The COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe has upended life, work and studies for millions, including America’s medical students. Some are graduating early and getting an unexpected, baptism-by-fire start to their careers while others are in limbo, with tests, classes, labs and residencies on hold indefinitely. Among the most urgent questions for students right now are …
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What’s Next for Medical School Admissions During COVID-19 Pandemic
While many graduating medical school students are starting their careers quicker than expected, those on the other end of the spectrum – pre-med students who with applications readied for the fall 2020 or 2121 admissions cycle – feel stymied. As federal and state officials await analysis and recommendation on how to curb the spread of …
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10 Ways Medical Students are Helping During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Not since the Spanish Flu swept across the world a century ago, infecting 500 million people (nearly a quarter of the world’s population at the time) and killing tens of millions has a global pandemic caused such chaos in our daily lives. Among the field most affected is education and medical students in particular feel …
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COVID 19: What Medical Students Need to Know
As COVID-19 and the coronavirus continue to spread throughout the country, countless fields are being turned upside down – education being one of them. After all, the global pandemic hits just as final-year medical students are preparing for residency, third-year medical students are considering options for residency applications and preclinical students are readying to work …
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Women Outnumber Men in Medical School and in Multiple Medical Specialties
It’s no secret that medicine has long been a male-dominated industry. Though Elizabeth Blackwell chipped the first crack in the glass ceiling more than a century and a half ago (admitted to medical school as a joke by male faculty and fellow students who assumed she’ quickly fail and bail), the floodgates didn’t exactly swing …
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Wait-Listed? Three Things to Know While You Await a Final Decision from your Top-Choice Medical School
When waiting to hear whether you’ve been accepted to the medical school of your choice, it may prove dismaying to get the notice that you’ll simply have to wait a little longer for an answer. But make no mistake – landing a spot on a great school’s wait list is, itself, an accomplishment. That’s because …
Viral Image Shines Light on African American Medical School Enrollment
A recent image of 15 black Tulane University medical students donning their white coats and posing in front of the former slave quarters of a historic Louisiana plantation went viral on social media. The accompanying words were poignant: “We are our ancestors’ wildest dreams.” Snapped by photographer Abedoyin Johnson, the image quickly racked up tens …
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Number of Medical Students with Disabilities Surges
The number of medical students who report having a disability rose 69 percent between 2016 and 2019, according to a new survey published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Multiple factors may be at play, including “more applicants with disabilities being admitted to medical school, more existing students disclosing disability, better …
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First-Generation Medical Students a Growing Minority
The vast majority of medical students who choose careers in healthcare are following in footsteps of parents or other family member who also became doctors. But first-generation students, those who are the trailblazers in their families, are increasing in number and finding success despite unique struggles and without the benefits that their continuing-generation peers enjoy. …
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3 Questions to Ask Your Prospective Medical School
When choosing where to study medicine, students often are most focused on how they’ll answer questions asked of them by school recruiters and admissions screeners. But just as important are the questions that students themselves should be asking. After all, it’s incumbent on both to determine good fit. So, when visiting your prospective schools, consider …
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