I’ve just started my fourth year, and while it’s a relief to be done with all of my medical school exams, I’m finding that there are plenty of new responsibilities to take on! I’m no longer the lowest member of the medical food chain, which also means that I partially ... Read more
Adelle
Updated June 24, 2022 by Adelle
Looking Back at 2017 As another new year rolls around, I try to take some time to reflect on what went well in the past year and to look at the year ahead. This past ... Read more
Adelle
Updated June 26, 2022 by Adelle
Are clerkships a grind, or a boon? It’s up to you. The second-year students are moving from the pre-clinical curriculum to the clerkships this week. This transition is exciting—after all, seeing patients is what they’ve ... Read more
The Short Coat Podcast
Updated June 26, 2022 by The Short Coat Podcast
Flexibility is the name of the game during your third (and to an extent, your fourth) year of medical school. From being at the beck and call of your senior residents to showing up at ... Read more
Adelle
Updated June 26, 2022 by Adelle
Last month I wrote about the process of applying for residency, and noted how this process, albeit late in medical school, can be an important component of a medical student’s decision to pursue a certain ... Read more
Brent Schnipke
Updated June 26, 2022 by Brent Schnipke
Dear medical students: I’m sorry. You had just finished two years of didactic learning and couldn’t wait to feel like a “real” doctor. You finally were starting your clerkships, that is, finally working with patients ... Read more
Karen Tran-Harding
Updated June 26, 2022 by Karen Tran-Harding
By Brent Schnipke If the average reader is asked to imagine a typical medical student, he or she might picture the following scene: a group of frazzled young people in short white coats, scurrying around ... Read more
Brent Schnipke
Updated February 28, 2019 by Brent Schnipke
July 21, 2015 Dear Me, MD: Now that you have opened this letter, you may have graduated or maybe you just matched into residency— somewhere, anywhere, hopefully?! As you read this, it should be some ... Read more
Danielle Bottalico
Updated June 26, 2022 by Danielle Bottalico
During my pediatrics clerkship, one of our core faculty gave a lecture during orientation. This orientation lecture was particularly good, as the professor giving it was one of our most-loved faculty members who is deeply ... Read more
Brent Schnipke
Updated June 26, 2022 by Brent Schnipke
What is the Undifferentiated Medical Student podcast? Give us an intro. TUMS is an interview-based podcast about choosing a medical specialty and planning a career in medicine. Many medical students feel lost when it comes ... Read more
Student Doctor Network
Updated June 26, 2022 by Student Doctor Network
Central to the skillset of every physician is the differential diagnosis; this is the process by which new patients are evaluated to establish the most likely diagnosis. Similarly, the first clinical year of medical school ... Read more
Brent Schnipke
Updated February 28, 2019 by Brent Schnipke
As a medical student, you spend four years of college and the first two years of medical school studying non-stop for what feels like thousands of hours, cramming your brain with knowledge. But when the ... Read more
Judith Kalinyak
Updated June 26, 2022 by Judith Kalinyak
When medicine burns you out, find strength in remembering why you're there.
Jarna Shah
Updated June 27, 2022 by Jarna Shah
A look at a day in the life of a third year student and what the clinical rotations experience entails.
Alex Cole
Updated June 27, 2022 by Alex Cole
A look at a day in the life of a third year student and what the clinical rotations experience entails.
Alex Cole
Updated June 27, 2022 by Alex Cole