// Recent Articles //

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• The Year of Privilege, Part 2

• Created May 29, 2017 by Brent Schnipke
• In my last article, I wrote about my perspective on the third year of medical school and how it has evolved over the course of this year. Medical education is unfortunately sparse with free time, which makes it difficult to reflect; writing these posts has been one way for me to slow down and process...VIEW >

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• Do You Recognize the Classical Clinical Triad in This Emergency Case?

• Created May 26, 2017 by Figure 1
• A 35-year-old female, G0P0, presents to the emergency department with lower abdominal pain and vaginal spotting. Her last menstrual period was nine weeks ago. She was treated for a chlamydial cervical infection in the past, and has never taken oral contraceptives. On abdominal examination, no mass is detected, however, there is moderate tenderness in the...VIEW >

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• You Can Buy That on Amazon?

• Created May 26, 2017 by The Short Coat Podcast
• All work and no play…is not what we do. Sometimes you’re having so much fun that the time flies by and you forget that you have other important things to do.  That’s what happened on this week’s show, in which Dave brings Aditi Patel, Aline Sandouk, Kylie Miller and Irene Morcuende along for a trip...VIEW >

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• Considering Rejection: Lessons Learned From an ESL Classroom

• Created May 25, 2017 by Nicole Hawkins
• I was seated on a child-sized plastic chair along a wall in the classroom when the teacher summoned me to the front of the room. She handed me a sheet of stickers and, in broken English that was heavily accented, indicated that my task was to watch the approximately twenty children in front of me...VIEW >

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• My Own Little Ice Age

• Created May 24, 2017 by Miguel Galán de Juanai
• Reposted with permission from here. I can finally say I’m in my last year of medical school. It has been a bumpy ride, but only one clerkship, a research project and an OSCE separate me from graduating. I remember receiving my acceptance letter eight years ago. Thinking back to those days, neither vocation nor sentiment...VIEW >

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• What is Cirrhosis?

• Created May 23, 2017 by Open Osmosis
• What is cirrhosis? Cirrhosis is a disease where the liver becomes scarred over time from chronic inflammation and liver cell damage. Cirrhosis can be caused by a variety of diseases, with alcohol abuse and viral hepatitis being some of the most common. This video discusses the cellular mechanism behind fibrotic tissue generation and the pathophysiology...VIEW >

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• Q&A with Dr. Jennifer Villwock, ENT

• Created May 22, 2017 by Rafid Rahman
• Dr. Jennifer A. Villwock is the current Rhinology and Skull Base Fellow at the University of Kansas Medical Center. After graduating in 2011 from the Michigan State College of Human Medicine, she completed her ENT residency at the State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University. Dr. Villwock is active in the American Academy...VIEW >

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• Premeds Can Be Science Podcasters, ft. Terel Jackson

• Created May 19, 2017 by The Short Coat Podcast
• An unstated goal of ours is to show medical learners that podcasting is a beneficial experience for both listeners and hosts,  and we’re always banging on about the need for better science communicators. So Erin Pazaski, Levi Endelman, Kylie Miller, and Irene Morcuende were recently excited to get an email from Terel Jackson, an OSU premed who said...VIEW >

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• What is Appendicitis?

• Created May 18, 2017 by Open Osmosis
• Appendicitis is the most common emergency abdominal surgery and references to it are common in pop culture, but what actually causes it? Appendicitis is inflammation of the appendix, a small, potentially vestigial organ that branches off the large intestine. Inflammation is usually a result of some sort of obstruction in the lumen of the appendix,...VIEW >

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• Q&A with Dr. Abeyna Jones, Occupational Physician and Entrepreneur

• Created May 17, 2017 by Gloria Onwuneme
• Dr. Abeyna Jones is an occupational medicine registrar at King’s College Hospital and the Medical Director of Medic Footprints, a social enterprise for doctors and medical students promoting alternative careers and wellbeing. She is also a Fellow with the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Fellowship, devised to support UK doctors develop their enterprises whilst in clinical training...VIEW >