Every July, freshly-minted doctors begin their first step as healthcare providers with their intern year. Regardless of the specialty, everyone’s intern year provides important learning opportunities that will influence the remainder of their post-graduate training. There are endless resources which focus on how to prepare you for residency interviews, how ... Read more
Andrew Lee
Updated June 23, 2022 by Andrew Lee
Up until medical school, my life was relatively smoothing sailing. I did not really have too many challenges before this point. Once I got the hang of college, I had good grades, participated in the ... Read more
Medicine Pathways
Updated February 15, 2019 by Medicine Pathways
By Monya De, MD MPH Medical students who did not match into a residency position have a difficult, stressful, and uncertain time period ahead of them, thanks to overzealous funding of new medical schools, an ... Read more
Monya De
Updated June 25, 2022 by Monya De
It’s your biggest dream and quite possibly your biggest fear at the same time. Your intern year. The year where you are officially called a “doctor” by hospital staff, your colleagues, and your loved ones. ... Read more
AJ Nguyen
Updated June 26, 2022 by AJ Nguyen
When the 12 members of NASA’s 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class report to Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX for their two years of training, two of them—Dr. Jonny Kim and Dr. Frank Rubio—will leave behind ... Read more
Student Doctor Network
Updated June 26, 2022 by Student Doctor Network
Dear Me, M3: As graduation approaches and the days of fourth year freedom quickly fade away, the terrifying reality of being a stupefied intern becomes more and more paralyzing. Self-doubt started as a whisper but ... Read more
Danielle Bottalico
Updated June 26, 2022 by Danielle Bottalico
Updated December 8, 2021. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical and technical errors. The first key to success on the boards is using practice questions to develop your “hunch reflex.” If you’re a ... Read more
Patrick C. Beeman
Updated June 26, 2022 by Patrick C. Beeman
Earlier this year SDN member bob123451 was the lucky intern starting residency on night float covering multiple surgery services—vascular, general, bariatrics, colorectal, and a number of subspecialties—at a community hospital. Understandably nervous about jumping in ... Read more
Student Doctor Network
Updated June 26, 2022 by Student Doctor Network
1. 2 Days off in a row = Vacation! In high school, I looked forward to winter break, spring break, and summer break. In undergraduate, it was the two weeks off over winter break and ... Read more
Megan Riddle
Updated June 26, 2022 by Megan Riddle
1. What specifically prompted you to write The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly? I was having dinner with my editor three years ago, and he asked if I’d ever thought of writing a book about medicine. ... Read more
Chivas Owle
Updated June 26, 2022 by Chivas Owle
I had a certain level of (I thought well-justified) terror anticipating the start of intern year. No longer able to hide behind the protective “I’m just the medical student” blockade, I was worried about not ... Read more
Megan Riddle
Updated June 27, 2022 by Megan Riddle
Dear Incoming Interns, Congratulations on matching and reaching the end of medical school! I am sure you are very excited to be graduating, and we interns are equally excited for you as it means we ... Read more
Megan Riddle
Updated June 27, 2022 by Megan Riddle
A look at a day in the life of a third year student and what the clinical rotations experience entails.
Alex Cole
Updated June 27, 2022 by Alex Cole
A look at a day in the life of a third year student and what the clinical rotations experience entails.
Alex Cole
Updated June 27, 2022 by Alex Cole
Starting early and allowing yourself time to explore specialties during your first three years of school will put you in strong position to apply and match into the field that best suits you.
Megan Riddle
Updated June 27, 2022 by Megan Riddle
Interview with Dr. Sandeep Jauhar, a cardiologist and author of Intern: A Doctor's Initiation.
Juliet Farmer
Updated June 27, 2022 by Juliet Farmer
You were able to get into medical school so you think it will be the same process all over again when you apply for residency. But every application process has nuances and the criteria for ... Read more
Jessica Freedman
Updated June 27, 2022 by Jessica Freedman
In researching our book, we asked applicants what they found most difficult about the residency application process. A number of applicants commented on the same issue. “There’s so much conflicting information out there. ... Read more
Rajani Katta and Samir Desai
Updated June 27, 2022 by Rajani Katta and Samir Desai
By Rajani Katta, MD and Samir P. Desai, MD Every aspiring physician knows the importance of memorization, especially in the basic science years. As you advance in your career, however, communication skills come to the ... Read more
Rajani Katta and Samir Desai
Updated June 27, 2022 by Rajani Katta and Samir Desai