Kaplan Announces New Step 2 CK Qbank!

PRESS RELEASE

Kaplan’s NEW Step 2 CK Qbank is coming soon! Kaplan’s new and improved Step 2 CK Qbank will be available starting May 14th with important new features like a Score Estimator - able to predict your USMLE score based on your Qbank performance - and 500 never-before-seen exam-like questions created by Kaplan Medical’s expert faculty and reviewed by top-performing test takers.

Learn more about the important upgrades to Kaplan’s Qbank and see how you score on a Qbank Challenge at http://www.qbankchallenge.com/step2. You can lock in the low price of Qbank today – buy now and delay your start date up to 90 days!

Only on SDN - Enter to win Kaplan’s new Step 2 CK Qbank!
Kaplan is giving away a Step 2 CK Qbank to the first 100 SDN members. Check the Step 2 forum to learn how to win a FREE 3-month Step 2 CK Qbank!

Join the Ride for World Health!

Ride for World Health (R4WH) 2009 wants YOU!!!!
http://www.rideforworldhealth.org

Join us for a 3,700 mile bicycle journey that starts from San Diego and ends in Washington D.C. During the seven weeks, we’ll deliver lectures at colleges, elementary schools, medical schools, rotary clubs, and other locations to promote awareness of global health issues. Some topics we plan to cover include HIV/AIDS, poverty and medical disparities, and women’s health.

Since its inception, R4WH has currently raised over $260,000 to benefit Partners in Health, the Global Health Access Program, the Pendulum Project and Doctors without Borders.

The 2009 Ride for World Health (R4WH) is accepting applications for the following positions:

  1. 2009 Cross-Country Riders (April/May 2009 – Elective Credit available)
  2. 2009 R4WH Portion Riders (participate in shorter portions of ride)

Deadlines: Sunday, June 29th 2008 at 5pm – for cross-country rider
Sunday, March 1st 2009 at 5pm – for portion rider

Contact:
Jesson Yeh
Student Recruiter, R4WH
NYMC, class of 2009
Jesson_Yeh@nymc.edu

Do you have more questions?? Don’t hesitate to ask! Drop us a line at info@rideforworldhealth.com

Health Care Policy & The Student Doctor: Gary LeRoy, MD

SDN readers have responded favorably to our series of “20 Questions” asked of various health care professionals. With this interview of Dr. Gary LeRoy we launch a new series called “Health Care Policy and the Student Doctor”.

SDN: Gary, your resume is pretty awesome. You currently hold the position of Medical Director of the East Dayton Health Center, a community health center with federally qualified health center status; and you are simultaneously Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Admissions at Wright State University’s Boonshoft School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio.

Yours is a unique postion, with major responsibilities in a community health center serving the disadvantaged, and as the dean of students for a medical school, which will include lots of students from more privileged backgrounds.  Read more »

Just Sign on the Dotted Line…

by Ivan Edwards, D.O., USAFR MC (CAPT)
SDN Staff Writer

The contract provisions couldn’t look any better:

But before signing the dotted line, take the contract home, read it carefully and understand it. Equally importantly, get to know the people behind it.

For many doctors soon to complete their residencies, one final round of interviewing is underway. This time, unlike prior interviews, it is an audition for your job post-residency, in your chosen profession. Finally! Read more »

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