Sandbox. A practice copy of StatPearls: try anything. It resets every night at 3:00 a.m. Eastern and sends nothing out.
Practical advice written by physicians, residents and students — matching, board exams, clerkships, interviews, letters of recommendation, personal statements and staying well while you train.
Miriyam Ghali, B.A.: Miriyam Ghali is an MD/MBA Dual Degree Candidate at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (UMMSM), Class of 2024, and currently serves as the UMMSM Student Government Diversity Representative, American Medical Women’s Associati…
Faiz Tuma, MD, MME, MDE, EdS, FACS, FRCSC is an Associate Professor of Surgery and Associate Program Director at Central Michigan University College of Medicine.…
Contributed by Kumarendran Balachandran, is a trained neuroscientist. He works in the area of substance use disorder. He is an incoming MS1 with a keen interest in academic neurosurgery.…
Forshing Lui MD, FAAN, FRCP(E), Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience Course Director, California Northstate University, College of Medicine…
Lyn Weiss, MD is the current chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island, and professor Rehabilitation Medicine at the NYU Long Island School of Medicine. Dr. Weiss was previously at Nassau University Medical Center wher…
Radiation oncology has become one of the tougher matches in the United States. It has the advantage of being mostly an outpatient practice; usually, little or no hospital management supervision, rare calls from patients after hours, few emergencies, and in gen…
For me selecting emergency medicine was a last-minute decision. I did an elective in emergency medicine at UNMC in September of my senior year, doing an emergency medicine elective, I suddenly realized that this was my chosen field. Even back in 1988, despite …
Family medicine is a growing field, with the number of residency positions available in the United States increasing every year for the last 11 years. In the 2020 match, 13.7% of the positions were for family medicine, while the national goal based on need for…
Conrad Krawiec, MD; Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital…
Two words every student doctor dreams of after enduring four demanding years of education and training. By this point, we all understand why Match Day is associated with a sense of fear and anxiety. Each year, more than 40,000 students compete for a spot in 35…
The first step is relatively easy; decide if you want a medical or a surgical career. My advice to students is that most medical students “like” surgery, but only a small percentage “need surgery to live.” Only these few should apply for a surgical residency. …
