staff physician at the Durham Veteran Affairs Medical Center in North Carolina. He graduated from Duke University School of Medicine and completed both his internal ... Read more
Christy Duan
Updated June 26, 2022 by Christy Duan
I’m sorry, I can’t—I have to study. These are words that have become so routine to me that I barely have to think about them before they come out of my mouth. Ugh, how has ... Read more
Adelle
Updated June 26, 2022 by Adelle
Chances are after deciding to become a doctor, you’ve likely heard a lot of opinions about where you should apply to medical school. There is a lot of information out there, which can create the ... Read more
AAMC Staff
Updated June 26, 2022 by AAMC Staff
Whether you are just beginning your medical school application process by compiling a list of programs that interest you, or if you are choosing one program from multiple acceptance offers, chances are you have referred ... Read more
Cassie Kosarek
Updated June 26, 2022 by Cassie Kosarek
Make sure to check out Part I here! Today’s article takes a closer look at several key terms in employment contracts that can have a significant impact on a new physician – compensation methods, incentive ... Read more
Jennifer Colagiovanni
Updated June 26, 2022 by Jennifer Colagiovanni
What made you decide to write your new book, Doctored? What were you hoping to accomplish? When I was growing up, my mother wanted me to become a doctor. She told me, “I want people to ... Read more
Brent Schnipke
Updated June 26, 2022 by Brent Schnipke
Junior doctors [and residents in the US] do a valuable and sometimes life-saving job for patients. They are the future in medicine and can bring enthusiasm and fresh ideas into the profession. Despite the importance ... Read more
Anne Caler
Updated June 26, 2022 by Anne Caler
It wasn’t so very long ago that the typical medical student went straight from high school to a premedical program and then onto medical schools itself. This traditional pathway, however, is not so traditional anymore. ... Read more
Brian Wu
Updated June 26, 2022 by Brian Wu
Chronic conditions, such as Type II diabetes and hypertension, account for seven in 10 deaths in the United States each year. And by some estimates, public health factors, such as the physical environment we live ... Read more
Erik Black
Updated March 16, 2019 by Erik Black
Laura C. Londra, MD, FACOG, is a reproductive endocrinology and infertility physician at Ohio Reproductive Medicine in Columbus, as well as an adjunct instructor at Ohio State University in the division of reproductive endocrinology and ... Read more
Juliet Farmer
Updated June 26, 2022 by Juliet Farmer
The advent of the Affordable Care Act was meant, in part, to help to increase the access that all Americans have to healthcare providers. However, while this has meant that a larger number of families ... Read more
Brian Wu
Updated June 26, 2022 by Brian Wu
Some people develop the passion for medicine at an early age. Michael Clearfield, DO, was not one of them – but once he did find that passion, he ran with it for miles.Although he’d been ... Read more
Suzanne Barston
Updated March 16, 2019 by Suzanne Barston
Coming Prepared Everyone has a point in their lives where this happens, whether it’s high school or your second year in med school. It always starts with an elbow bump: “Psst, hey do you have ... Read more
Gavin Rapp
Updated June 26, 2022 by Gavin Rapp
Updated on July 1, 2021. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors and broken links. From keeping up with academics to searching for a residency, life as a medical student can be incredibly ... Read more
Brian Wu
Updated June 26, 2022 by Brian Wu
According to the Center for Disease Control, childhood obesity is reaching what some are calling an epidemic proportion in America: nearly two out of every three children under the age of 18 are considered to ... Read more
Brian Wu
Updated July 11, 2022 by Brian Wu
As an undergrad, one of the reasons you devoted so much time to a research experience was to earn an epic letter of recommendation–one that speaks to your strengths, resilience, character, self-reliance, cultural competencies, ability ... Read more
David Oppenheimer
Updated June 26, 2022 by David Oppenheimer
We were in the same class in medical school. It was your typical story. Boy meets girl, girl doesn’t like boy’s buzz cut, they waste a year, eventually end up as anatomy TAs working on ... Read more
Kara Hessel
Updated June 26, 2022 by Kara Hessel
I was in the middle of a fairly busy day on the palliative care ward, so I had to slip away to the quiet stairwell in order to pull up my Match Day result on ... Read more
Romesa
Updated June 26, 2022 by Romesa
Even student doctors who have not yet completed all of their medical training have probably realized that awkward, difficult or delicate conversations are part and parcel of a physician’s practice, and for a number of ... Read more
Brian Wu
Updated March 16, 2019 by Brian Wu