Although most medical schools require pre-med students to complete basic English classes, aspiring professionals should consider taking a creative writing course for better results on their capstone project or thesis. Undergraduate pre-med programs offering creative writing classes can help students improve critical thinking and patient-related communications skills. Students are often surprised when they discover medical …
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Making a New Year’s resolution is common practice with somewhere between one-third to half the population establishing a goal that they want to achieve during the coming year. Historically, the most popular resolutions include “to lose weight”, “to improve fitness”, and “to make more money”. Unfortunately, a fourth of people who make a New Year’s …
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The latest pharmaceuticals transcend the old-school weight loss algorithm of “Calories In” versus “Calories Out” that failed to produce lasting weight loss for so many overweight or obese individuals. Unless you’ve been living off the grid, you have likely read or heard about the use of diabetes drugs like Ozempic for achieving weight loss by …
Sepsis acquired in a healthcare setting is an adverse event that impacts millions of patients. According to the World Health Organization, sepsis globally kills 11 million people annually and disables millions more. Over 1.7 million adults in the US develop sepsis each year with many of them being children. While sepsis can impact anyone, older …
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The Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence gave birth to AI as a research discipline during a two-month think-tank hosted in the summer of 1956. The private Ivy League college invited twenty of the brightest minds to an innovative workshop to address how machine learning could be applied to solving the kinds of problems …
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Providing the highest level of care can be mentally and physically taxing. Recent studies suggests taking up to a 30-minute nap can help you feel more alert by replenishing the energy levels that boost motor skills and decision making. But, napping is not new. It has been a part of recorded human cultures for centuries. …
Ask any medical student and they will tell you medical school is a fulltime job. So most summer months are booked with related learning activities. Where the first year of med school focuses on the basic sciences, after that students begin to focus on becoming residency ready by making the most of their time to …
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As a medical student, you’ve likely already had conversations about the importance of the medical licensing board examinations to your career as a practicing physician. After all, a passing grade at each level will determine whether or not the sleepless nights and years of dedicated study were worth it. Since a student’s board exam is …
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Not without criticism, artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized the way we live and work. From smartphone apps to self-driving cars, we see the impact of AI all around us. However, one of the biggest beneficiaries of artificial intelligence has been the healthcare industry. Whereas the recent media rage has triggered alarm among the general public, …
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About fifty years ago, medical schools that catered mostly to American students who were having difficulty getting accepted to a medical school in the United States began opening across the Caribbean. Now with over 60 Caribbean medical schools, these mostly “for-profit” institutions attract applicants from all over the world. When considering a Caribbean medical school, …
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