Six Tips For A Successful Intern Year
Every July, freshly-minted doctors begin their first step as healthcare providers with their intern year. Regardless of the specialty, everyone’s …
Challenges as Opportunities to Grow
Up until medical school, my life was relatively smoothing sailing. I did not really have too many challenges before this …
10 Things To Do If You Did Not Match Into A Residency Position
By Monya De, MD MPH Medical students who did not match into a residency position have a difficult, stressful, and …
Surviving Your First Year as a Doctor
It’s your biggest dream and quite possibly your biggest fear at the same time. Your intern year. The year where …
Q&A with Jonny Kim, MD, NASA Astronaut Candidate
When the 12 members of NASA’s 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class report to Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX for their …
Dear Me, M3 | Love Me, MD
Dear Me, M3: As graduation approaches and the days of fourth year freedom quickly fade away, the terrifying reality of …
Board Preparation: Training for a Marathon, not a Sprint
The first key to success on the boards is using practice questions to develop your “hunch reflex.” If you’re a …
Advice for Interns on Night Float
Earlier this year SDN member bob123451 was the lucky intern starting residency on night float covering multiple surgery services—vascular, general, …
10 Signs You're an Intern
1. 2 Days off in a row = Vacation! In high school, I looked forward to winter break, spring break, …
Q&A With Physician-Author Matt McCarthy, MD
1. What specifically prompted you to write The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly? I was having dinner with my editor three …
5 Reasons Intern Year is Better Than Medical School
I had a certain level of (I thought well-justified) terror anticipating the start of intern year. No longer able to …
Tips from the Trenches: 5 Tips for Surviving Intern Year
Dear Incoming Interns, Congratulations on matching and reaching the end of medical school! I am sure you are very excited …
A Day in the Life: A Look at the Medical School Clerkship Year – Part II
A look at a day in the life of a third year student and what the clinical rotations experience entails.
A Day in the Life: A Look at the Medical School Clerkship Year – Part I
A look at a day in the life of a third year student and what the clinical rotations experience entails.
Navigating Your Future: A Roadmap to Specialty Exploration
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.
20 Questions: Sandeep Jauhar, MD
Interview with Dr. Sandeep Jauhar, a cardiologist and author of Intern: A Doctor's Initiation.
Getting Into Residency: Part 1
You were able to get into medical school so you think it will be the same process all over again …
The Successful Match: The Importance of Mentoring
In researching our book, we asked applicants what they found most difficult about the residency application process. A …
The Successful Match: Oral Communication Skills
By Rajani Katta, MD and Samir P. Desai, MD Every aspiring physician knows the importance of memorization, especially in the …