If at first you don’t succeed, write an update letter!
By this time in the year, the medical application process is beginning to come to a close. If you were …
Sit, Heal: Dog Teaches Military Med Students The Merits Of Service Animals
Originally posted on khn.org on November 11, 2019 The newest faculty member at the Uniformed Services University of the Health …
“The Boards”: USMLE Overview
The MCAT consumes the minds of premed students. However, an even bigger beast looms on the horizon for every allopathic …
Medical Resident Student Loan Refinancing
How to Decide If It’s Right for You and Lenders to Consider Rate information updated 11-18-2019. It’s no secret that …
Should You Do a Post-Bac Program?
As a medical school admissions consultant and the former director of both the Johns Hopkins and Goucher post-baccalaureate premedical programs, …
Finding Paid Clinical Experience
There are many reasons that doctors tend to come from wealthier families. The requirements of piecing together a medical school application is …
Creative Childcare for Medical Students
Nineteen hundred dollars a month. That was the cost of infant care at my son’s daycare facility. It was nearly …
Good Habits to Develop Before Embarking on Your Medical School Journey
The brief period of time that precedes the commencement of medical school is one of the most exciting times of …
Publish or Perish: Getting Started on Your First Manuscript
Publications are the holy grail for the budding student researcher. These days, competitive specialties all but require one for serious …
Using Government Assistance During Medical School
The medical journey is filled with many new experiences and challenges. The financial commitment of a medical career choice is …
5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Medical School
At this stage in my career, I have finished the pre-clinical portion of my journey. This part of training encompasses …
Pregnant in MS1: Tackling Medical School While Growing a Tiny Human
There is no good time to have a baby. This is especially true in the medical education pipeline. Having children …
A Guide to Pets During Medical School and Residency
Pets can be wonderfully rewarding companions. In fact, psychological and physical benefits in humans have been associated with animal interactions.1 …
Conference Confidential: Insider Tips and Strategies for Success
Conferences are to medicine as trade shows are to business. Love them or hate them, you’d be hard-pressed to make …
How To Use SDN Wisely While Applying To Medical School
I can vividly remember going through the medical school application process approximately three years ago. While the process ultimately went …
Why Some Residency Applicants Don’t Match
Few days have a more profound impact on the lives of physicians in the United States than Match Day. Every …
Making Friends in Medical School
During my wedding reception when the dance floor was full, multi-colored lights were flashing, and the music was at its …
The Art of Writing Abstracts
Abstracts are an essential currency of research, especially for students and early career scientists. They are the ticket to entry …
The Male Medical Spouse
The demographics of medicine are changing. Almost half of all graduating medical students are now female, which means that our …
What To Do If You Are Waitlisted For Medical School
Being placed on the waitlist for medical school can feel disheartening. After working so hard through the application and prepping …