Ezra Yu, DO, Internal Medicine PGY-2 at William Beaumont Army Medical Center at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, sat down with Student Advisory Council member Alexander Salas to share his non-traditional path to medicine and discuss the breadth of internal medicine, his interest in critical care, and the challenges and ... Read more
Alexander Salas
Updated May 21, 2025 by Alexander Salas
We’re increasingly hearing about physician burnout, with roughly 50% to 60% of doctors exhibiting signs of burnout. This appears to be getting worse with time. The situation is equally alarming among medical students. Several studies ... Read more
Sylvie Stacy, MD, MPH
Updated March 12, 2025 by Sylvie Stacy, MD, MPH
This article discusses life care expectancy in a novel way. Based on your experiences after reading this, what are your thoughts?
Multiple Authors
Updated June 22, 2022 by Multiple Authors
Are you considering going into Internal Medicine? Let’s take a look at what IM is and what you can expect from an IM residency. What is Internal Medicine? Internal Medicine is a broad speciality that ... Read more
Amy Rakowczyk
Updated October 15, 2019 by Amy Rakowczyk
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had a chance to interact with some of the first and second year students at my school. We chatted a lot about which subjects they are liking best and ... Read more
Adelle
Updated February 18, 2019 by Adelle
Dr. Arefa Cassoobhoy is the Senior Medical Director at WebMD; the Senior Medical Correspondent for Medscape, where she also hosts the video series Arefa MD’s Morning Report; and an internal medicine doctor at the Clarkston Community ... Read more
Gloria Onwuneme
Updated June 24, 2022 by Gloria Onwuneme
Most people asking what discipline I was pursuing during my fourth year of medical school were hearing “Med-Psych” for the first time. It wasn’t the best advertised of the 12 combined training residencies approved by ... Read more
Guero
Updated June 24, 2022 by Guero
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
Dr. Lewis Potter is a physician in Newcastle (UK) and the founder of Geeky Medics, the popular medical school revision website and app which include clinical skills videos and guidelines. Dr. Potter obtained his medical ... Read more
Gloria Onwuneme
Updated June 26, 2022 by Gloria Onwuneme
Dr. Knut Schroeder is a practicing GP in Bristol, UK; a freelance medical author, and founder and director of Expert Self Care Ltd, a social enterprise which freely provides healthcare information via mobile apps. The ... Read more
Gloria Onwuneme
Updated June 26, 2022 by Gloria Onwuneme
Updated February 5, 2022. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors and formatting errors. Medical students have one of the toughest jobs around. You are expected to diagnose, treat and manage patients with ... Read more
Guideline Central
Updated June 26, 2022 by Guideline Central
Updated February 17, 2022. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors and formatting. Clinical practice guidelines are the backbone of evidence-based medicine. While there are literally thousands of published guidelines, a few of ... Read more
Guideline Central
Updated June 26, 2022 by Guideline Central
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
The transition from eager-to-learn-everything MS3 to self-assured MS4 with a clear residency goal comes much easier for some than others. I had planned on going into Family Medicine throughout the better part of medical school, ... Read more
Michael Cafarchio
Updated June 26, 2022 by Michael Cafarchio
Updated October 28, 2021. The article was updated to correct minor grammatical errors and formatting inconsistencies. When most student doctors take a moment from their busy schedules to think about climate change, what probably comes ... Read more
Brian Wu
Updated June 26, 2022 by Brian Wu
Republished with permission from here. One after the other, day after day it seems, I find myself in a room where the resident is breaking the news of terminal cancer to my patients, and I ... Read more
Erica Patel
Updated June 26, 2022 by Erica Patel
Terry Wahls, MD, is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa, where she teaches internal medicine residents, sees patients in the traumatic brain injury clinic and conducts clinical trials. In addition, she’s ... Read more
Juliet Farmer
Updated June 26, 2022 by Juliet Farmer
As third year medical students you’re rotating through your general specialties and you think you’re seeing familiar faces but in new places. Isn’t that your newborn nursery resident who assigned APGAR scores, now leading the ... Read more
Eric Chow and Christopher Terry
Updated March 16, 2019 by Eric Chow and Christopher Terry
Dr. Barbara Pro, a medical oncologist in Philadelphia, is a Thomas Jefferson University-Kimmel Cancer Center physician, as well as a professor and director of the Cutaneous Lymphoma Center. Dr. Pro received her MD from University ... Read more
Juliet Farmer
Updated June 27, 2022 by Juliet Farmer