US Cities Offering the Highest Physician Compensation and Pay Growth

If you’re a future physician with an eye on practicing in New Orleans, Cincinnati, Hartford, Atlanta or Minneapolis, your future already looks promising financially. Data collected in Doximity’s latest U.S. Physician Employment Report reveals these cities are among those not only boasting highest physician salaries in 2019, but also showing the highest compensation growth. Research …

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 …

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 …

Medical School Application: Take Two

Didn’t get into your chosen medical school with your first application? All is not lost. In fact, during the 2018–2019 application cycle, more than a quarter of medical school applications came from candidates who had previously applied, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. But those students won’t get in with the same application …

Three Reasons Medical Students Need Hobbies

Considering medical school? If so, you may already have resigned yourself to the notion you’ll have to leave your hobbies behind in favor of hitting the books 24/7. That’s a bad idea. In fact, success in your studies may well depend, in part, on how passionately you also pursue outside interests.  Here’s why: Your passions …

Virtual Reality Surgical Training Yields Better Results than Standard Surgical Guide, Study Shows

As the modern practice of medicine is changing rapidly, so too is the study of medicine. Among the proof are results of a University of California, Los Angeles study presented at the recent Western Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting in Monterey, CA. According to study co-author Gideon W. Blumstein, MD, MS, medical students who underwent surgical …

Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019: What Medical Students Should Know

If you’re working toward your medical residency, you may have heard rumblings of a coming shortage of residency positions. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) this week released a report revealing that enrollment in US medical schools has grown by 31 percent since 2002. Coupled with increases at DO-granting schools, overall enrollment is up …

Love a Challenge and Want to Make a Difference? Consider a Career in Correctional Medicine

While a relatively high pay check certainly is a draw, most medical students say that primary driver for choosing a career in medicine is the chance to make a positive difference in their future patients’ lives. One often overlooked and growing opportunity is in correctional medicine, providing care for incarcerated populations in US jails and …

Four Reasons to Get a Jump on your Medical School Application

Think you’ve got plenty of time to work on your medical school application? Well, you do. As of May 1, medical colleges and universities nationwide are accepting applications for the Fall 2020 semester start. Deadlines run from this coming October to as late as next February. But if you’re anxious to get the ball rolling, …

Medicine as a Second Career? Three Reasons it Works!

While the vast majority of medical students are in their 20s and working toward their initial career choices, recent years have seen an increase in first-year medical residents in their 30s or older throughout the US and Canada, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Many of these nontraditional students are opting for …

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