Medical Students
Women Top Medical School Entrants For 2nd Consecutive Year
December 7, 2018
A year ago, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) reported that, for the first time ever, female medical school entrants outnumbered male entrants. The report revealed that women...
Five Things Established Doctors Think About Younger Doctors
November 7, 2018
It’s natural for new doctor just beginning his or her medical career to wonder – and perhaps even worry a bit – about how they’ll be perceived by their long-established...
Med Students Study the Pathology of Horror
October 24, 2018
Perhaps unorthodox, but certainly popular, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Psychiatry Professor Anthony Tobia, MD is at it again. We once told you about his “Psy-feld”...
Opportunity Abounds in Geriatric Medicine
October 3, 2018
With the impending shortage of qualified physicians, some medical specialties are at particular risk – which means they offer significant opportunity for students graduating medical school...
Medical School for Free? It’s Possible
September 12, 2018
For many medical career hopefuls, a top barrier is the steep financial investment in education and training. After all, the average medical school graduate’s debt hit $190,000, with some 25...
From Disadvantage to Diversity Advantage
August 1, 2018
Medical knowledge and skill obviously are musts for future or up and coming physicians. But so, too, is a capacity for compassion and an ability to connect with patients who may have markedly...
Got a Knack for Engineering? Consider Medical School
July 12, 2018
Not everyone who attends medical school opts to become a doctor or surgeon post-graduation. In fact, there are a myriad of career choices that can be built on the study of medicine, including...
Texas Tops Nation in Affordable Schools for Out-of-State
July 1, 2018
It’s no surprise that medical school is pricey. The most recent statistics by the American Medical Student Association estimate that over 86 percent of graduates in the medical field carry...
Innovative UM Program Could Slash (or Extend) Your Time in Medical School
June 19, 2018
For well over a century, becoming a doctor in the US required a minimum four-year medical school commitment. That standard was set in 1910 when Abraham Flexner published a highly influential...
Two Ways Medical School Admissions Will Change in 2019
June 4, 2018
New guidelines recently approved by the Association of American Medical Colleges mean changes to two key aspects of the medical school admissions process: timelines and waitlist decisions. At...
