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• Understanding Our Patients’ Drugs: The Need for a Pharmacy Elective Within Medical School

• Created July 26, 2017 by Sarayna Schock
• Republished with permission from here. I spent one year working full-time as a pharmacy technician at a high-volume community pharmacy prior to entering medical school. Besides learning the intricacies of billing and the dispensing process, I was also granted access to a world few physicians are aware of. At the time, my job was just that...VIEW >

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• Jump Starting Your Job Search While In Medical School: Part 3

• Created July 25, 2017 by PracticeLink
• Read  about steps 1 and 2 in Part 1 of this series  here. Read  about steps 3 and 4 in Part 2 of this series  here. You likely won’t start applying for jobs in earnest until you are a resident. But if you begin preparing for your job search while you are in medical school,...VIEW >

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• [Infographic] What You Should Know About the Optometry School Application Process

• Created July 24, 2017 by Student Doctor Nerwork
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• The Advanced Dental Admission Test (ADAT) : What We Know So Far

• Created July 24, 2017 by Meera Maveli BDS, MS
• Last year, the American Dental Association (ADA) introduced a new exam called the Advanced Dental Admission Test (ADAT). This was in response to the lack of scores from other standardized dental exams such as the National Board Dental Examination (NBDE) Part I/II and the dental colleges having switched to using a Pass/Fail system. Advanced dental/specialty...VIEW >

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• Crushing It With Mental Illness During Med School

• Created July 21, 2017 by The Short Coat Podcast
• Much like America, doctors are afraid of mental illness. Photo by darcyadelaide  Physicians are no better than the rest of us at dealing with mental illness, even as they work valiantly to get their patients to recognize and get treatment for their conditions. As society becomes more open about ‘mood disorders,’  it is still common for MDs to reject...VIEW >

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• 20 Clinical Practice Guidelines That Medical Students Should Know

• Created July 21, 2017 by Guideline Central
• Clinical practice guidelines are the backbone of evidence-based medicine. While there are literally thousands of published guidelines, a few of them are particularly relevant to medical students. SDN Partner Guideline Central is offering free access to the top 20 clinical practice guidelines for all SDN members! ...VIEW >

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• SDN Editorial Board Now Accepting Applications

• Created July 19, 2017 by Student Doctor Network
• To further the goal of publishing quality feature articles as a resource that helps students become doctors,  SDN is seeking members to join the SDN Editorial Board . Editorial Board members are responsible for reviewing article submissions, providing suggestions and feedback for authors, advising the Editor-in-Chief, and approving articles for publication on SDN’s front page.  Applicants should have strong...VIEW >

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• What Are Aneurysms?

• Created July 18, 2017 by Open Osmosis
• Most people are familiar with aneurysms as “something bad”, but do you know what they actually are? When the walls of a blood vessel weaken because of high blood pressure or another disease, the blood vessel walls can’t contain the passing blood as well, causing them to expand. This video covers the pathophysiology of aneurysms...VIEW >

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• 7 Ways to Shrink Your Student Loans and Pay Them Off Faster

• Created July 17, 2017 by Andrew Josuweit
• Student loan debt is increasing for college graduates every year. But for those who study medicine and health sciences, the numbers are staggering. According to a recent study, graduating medical students are starting their careers with about $164,800 in debt, on average. Even with high starting salaries, that can be an overwhelming amount of student loan debt...VIEW >

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• Harry Potter and The Suddenly Bald Litigant

• Created July 14, 2017 by The Short Coat Podcast
• What do you do when you’re pulled in too many directions? The world of work, and medical school, is often about adjusting for a number of “top” priorities. Dave’s been having one of those weeks where his work is pulling him in several directions at once, and thought to ask his co-hosts Erin Pasaski, Patrick Brau,...VIEW >