Substance Substance refers to the content of the essay and the message you send out. Here are some questions to ask yourself regarding content: Have I answered the question asked? Do I back up each ... Read more
Essay Edge
Updated June 27, 2022 by Essay Edge
“That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved.”Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882) An interview is without doubt ... Read more
Jeremiah Fleenor
Updated June 27, 2022 by Jeremiah Fleenor
Dr. Kirsh, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the University of Kentucky, is a licensed clinical psychologist. His particular areas of interest include chronic pain management, pain and its interface ... Read more
Lee Burnett
Updated June 27, 2022 by Lee Burnett
Updated August 19, 2021. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors and to update technical details. Health care is an increasingly diverse field where many specialties interact to provide patient care, and the ... Read more
Lee Burnett
Updated June 27, 2022 by Lee Burnett
By Rajani Katta, MD and Samir P. Desai, MD Every aspiring physician knows the importance of memorization, especially in the basic science years. As you advance in your career, however, communication skills come to the ... Read more
Rajani Katta and Samir Desai
Updated June 27, 2022 by Rajani Katta and Samir Desai
While many medical students struggle to grasp the complexity of mental illness and its management, I’ve experienced it first hand. I hardly had to study psychiatry for Step I – one of the few perks ... Read more
Emily Forest
Updated August 11, 2025 by Emily Forest
For many medical students the family medicine clerkship is one of the more enjoyable rotations of third year. Regardless of your intended specialty, the rotation offers the opportunity to work in the outpatient environment. Since ... Read more
Lee Burnett
Updated June 27, 2022 by Lee Burnett
In the eyes of many medical students, the family physician is a solo physician with a comprehensive practice that treats patients over their entire lifespan. While this type of practice is possible, solo family medicine ... Read more
Lee Burnett
Updated March 21, 2022 by Lee Burnett
Nearly every medical student, at some point during training, will have a negative encounter with someone higher up on the ladder. One of the most difficult aspects of medical school is the vulnerability of medical ... Read more
Lee Burnett
Updated June 27, 2022 by Lee Burnett
Hal Lippman, DDS, is the Assistant Dean of Admissions at Nova Southeastern University School of Dental Medicine in sunny Davie, Florida. Dr. Lippman graduated from New York University School of Dental Medicine in 1975, and completed ... Read more
Lee Burnett
Updated June 27, 2022 by Lee Burnett
Dr. William Baker is an anesthesiologist working in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. Baker was in private practice for 18 years and recently joined the faculty of the University of Alabama at Birmingham as an assistant professor. ... Read more
Lee Burnett
Updated June 27, 2022 by Lee Burnett
Dai Chinh Phan is a staff maxillofacial prosthodontist at the Albuquerque Veterans Administration Medical Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr. Phan has a BS in Aerospace Engineering from Wichita State University, as well as a ... Read more
Lee Burnett
Updated October 11, 2022 by Lee Burnett
David C. Hilmers, MD, EE, MPH, is an assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, in the Department of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Section of Academic General Pediatrics. Hilmers attended Baylor College ... Read more
Lee Burnett
Updated June 27, 2022 by Lee Burnett
Crystal Holmes, DPM, is a podiatric physician practicing in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She graduated from the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine in 2002, and already her professional career and media resume have taken flight. Currently, ... Read more
Lee Burnett
Updated June 27, 2022 by Lee Burnett
Essays and personal statements are an anxiety-inducing part of the application process for many postgraduate applicants. Luckily, with some advice from experts and–we’re not going to sugar-coat it–a lot of work, your essay statement can ... Read more
Essay Edge
Updated June 27, 2022 by Essay Edge
Recently The Student Doctor Network interviewed David Russo, DO, who specializes in interventional pain medicine and physiatry in private practice at Columbia Pain Management in Hood River, Oregon. Thanks for the interview, David! Describe a ... Read more
Student Doctor Network
Updated August 18, 2022 by Student Doctor Network
To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle. -Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) I ... Read more
Jeremiah Fleenor
Updated June 27, 2022 by Jeremiah Fleenor