The number of cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, continues to grow in the United States. As a result, universities are taking extreme precautions to curb the spread of the disease. Duke University, the University ... Read more
Benjamin Shapiro
Updated June 22, 2022 by Benjamin Shapiro
Updated June 21, 2021. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors, and technical details were added by Tyler York and Justin Pincar, founders of Achievable. On Wednesday, February 12, 2020, the United States ... Read more
Kunal Sindhu
Updated June 23, 2022 by Kunal Sindhu
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Though most doctors will be able to pay their medical school loans, being weighed down by debt is not ideal. If you’re a practicing physician or entering medicine with dreams of being a primary care ... Read more
Erin Wildermuth
Updated August 16, 2022 by Erin Wildermuth
It takes a lot of work to get accepted to graduate school as a healthcare professional. You must maintain good grades while taking numerous prerequisite courses, shadow and volunteer in several settings, obtain recommendation letters, ... Read more
Dr. Jasmine Marcus, PT, DPT, CSCS
Updated June 26, 2022 by Dr. Jasmine Marcus, PT, DPT, CSCS
Welcome to “Research for the Rest of Us”, a column about navigating the complex intricacies of life in the lab. These articles aren’t for the superhuman Nature-publishing, Nobel Prize-winning MD/PhDs out there. They are for ... Read more
Trevor C. Hunt
Updated June 23, 2022 by Trevor C. Hunt
Being a serious candidate for medical school, or any health professional school, means recognizing that you have gaps in your knowledge about the school you wish to attend. In general, you should always have questions ... Read more
Emil Chuck, PhD
Updated June 23, 2022 by Emil Chuck, PhD
Dr. Keith Corl was working in a Las Vegas emergency room when a patient arrived with chest pain. The patient, wearing his street clothes, had a two-minute exam in the triage area with a doctor, ... Read more
Melissa Bailey
Updated June 23, 2022 by Melissa Bailey
Updated December 20, 2021. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors. The Student Doctor Network gets several questions to our Confidential Consult experts a month about what is and what is not an institutional action. ... Read more
William Burnett
Updated June 26, 2022 by William Burnett
People sometimes assume that student loans are easy to pay back on a doctor’s salary, but there are many factors at play. The combination of expensive undergraduate loans, medical school loans and compound interest can ... Read more
Erin Wildermuth
Updated June 23, 2022 by Erin Wildermuth
Updated October 21, 2021. When most people think of the Student Doctor Network, they think of the SDN Forums, where pre-health and health professional students discuss all aspects of the admission and training processes to ... Read more
Student Doctor Network
Updated June 23, 2022 by Student Doctor Network
“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.” Maya Angelou As a second year medical student, I had an assignment: I was to complete a history and physical ... Read more
Emily Hayward
Published February 3, 2020
Applying to medical school is an arduous process. It takes years of preparation: completing required courses, succeeding on the MCAT, letters of evaluations, pages of applications and secondary applications, and interviews. What you might not ... Read more
Laura Turner
Updated August 29, 2022 by Laura Turner
A few weeks ago, I read a Wall Street Journal article circulating through the web: “Your Parent’s Advice is (Kind Of) Wrong.” While I didn’t learn anything new from the article, it was nice to hear the ... Read more
Erin Wildermuth
Updated July 22, 2022 by Erin Wildermuth
All health care professionals are driven in part by their desire to help and serve others. The American Academy of Medical Colleges identifies a service orientation as a core competency for entering medical students. But ... Read more
Rebecca Sainsbury Walker
Updated June 26, 2022 by Rebecca Sainsbury Walker
Congratulations, you have been accepted to the school of your choice! Your school is in another state that you have never resided in, and a city that you only experienced when you toured the campus. Now ... Read more
William Burnett
Updated June 23, 2022 by William Burnett
By this time in the year, the medical application process is beginning to come to a close. If you were an applicant this cycle, you know firsthand what a long and grueling process it has ... Read more
Elisabeth Fassas, B.S., MSc.
Updated June 23, 2022 by Elisabeth Fassas, B.S., MSc.
Originally posted on khn.org on November 11, 2019 The newest faculty member at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences has a great smile — and a wagging tail. Shetland, not quite 2 years ... Read more
Julie Rovner
Updated June 23, 2022 by Julie Rovner
It happened again over the holidays. Your Great-Aunt Bertha made another snide comment about “how nice” it must be that you don’t need to work since you are married to a doctor. Or your annoying ... Read more
Amy Rakowczyk
Updated June 23, 2022 by Amy Rakowczyk
With fewer than 50% of applicants matriculating to medical school in 2019, the medical school admissions process can seem daunting enough as an individual. For couples, the idea of both being accepted, either in the ... Read more
Mason Price, Kate Price, Sarah Cox, and Riley Cox
Updated June 23, 2022 by Mason Price, Kate Price, Sarah Cox, and Riley Cox