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Updated October 21, 2021. When most people think of the Student Doctor Network, they think of the SDN Forums, where pre-health and health professional students discuss all aspects of the admission and training processes to ... Read more
Student Doctor Network
Updated June 23, 2022 by Student Doctor Network
Medical School
I was recently asked to speak to students at my former medical school and give advice on succeeding in the clinical years of medical school and the residency application process. In speaking with them, the ... Read more
Kara Hessel
Updated June 23, 2022 by Kara Hessel
Residency and The Match
This article is going to be a conglomerate of other things I’ve written, which are in somewhat disjointed places; I’ve linked to the original articles below, where relevant. My goal is to collect these thoughts ... Read more
Brent Schnipke
Updated June 23, 2022 by Brent Schnipke
Medical School
As a medical student, you are going to step foot onto a clinical rotation for the very first time armed with all the knowledge you gained throughout medical school. You meet the team and then ... Read more
Karen Tran-Harding
Updated June 23, 2022 by Karen Tran-Harding
Medical School
While undeniably more difficult than undergraduate classes, classroom-based courses offer medical students some familiar comfort in their preclinical years. Having succeeded in college classes filled with lectures, group projects, TA sessions, and labs, preclinical medical ... Read more
Cassie Kosarek
Updated June 23, 2022 by Cassie Kosarek
Medical School
It is Friday afternoon at 4 pm. I’m headed to see a consult while simultaneously attempting to shove a granola bar in my mouth and respond to several pages. My intern is somewhere frantically discharging ... Read more
Kara Hessel
Updated June 24, 2022 by Kara Hessel
Physician Q&A
Adaira Landry, MD, MEd, is the Assistant Residency Director for the Harvard Emergency Medicine Residency. She went to UC Berkley where she earned degrees in Molecular Cell Biology and African American Studies. After a gap ... Read more
Student Doctor Network
Updated August 23, 2022 by Student Doctor Network
Medical School
By Adelle, Medical Student The process of applying to residency can surely be daunting. I’ve compiled a list of programs that I am interested in (as a quick refresher, I’m applying to OB/GYN programs), whether ... Read more
Adelle
Updated June 25, 2022 by Adelle
Medical School
By Adelle, Medical Student I went into my third year with a somewhat open mind in terms of what I thought I liked and what I thought I wanted to do for the next 35 ... Read more
Adelle
Updated June 25, 2022 by Adelle
Pre-Medical
Many students don’t realize that the residency match should be top of mind when choosing their medical school. Even though residency is several years away, your time spent as a medical student will determine the ... Read more
Stacy Meyer
Updated June 26, 2022 by Stacy Meyer
Residency and The Match
This column has been focused on providing clinical snapshots while exploring the factors that affect specialty choice for medical students. Some of these factors are universal, but so much is largely person-dependent—i.e., whatever is most ... Read more
Brent Schnipke
Updated June 26, 2022 by Brent Schnipke
Medical School
One of my friends recently got back her evaluation from a rotation she had just completed. These evaluations, paired with the rotation’s shelf exam determine your score on that particular rotation. Therefore, these evaluations can ... Read more
Adelle
Updated June 26, 2022 by Adelle
Medical
Perhaps no single aspect of medicine is more visible to the public, especially in stories, film, and television, than the emergency department. Scenes of a crowded room, patients on the verge of death needing major ... Read more
Brent Schnipke
Updated March 10, 2025 by Brent Schnipke
Medical School
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
Medical School
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
Medical School
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
Residency and The Match
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
Medical School
I walked into the room with my stethoscope around my neck, still running through everything I needed to go over with this patient before I presented them to the attending physician. I wanted it to ... Read more
Adelle
Updated June 26, 2022 by Adelle
