Why You Should Consider Family Medicine
One of the most exciting experiences during medical school is selecting the specialty in which you’ll be practicing. Choosing your …
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 …
Changing Your Mind—And Your Specialty
I’ve written about choosing a medical specialty throughout the third and even fourth years of medical school, but further discussion …
Looking at Other Specialties
This column has been focused on providing clinical snapshots while exploring the factors that affect specialty choice for medical students. …
Positive Thinking for the Year Ahead
Looking Back at 2017 As another new year rolls around, I try to take some time to reflect on what …
5 Up-and-Coming Topics in Medicine That Students Should Know About
Breakthroughs in patient care are happening in leaps and bounds due to the convergence of research, technology and medicine. For …
Residency Interviews: Confirming Your Decision
Last month I wrote about the process of applying for residency, and noted how this process, albeit late in medical …
Q&A with Dr. Ali Wong, Plastic Surgery Resident and Creator of Sketchy Medicine
Dr. Ali Wong is a plastic surgery resident in Nova Scotia, Canada and creator of the website Sketchy Medicine, in …
Getting What You Want: Considering Both Life and Career Goals When Choosing a Specialty
Under the glow of the OR lights, I could barely make out the pulsating artery through all the layers of …
Applying for Residency
Last month I wrote about the early part of 4th year as a kind of second-look for medical students – …
3 Ways to Explore Medical Specialties
Medicine is a vast field comprised of specialties so different that it’s hard to believe they stem from the same …
Choosing a Specialty: Taking a Second Look
By Brent Schnipke As I have spoken with physicians, residents, and other medical students about the process of choosing a …
Residency: The Interview and Selection Process
Residency applications! The light at the end of the tunnel, and the process that will chart the course for the …
The Year of Privilege, Part 2
In my last article, I wrote about my perspective on the third year of medical school and how it has …
Popular Specialty Areas – and What Med Students Should Know About Them
For medical school students, perhaps one of the most difficult choices to be made in the course of their education …
The Undifferentiated Medical Student Podcast: Your Virtual Mentor for Choosing a Specialty
What is the Undifferentiated Medical Student podcast? Give us an intro. TUMS is an interview-based podcast about choosing a medical …
Why Med-Peds? A Current Resident’s Perspective
The transition from eager-to-learn-everything MS3 to self-assured MS4 with a clear residency goal comes much easier for some than others. …