Neuromodulation is an exciting therapy for improving neurological ailments. When I graduated medical school in 2009, I had no idea what “neuromodulation” meant or the surgeries it encompasses despite my interest in neurosurgery. Even today, ... Read more
Shannon Hann
Updated March 19, 2019 by Shannon Hann
Pre-medical students can – and should – take advantage of the many opportunities available to them to gain valuable insight into what it is like to be a physician. Some of these experiences involve clinical ... Read more
Anubodh “Sunny” Varshney
Updated June 27, 2022 by Anubodh “Sunny” Varshney
I am a young hospitalist who is 16 months into my role at an urban academic medical center. Unlike many of my more-senior colleagues who found their way to hospital medicine by circumstance, luck, or ... Read more
Joshua Allen-Dicker
Updated August 25, 2022 by Joshua Allen-Dicker
“To sleep, perchance to dream – ay, there’s the rub” ~ Hamlet The irony of being on night float in psychiatry is that I would write orders for a lot of sleep medications while struggling ... Read more
Megan Riddle
Updated June 27, 2022 by Megan Riddle
Updated September 30, 2021. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors and to update formatting. You know that people judge your character based on your behavior or appearance in an in-person interview. But ... Read more
AAMC Staff
Updated August 8, 2022 by AAMC Staff
On Thanksgiving, while many my friends and family gather around the table with roasted turkey and a second helping of pumpkin pie, I, along with many of my fellow interns, residents and even a significant ... Read more
Megan Riddle
Updated June 27, 2022 by Megan Riddle
What happens when the healer is the one in pain?
Ajay Koti
Updated June 27, 2022 by Ajay Koti
“Go forth and do great things.” – Anonymous No one gets into medical school without a considerable dose of ambition. We want to be involved, to make a difference, to save lives. In short, we ... Read more
Megan Riddle
Updated June 27, 2022 by Megan Riddle
You’ve volunteered. You get good grades. You’ve shadowed doctors. You’ve done everything you can to be a great student and ideal candidate for professional schooling. What more can you do to make yourself stand out ... Read more
Marissa Sutera
Updated March 19, 2019 by Marissa Sutera
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” – Aristotle Even at the time, I realized it was an exquisitely simple task: I had to walk into the exam room, introduce myself as a medical ... Read more
Megan Riddle
Updated June 27, 2022 by Megan Riddle
This article is reprinted with permission from the American Student Dental Association. It originally appeared on ASDA’s blog, Mouthing Off. School is back in session! You know what that means? Another year of late night ... Read more
ASDA
Updated June 27, 2022 by ASDA
The MCAT is a significant hurdle that all students who wish to attend medical school must overcome. However, even after you have successfully completed the exam, you can continue to learn from your testing experience ... Read more
Anubodh “Sunny” Varshney
Updated June 27, 2022 by Anubodh “Sunny” Varshney
As a first-year medical student only a few weeks into gross anatomy, I still have a lot to learn. In fact, it seems as if every new thing I learn reveals 5 more things that ... Read more
Brent Schnipke
Updated August 23, 2022 by Brent Schnipke
Deborah Elaine Linder, DVM, is a board certified veterinary nutritionist and a research assistant professor at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. She received her bachelor’s degree in biological anthropology and anatomy from Duke University ... Read more
Juliet Farmer
Updated June 27, 2022 by Juliet Farmer
A look at some possible origins of the myth In light of today’s holiday, I thought it would be a good time to explore the history of one of the most popular creatures generally associated with ... Read more
Brent Schnipke
Updated March 19, 2019 by Brent Schnipke
Reposted from here with permission. As a tour guide on interview days for my school, the most frequent question I am asked is: “What’s it like to be married — or to pursue a relationship — while ... Read more
Allison Lyle
Updated June 27, 2022 by Allison Lyle
It’s no secret that medical school can be draining. Although it can be draining in many ways – physically, emotionally, spiritually – the largest drain tends to be mentally, as learning the necessary information takes ... Read more
Brent Schnipke
Updated June 27, 2022 by Brent Schnipke
Dr. Judy Melinek is a board-certified forensic pathologist in San Francisco, CEO of PathologyExpert Inc., an associate professor of pathology at University of California San Francisco, and co-author (with her husband, T.J. Mitchell) of the New ... Read more
Juliet Farmer
Updated June 27, 2022 by Juliet Farmer
The Top Twenty – no, wait – Top Twenty-Two – Are You Sure It’s Twenty-Two? No. The Top Twenty-Four Things an Obsessive Medical Student Must Know (but which won’t show up in an exam so ... Read more
Rusty Reeves
Updated June 27, 2022 by Rusty Reeves