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Medical school is rough. It’s exhausting, and draining, and requires your all. I still remember looking at my lectures during...

Before we start talking about abortion laws, let me tell you a story. I was on a night shift in...

Before we start talking about abortion laws, let me tell you a story. I was on a night shift in...

Before we start talking about abortion laws, let me tell you a story. I was on a night shift in...

It’s no secret that patients and senior doctors alike see the quintessential junior doctor as some chatty, gregarious extrovert that...

Make sure you eat, sleep, and exercise right. There are different healthy diets and exercise routines people follow. I generally...

As hard as it is to get started, it's much harder to stay focused. No matter what age, degree, educational...

When starting medical school, most people have an idea of what specialty they want to choose. For most people, what...

It’s more than a little intimidating to even try and approach the question of what type of healthcare system is...

Growing up in the UK, I was very fortunate to have access to a tax-funded public health care system –...

Are you ready? You’re giving up your prime. Signing away your life. No fun, no social life, no love life....

Pay it forward. Someone do you favor? No thanks needed, pay it forward. Help you out? Pay it forward. Get...

“Corona Baba rakes in moolah as coronavirus fear rages” “Bolivia’s senate approved ‘miracle mineral solution’ — a toxic bleach with...

Medical school is a lot to handle. It can be so difficult to simply take care of yourself, let alone...

Medical school is rough. It’s exhausting, and draining, and requires your all. I still remember looking at my lectures during...

Fever, upper abdominal pain spreading to the right shoulder and signs of peritoneal irritation. I know, I know … Now...

I coughed. I think that if heads could whip around any faster, they would have become unscrewed from their necks!...

Medical school is a lot to handle. It can be so difficult to simply take care of yourself, let alone...

Everyone has different learning strategies. In undergrad, I was more of a passive learner. But upon entering medical school, I...

I could never find a planner that fit. I wanted something that had monthly calendar pages, but also had pages...

If the title wasn’t self-explanatory enough, this blog is basically an open letter to my fellow FMGs about why studying...

can honestly say that the fall to rock bottom never hurt as much as it did that morning. I held...

Physiology can be a challenge. Though the concepts may be simple, understanding and applying them is the key. That being...

December has come to an end and we are almost halfway through January, which means winter has officially settled in....

Residency interviewing season is finally here, and it is time to prepare so that you can be confident and show...

To understand physician-assisted dying, you’ll need to understand the following; it deals with a patient suffering from an incurable terminal...

As an older brother of 7 siblings of a variety of ages, I enjoy seeing my siblings grow up and...

Let's face it, bad grades suck. It happens. Sometimes we make mistakes or there are events that are out of...

A quick Google search for “books about medicine” turns up countless results for pre-meds, medical students and doctors alike. At...

If you ever studied the English monarchy in your high school history class, you might have been taught that King...

The Internal Medicine clerkship can easily be considered one of the most mentally and physically intense rotations during the third...

Since medical school can be some of the hardest and most stressful years of your life, I decided I’d drop...

Anki is quickly becoming a mainstay learning tool in medical school. The powerful spaced repetition algorithm offers students a means...

“Document or you didn’t do it” became a literal process as I spent time writing progress notes in paper charts....

What this is, is an honest post about why I chose to attend an osteopathic medical school (spoiler alert:  it’s...

Shortly after starting medical school, I found myself feeling a bit down, or as my wife would say, “in a...

My first day of medical school was spent surviving the Category 5 Hurricane Irma. I was on the island Sint...

So, you’re interested in medical volunteering overseas. I get it. Who wouldn’t be? There are so many reasons to volunteer...

Have you ever felt exhausted, unmotivated, unfocused, and just unable to do any work? I know I have; those feelings...

Online medical school until… at least the end of this year?! Not going to lie, when COVID-19 hit, transitioning online...