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Updated February 5, 2022. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors and formatting errors. Medical students have one of the toughest jobs around. You are expected to diagnose, treat and manage patients with ... Read more
Guideline Central
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Updated September 9, 2021. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors and to update technical details. Getting matched to a residency program is nearly a year-long process, but where do you even begin? ... Read more
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Updated February 17, 2022. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors and formatting. Clinical practice guidelines are the backbone of evidence-based medicine. While there are literally thousands of published guidelines, a few of ... Read more
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Are you experiencing clinician burnout? Do you bring your patients’ emotional and physical burdens home with you every night? Yet, do you stay in patient care because you don’t know what else to do?It’s OK. ... Read more
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Updated October 11, 2022 by Meredith Castin
Updated December 1, 2021. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors and technical details. It’s that time of year. The American Medical College Application Service® (AMCAS®) 2018 application cycle will open on May ... Read more
AAMC Staff
Updated June 26, 2022 by AAMC Staff
I always think of secondaries as the real meat of the med school application process. For many schools, the AMCAS, AACOMAS, and TMDSAS merely function as a screening process, allowing them to weed out candidates ... Read more
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Updated June 26, 2022 by Joel Butterly
Updated November 15, 2021. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors and to update formatting. Substance abuse is not too high on the list of worries for many American medical students. However, recent ... Read more
Brian Wu
Updated June 26, 2022 by Brian Wu
Updated December 26, 2021. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors and technical formatting. Due to their complexity, residency caps don’t make for scintillating news. Outside the medical field – where the debate ... Read more
Brian Wu
Updated June 26, 2022 by Brian Wu
Dr. Khurram Mehtabdin and Dr. Omar Mirza are doctors by day, comic book creators by night. Their series, Zindan: The Last Ansaars, is the bestselling comic book in Pakistan through CFxComics. Since their 2014 debut, ... Read more
Christy Duan
Updated August 8, 2022 by Christy Duan
Updated November 4, 2021. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors. Settling into the academic expectations of medical school can be difficult, and the analogy that medical school is like trying to drink from ... Read more
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Updated June 26, 2022 by Cassie Kosarek
Updated September 6, 2021. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors. Expectations. The subtleties between two people often go unexplored and rarely discussed, but play a huge part in determining the happiness of ... Read more
Amy Rakowczyk
Updated June 26, 2022 by Amy Rakowczyk
While getting accepted into medical school is more difficult than ever in America, there are some particular challenges facing would-be medical students from certain ethnic groups that have been traditionally underrepresented on medical school campuses across ... Read more
Brian Wu
Updated August 31, 2022 by Brian Wu
An Ongoing Dialogue Between Medicine and Law It is no wonder why medical schools across the country are teaching their students more and more about medical malpractice suits and how best to protect themselves against ... Read more
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Updated January 9, 2022. The article was updated to correct formatting and minor grammatical errors. With the increasing age of students attending medical school (the American Association of Medical Colleges estimates that 10% of students ... Read more
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