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Putting the Anxiety Cart Before the Horse

March 24, 2018April 21, 2018 Lee238 Views choosing a medical school, choosing a specialty, competitive, medical school, medical student, short coat podcast

Anxiety about your competitive specialty ambitions in your first year isn’t worth it. Listener Luis wrote in expressing his anxiety that

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Changing Your Mind—And Your Specialty

March 22, 2018January 8, 2019 Brent Schnipke519 Views choosing a specialty, ERAS, match, medical school, medical student, residency, switching specialties

I’ve written about choosing a medical specialty throughout the third and even fourth years of medical school, but further discussion

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Looking at Other Specialties

February 26, 2018January 8, 2019 Brent Schnipke565 Views aamc, choosing a specialty, clinical rotations, match, medical school, medical student, specialty, third year differential

This column has been focused on providing clinical snapshots while exploring the factors that affect specialty choice for medical students.

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Positive Thinking for the Year Ahead

January 15, 2018January 18, 2019 Adelle252 Views applying to residencies, board exam, choosing a specialty, Chronicles of a Med Student, clinical rotations, medical school, medical student, motivation, positive thinking, third year

Looking Back at 2017 As another new year rolls around, I try to take some time to reflect on what

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5 Up-and-Coming Topics in Medicine That Students Should Know About

November 16, 2017January 28, 2019 Student Doctor Network351 Views addiction medicine, antibiotic resistance, cardio-oncology, choosing a specialty, immunotherapy, medical, medical school, medical student, medicine, neurogastroenterology, premed, premedical student

Breakthroughs in patient care are happening in leaps and bounds due to the convergence of research, technology and medicine. For

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Residency Interviews: Confirming Your Decision

October 30, 2017January 8, 2019 Brent Schnipke351 Views brent schnipke, choosing a specialty, clinical rotations, fourth year, medical school, medical student, residency, residency interviews, third year, third year differential

Last month I wrote about the process of applying for residency, and noted how this process, albeit late in medical

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Q&A with Dr. Ali Wong, Plastic Surgery Resident and Creator of Sketchy Medicine

October 17, 2017 Lee441 Views canada, canadian medicine, choosing a specialty, md, medical school, medical student, medicine, physician, physician q&a, plastic surgery, residency, sketchy medicine, surgery

Dr. Ali Wong is a plastic surgery resident in Nova Scotia, Canada and creator of the website Sketchy Medicine, in

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Getting What You Want: Considering Both Life and Career Goals When Choosing a Specialty

September 29, 2017 Lee267 Views choosing a specialty, Chronicles of a Med Student, clinical rotations, medical school, medical student, ob-gyn

Under the glow of the OR lights, I could barely make out the pulsating artery through all the layers of

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Applying for Residency

September 25, 2017 Lee497 Views 4th year, brent schnipke, choosing a specialty, ERAS, medical school, medical student, personal statement, residency, residency application, third year differential

Last month I wrote about the early part of 4th year as a kind of second-look for medical students –

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3 Ways to Explore Medical Specialties

September 13, 2017 Lee321 Views choosing a specialty, clinical experience, medical school, medicine, mentoring, premed student, shadowing, student, Varsity Tutors

Medicine is a vast field comprised of specialties so different that it’s hard to believe they stem from the same

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Choosing a Specialty: Taking a Second Look

August 28, 2017August 18, 2018 Lee405 Views choosing a specialty, clinical rotations, ERAS, fourth year, letter of recommendation, match, medical school, medical student, specialty, third year differential

By Brent Schnipke As I have spoken with physicians, residents, and other medical students about the process of choosing a

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Residency: The Interview and Selection Process

June 1, 2017 Lee643 Views choosing a specialty, clinical rotations, m4, match, medical spouse survival guide, ms4, residency, residency application, residency interviews, specialty

Residency applications! The light at the end of the tunnel, and the process that will chart the course for the

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The Year of Privilege, Part 2

May 29, 2017 Lee205 Views choosing a specialty, clinical rotations, medical school, medical student, third year differential

In my last article, I wrote about my perspective on the third year of medical school and how it has

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Popular Specialty Areas – and What Med Students Should Know About Them

May 15, 2017July 18, 2018 Lee940 Views choosing a specialty, clinical rotations, match, medical school, medical student, Residency, specialty

By Brian Wu For medical school students, perhaps one of the most difficult choices to be made in the course

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The Undifferentiated Medical Student Podcast: Your Virtual Mentor for Choosing a Specialty

March 16, 2017 Lee321 Views career, career advice, choosing a specialty, clinical rotations, fourth year, ian drummond, m3, m4, match, medical school, medical student, residency, specialty, third year, tums, undifferentiated medical student

What is the Undifferentiated Medical Student podcast? Give us an intro. TUMS is an interview-based podcast about choosing a medical

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Why Med-Peds? A Current Resident’s Perspective

December 6, 2016August 30, 2018 Lee850 Views career, choosing a specialty, clinical rotations, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, med-peds, medical school, medical student, National Med-Peds Residents' Association, Pediatrics, Residency, specialty

By Michael Cafarchio The transition from eager-to-learn-everything MS3 to self-assured MS4 with a clear residency goal comes much easier for some