Putting the Anxiety Cart Before the Horse
Anxiety about your competitive specialty ambitions in your first year isn’t worth it. Listener Luis wrote in expressing his anxiety that
Read moreAnxiety about your competitive specialty ambitions in your first year isn’t worth it. Listener Luis wrote in expressing his anxiety that
Read moreI’ve written about choosing a medical specialty throughout the third and even fourth years of medical school, but further discussion
Read moreThis column has been focused on providing clinical snapshots while exploring the factors that affect specialty choice for medical students.
Read moreLooking Back at 2017 As another new year rolls around, I try to take some time to reflect on what
Read moreBreakthroughs in patient care are happening in leaps and bounds due to the convergence of research, technology and medicine. For
Read moreLast month I wrote about the process of applying for residency, and noted how this process, albeit late in medical
Read moreDr. Ali Wong is a plastic surgery resident in Nova Scotia, Canada and creator of the website Sketchy Medicine, in
Read moreUnder the glow of the OR lights, I could barely make out the pulsating artery through all the layers of
Read moreLast month I wrote about the early part of 4th year as a kind of second-look for medical students –
Read moreMedicine is a vast field comprised of specialties so different that it’s hard to believe they stem from the same
Read moreBy Brent Schnipke As I have spoken with physicians, residents, and other medical students about the process of choosing a
Read moreResidency applications! The light at the end of the tunnel, and the process that will chart the course for the
Read moreIn my last article, I wrote about my perspective on the third year of medical school and how it has
Read moreBy Brian Wu For medical school students, perhaps one of the most difficult choices to be made in the course
Read moreWhat is the Undifferentiated Medical Student podcast? Give us an intro. TUMS is an interview-based podcast about choosing a medical
Read moreBy Michael Cafarchio The transition from eager-to-learn-everything MS3 to self-assured MS4 with a clear residency goal comes much easier for some
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