Dealing with Subjectivity in Clinical Rotation Evaluations
One of my friends recently got back her evaluation from a rotation she had just ... Read more
Written by: Adelle
Published on: February 19, 2018
Medical
Learn about medicine and how to become a physician in our articles for pre-medical students (including the MCAT), medical students, resident physicians, and practicing physicians.
Quiz: A Case of Broken-Heart Syndrome
A 67-year-old woman presents to the emergency room with acute chest pain and dyspnea after ... Read more
Written by: Figure 1
Published on: February 16, 2018
The Top 3 Myths About Medical School
Maybe you have been watching Untold Stories of the E.R. on loop, and you are ... Read more
Written by: Cassie Kosarek
Published on: February 14, 2018
"Personal Branding" as a Premed: How Knowing Who You Are and What You Stand For Can Help You Get In
I began my first job when I was just 12 years old (don’t worry, I ... Read more
Written by: Renee Marinelli
Published on: February 13, 2018
Q&A with Dr. Adigo Atabo, Functional Medicine Specialist
Dr. Adigo Atabo, BM BS BMedSc(Hons) MRCS MIH FWACS(Plastics) IFMCP, is the founder and Medical ... Read more
Written by: Gloria Onwuneme
Published on: February 12, 2018
How Med Student Parents Make It Happen
Can you be a parent while you’re in medical school? Listener Courtney, a 26-year-old mother ... Read more
Written by: The Short Coat Podcast
Published on: February 9, 2018
What infection preceded this rash?
An 8-year-old boy is brought to the pediatrician by his mother over concerns of a ... Read more
Written by: Figure 1
Published on: February 9, 2018
Location, Location, Location! Should You Apply In-State or Out-of-State?
The AAMC Premed Team recently conducted a few twitter polls which asked premeds to share ... Read more
Written by: AAMC Staff
Published on: February 8, 2018
Q&A with Benjamin Stobbe, Executive Director of Clinical Simulation
Ask any doctor, in any specialty and of any age, and they will remember their ... Read more
Written by: Jacob Adney
Published on: February 7, 2018
Tales from the Clinic: from Theory to Practice
There is nothing to fear but fear itself. Kylie Miller and Issac Schwantes take a ... Read more
Written by: The Short Coat Podcast
Published on: February 2, 2018
What’s causing this patient’s diminished femoral pulses?
A 56-year-old man presents with a three-month history of erectile dysfunction and bilateral buttock pain ... Read more
Written by: Figure 1
Published on: February 2, 2018
A Day In The Life Of A Medical Spouse
Days Defined By The Medical Life Have you ever wondered what the day-to-day looks like ... Read more
Written by: Amy Rakowczyk
Published on: February 1, 2018
Q&A with Dr. Perri Klass, Pediatrician and Journalist
Dr. Perri Klass is a pediatrician and journalist for the New York Times, an author, ... Read more
Written by: Gloria Onwuneme
Published on: January 31, 2018
A State of Emergency: Exploring the Specialty of Emergency Medicine
Perhaps no single aspect of medicine is more visible to the public, especially in stories, ... Read more
Written by: Brent Schnipke
Published on: January 29, 2018
A Creeping Eruption
A 40-year-old male presents to his family physician with a pruritic, erythematous lesion on his ... Read more
Written by: Figure 1
Published on: January 26, 2018
Reflections On Witnessing My First Patient Death
He is younger than me! This is not happening. This could have been me. These ... Read more
Written by: Mohamed Gad
Published on: January 23, 2018
Q&A with Dr. Rozelle Kane, NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow, Nutritional Researcher
Dr. Rozelle Kane is a physician, an NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow with the Department of ... Read more
Written by: Gloria Onwuneme
Published on: January 22, 2018
Checking the Boxes: Should You Give Up Your Job To Do Research?
Sometimes the requirements aren’t required. Annie wrote in to [email protected] to ask Kaci McCleary, Erik Kneller, Gabriel ... Read more
Written by: The Short Coat Podcast
Published on: January 19, 2018
Is this patient high-risk?
A 55-year-old female presents with a low-grade fever, a new heart murmur, and Janeway lesions ... Read more
Written by: Figure 1
Published on: January 19, 2018