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The Physician Gender Bias—What Every Female Doctor Has Faced

April 3, 2018April 21, 2018 Christy 215 Views 7 Comments gender bias, medical student, medicine, physician, resident, women in medicine

By Karen Tran-Harding, SDN Staff Writer A man and a woman step into an elevator wearing the exact same hospital scrub

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A Few Practical Thoughts for Dealing with Death in Medicine

February 20, 2018April 28, 2018 Lee 131 Views dealing with death, death, grief, medical school, medical student, medicine, physician, resident, work life balance

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

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

January 8, 2018June 16, 2018 Lee 187 Views doctor, family medicine, geeky medics, general practitioner, gp, internal medicine, lewis potter, meded, medical education, nhs, physician, uk

By Gloria Onwuneme Dr. Lewis Potter is a physician in Newcastle (UK) and the founder of Geeky Medics, the popular

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Surviving Your First Year as a Doctor

November 21, 2017July 7, 2018 Lee 212 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 182 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 152 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, 2017June 24, 2018 Lee 111 Views SDN, aid, emergency response, first responders, galveston, houston, hurricane harvey, medical families, physician, resident, texas

Today I woke up groggy after a night of restless sleep. I tossed and turned thinking about this storm –

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5 Tips for Finding and Working With a Mentor

August 10, 2017 Lee 153 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 153 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 231 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 98 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 97 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 149 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 131 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, 2017April 15, 2018 Lee 228 Views healthcare, legislation, medical school, medical student, physician, physician shortage, residency, residency cap

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

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

January 9, 2017 Lee 151 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 300 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 90 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 209 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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Book Review: When Breath Becomes Air

November 22, 2016 Lee 384 Views book review, death, medical humanities, medicine, paul kalanithi, physician, when breath becomes air

If you read one book this year, make it When Breath Becomes Air. Do yourself a favor – do not

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