How to ace your first patient encounter
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Judith Kalinyak
Updated August 21, 2026 by Judith Kalinyak
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Top 5 Questions to Ask Your Pre-Health Advisor
If you’re interested in a career in medicine, one of the most important and helpful ... Read more
AAMC Staff
Updated August 16, 2022 by AAMC Staff
Chronicles of a Med Student: And So It Begins!
The minute the tasseled hat flew off of my head after “Pomp and Circumstance”, I ... Read more
Adelle
Updated June 26, 2022 by Adelle
10 Things to Expect From Your Summer Undergrad Research Experience
For some undergrads, this summer will be spent lounging on the beach reading and hanging ... Read more
Paris Grey
Updated August 21, 2026 by Paris Grey
Physician Employment Contracts: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
In both hospital[1] and group practice settings, physicians are regularly asked to sign employment contracts that ... Read more
Jennifer Colagiovanni
Updated June 26, 2022 by Jennifer Colagiovanni
10 Signs You're an Intern
1. 2 Days off in a row = Vacation! In high school, I looked forward ... Read more
Megan Riddle
Updated June 26, 2022 by Megan Riddle
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 ... Read more
Chivas Owle
Updated June 26, 2022 by Chivas Owle
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 ... Read more
Megan Riddle
Updated August 21, 2026 by Megan Riddle
Lost in Translation
Republished with permission from here. In the rest of the house, the noise of the party ... Read more
Katherine Caldwell
Updated June 13, 2019 by Katherine Caldwell
What's On Your Summer Reading List?
For most students, summer break is an opportunity to do many things for which there ... Read more
Brent Schnipke
Updated May 5, 2026 by Brent Schnipke
5 Mistakes I Made in Med School (So You Don’t Have To)
It has been nearly a year now since I walked across the stage at Carnegie ... Read more
Megan Riddle
Updated August 21, 2026 by Megan Riddle
Up in Smoke: The Challenges of Physician Burnout
The days are long, the nights short – unless you’re on call or night float, ... Read more
Megan Riddle
Updated June 27, 2022 by Megan Riddle
20 Questions: Allan S. Stewart, MD: Cardiothoracic Surgery
Thoracic surgeon Dr. Allan S. Stewart is director of the aortic surgery program and co-director ... Read more
Juliet Farmer
Updated February 19, 2026 by Juliet Farmer
20 Questions: Antoine Sayegh, MD: Medical Oncology/Hematology
Dr. Antoine Sayegh is a hematologist and medical oncologist practicing in Sacramento and Roseville, California. ... Read more
Juliet Farmer
Updated August 21, 2026 by Juliet Farmer
Letter-By-Letter, Word-By-Word
Republished with permission from here. The first day of my medicine rotation, I proudly put on ... Read more
David Louis
Updated June 20, 2019 by David Louis
20 Questions: Mary Lupo, MD, Dermatologist
Mary Lupo, MD, is a practicing dermatologist and clinical professor of dermatology at Tulane University ... Read more
Juliet Farmer
Updated June 27, 2022 by Juliet Farmer
Those Who Can Do, Teach….and Lead: A Conversation with Mark Walton, MD
At this past year’s UC Davis Pre-Health Conference, Stanford Health Care’s Chief of Staff, Dr. ... Read more
Suzanne Barston
Updated August 21, 2026 by Suzanne Barston
Breaking Bad (News, That Is)
My stomach sunk. The results of the biopsy were back and it was not good. ... Read more
Megan Riddle
Updated June 27, 2022 by Megan Riddle
Barbara Ross Lee: The Beauty of the Broken-Field Run
There’s no doubt that Dr. Barbara Ross Lee has led a distinguished career. The first ... Read more
Suzanne Barston
Updated August 21, 2026 by Suzanne Barston
