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Three Tips to Help Doctors Go Beyond “Book Smart”

December 11, 2018January 8, 2019 Sanjay Sharma 377 Views 1 Comment medicine, physician, soft skills

Early in my career as a surgeon, one of my technicians pulled me aside and told me a patient wanted

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The Physician Gender Bias—What Every Female Doctor Has Faced

April 3, 2018January 1, 2019 Christy Crisologo 489 Views 7 Comments gender bias, medical student, medicine, physician, resident, women in medicine

By Karen Tran-Harding, MD A man and a woman step into an elevator wearing the exact same hospital scrub uniforms. The

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A Few Practical Thoughts for Dealing with Death in Medicine

February 20, 2018January 8, 2019 Katie Imbrock 228 Views dealing with death, death, grief, medical school, medical student, medicine, physician, resident, work life balance

Death is an unfortunately common event in the field of medicine. How do you deal with it? How do you

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Q&A with Dr. Lewis Potter, GP, Founder of Geeky Medics

January 8, 2018January 21, 2019 Gloria Onwuneme 366 Views doctor, family medicine, geeky medics, general practitioner, gp, Internal Medicine, lewis potter, meded, medical education, nhs, physician, uk

Dr. Lewis Potter is a physician in Newcastle (UK) and the founder of Geeky Medics, the popular medical school revision

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Surviving Your First Year as a Doctor

November 21, 2017July 7, 2018 Lee 344 Views advice, family, intern, intern year, internship, physician, Residency, work life balance

By AJ Nguyen It’s your biggest dream and quite possibly your biggest fear at the same time. Your intern year. The

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Q&A with Dr. Ali Wong, Plastic Surgery Resident and Creator of Sketchy Medicine

October 17, 2017 Lee 332 Views canada, canadian medicine, choosing a specialty, md, medical school, medical student, medicine, physician, physician q&a, plastic surgery, residency, sketchy medicine, surgery

Dr. Ali Wong is a plastic surgery resident in Nova Scotia, Canada and creator of the website Sketchy Medicine, in

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Q&A with Dr. Emma Stanton, Psychiatry, Population Mental Health

September 4, 2017 Lee 243 Views 20 Questions, career, feature article, healthcare, medical school, medical student, medicine, physician, students

Dr. Emma Stanton is a psychiatrist and Regional Chief Partnerships Officer at Beacon Health Options, a company which is uses

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Medical Families Affected By Hurricane Harvey

August 29, 2017November 24, 2018 Lee 164 Views SDN, aid, emergency response, first responders, galveston, houston, hurricane harvey, medical families, physician, resident, texas

By Amy Rakowczyk Today I woke up groggy after a night of restless sleep. I tossed and turned thinking about

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5 Tips for Finding and Working With a Mentor

August 10, 2017 Lee 243 Views medical school, medical student, mentor, mentorship, physician, pre health, premed, premedical, shadowing

Do you know anyone who raves about their mentor? A mentor can offer you expertise and motivation as you work

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Q&A with Physician-Author Femi Oyebode

August 9, 2017 Lee 206 Views femi oyebode, medicine, physician, physician profile, physician-author, poet, poetry, psychiatry, writer

Dr Femi Oyebode is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Birmingham and a published poet. He obtained his

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Switching Specialties: Why It’s Never Too Late to Try Something Different

July 27, 2017August 18, 2018 Lee 384 Views medical school, medical student, OB/Gyn, physician, Radiology, Residency, specialty choice, switch specialty

By Karen Tran-Harding “So if you don’t mind me asking, why did you make the switch?” I get that question quite

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Jump Starting Your Job Search While In Medical School: Part 3

July 25, 2017 Lee 138 Views job search, medical practice, medicine, physician, PracticeLink

Read about steps 1 and 2 in Part 1 of this series here. Read about steps 3 and 4 in

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Immigrants, Insurance and Nonprofits: Our Generation’s Obligation

June 28, 2017 Lee 146 Views ACA, clinic, emergency room, health insurance, healthcare, hispanic, illegal immigrant, medical school, medical student, medicine, non-profit, physician, primary care, resident, Spanish, undocumented immigrant

Republished with permission from here. The future of American health care remains uncertain. It was only a few weeks ago

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Q&A with Dr. Alison Stansfield, Learning Disability Psychiatrist

June 22, 2017 Lee 344 Views 20 Questions, Learning Disability, medical, medicine, physician, physician q&a, Psychiatrist, Psychiatry, Q&A

Alison Stansfield, MBChB, MRCPsych, MD is the clinical lead and consultant psychiatrist for the Leeds Autism Diagnostic Service (LADS). This

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Financial Literacy for the Newly Minted Physician Part II: Introduction to Do-It-Yourself Investing

June 13, 2017 Lee 207 Views attending, finance, financial management, investing, medical school, medicine, MONEY, money management, physician, residency

In our last installment, we recognized the value of money as a means of allotting your time in accordance with

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Residency Caps: What Medical Students Should Know

January 24, 2017November 25, 2018 Lee 407 Views healthcare, legislation, medical school, medical student, physician, physician shortage, residency, residency cap

By Brian Wu Due to their complexity, residency caps don’t make for scintillating news. Outside the medical field – where

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Q&A with Physician-Authors Dr. Khurram Mehtabdin and Dr. Omar Mirza

January 9, 2017 Lee 247 Views comic book, feature article, healthcare, interview, Khurram Mehtabdin, medical student, Omar Mirza, physician, physician-author, residency

Dr. Khurram Mehtabdin and Dr. Omar Mirza are doctors by day, comic book creators by night. Their series, Zindan: The

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What You Should Know: Understanding Immunotherapy Techniques for Cancer Treatment

January 4, 2017 Lee 391 Views cancer treatment, career, clinical rotations, healthcare, immunotherapy, medical school, medical student, medicine, oncology, physician, premedical, residency, students

The American Cancer Society estimated that in 2015, there were 1,658,370 new cases of cancer diagnosed in this country and some 589,430

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What You Should Know: Exploring Techniques for Nonpharmacological Pain Control

December 13, 2016 Lee 144 Views career, feature article, healthcare, medical, medicine, nonpharmacological pain control, pain control, physician, premedical, What You Should Know

What You Should Know is an ongoing series covering a range of informational topics relevant to current and future healthcare

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Medical Students and Mental Health

December 5, 2016June 24, 2018 Lee 469 Views burnout, career, clinical rotations, feature article, healthcare, medical school, medical student, mental health, physician, premedical, students

Mental health is a topic which is discussed more openly in our society in recent decades and is, slowly, become

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