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Balancing Professional School and Life
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Book Excerpt From 11 out of 10: "Prince Albert"
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How My MCAT Study Plan Helped Me Go From the 30th to 90th Percentile
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Getting to Yes: Crafting a Resume for the Medical Field
Since the medical field is full of a wide variety of job opportunities, it is ... Read more
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20 Questions: Jeffrey M. Whitaker, DPM, FACFAS
Dr. Jeffrey Whitaker knew at a very young age that he wanted to be a ... Read more
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Blurred Lines: The Doctor-Patient Relationship-in-Training
Reposted from here with permission It is one thing to be a doctor and another to ... Read more
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Chronicles of a Med Student: We’re All In This Together
Walking into my first day of medical school was a little like walking into my ... Read more
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Choosing a Specialty: The Generalist vs. the Early-Committer
Many students arrive at medical school with a bias that their liberal arts education has ... Read more
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Dental school the second time around: An IDP student perspective
This article is reprinted with permission from the American Student Dental Association. It originally appeared ... Read more
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20 Questions : Karen M. Winkfield, MD, PhD, Radiation Oncology
Karen M. Winkfield, MD, PhD, is a radiation oncologist with Massachusetts General Hospital, and she ... Read more
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How to Make the Most of a Medical School Visit
Once you have been selected for an interview at a medical school, you will have ... Read more
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The Risk Involved in Going to Medical School (and How You Can Subvert It)
Most people wouldn’t normally think of medical school as a risky investment. Sure, there are ... Read more
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6 Tips for Med School Interviews
The interview is one of the most important steps in the medical school application process. ... Read more
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The Med-Peds Residency: Big and Small, We Care for Them All
As third year medical students you’re rotating through your general specialties and you think you’re ... Read more
Eric Chow and Christopher Terry
Updated March 16, 2019 by Eric Chow and Christopher Terry
The F-Word: Your Reaction to Failure in a Lab Matters More Than You Know
There is only one guarantee in research: sometimes things fail. It doesn’t matter what your ... Read more
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Fifty Shades of Care: Why Doctors Need to Pay More Attention to their Kinky Patients
Reposted from here with permission. On Valentine’s Day weekend last year I found myself at Paddles, the local ... Read more
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Five Ways to Make Your Audition Rotation in Anesthesia (or Other Specialty!) a Success
It is that time of year again. Medical school students across the country are preparing applications ... Read more
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