Category: Career
Writing a Personal Statement for NP School Applications
Getting into a top Nurse Practitioner (NP) program can be extremely competitive, thus every aspect of an application should be superior. That mean [...]
You Didn’t Match into Residency – Now What?
Every year, 4th year medical students wait anxiously for Match Week to find out if they matched into a residency program. This special week is a s [...]
Match Day Celebration Ideas While Social Distancing
Match Day this year will look different than any we’ve ever seen before. While COVID-19 vaccinations have begun to bring us back to our normal liv [...]
Recognizing and Confronting Sexism in Medicine
I always knew about the existence of inequality and sexism in medicine (and in society at large), but I still remember when I initially witnessed [...]
Non-Clinical Side Hustles for Healthcare Providers
According to the American Medical School Association, 86% of medical school graduates carry a student debt which ranges between $190,000 and $200, [...]
Top Medical School Scholarships to Apply to in 2021
There’s no way around it, medical school is expensive and unfortunately for medical students, the costs have been increasing over the past several [...]
Tips on Landing Your First New Grad NP Job
You’ve been working hard for years to become a Nurse Practitioner (NP) and you are finally ready to land your dream job as a new graduate, but you [...]
USMLE Step 3 Question Banks: UWorld vs. Kaplan vs. BoardVitals
Are you preparing for your USMLE Step 3 Exam? The USMLE Step 3 exam had a 98% pass rate in 2019 among all test takers and thus, has become notorio [...]
Continuing Medical Education: CME State Requirements
State by state breakdown of CME requirements. Find out how many CME hours are required to maintain your license. [...]
Celebrating National Pharmacist Day
January 12 is National Pharmacist Day, when we recognize the contribution that pharmacists have made--and continue to make--to patient care and ou [...]
ABIM Knowledge Check-In Explained
It’s meant to make life easier for physicians but is still very complicated. The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) is offering a two-year ass [...]
5 Different Ways You Can Fulfill Your MOC Requirements
As a physician, Maintenance of Certification (MOC) must be kept current alongside continuing medical education (CME). It is considered a demonstra [...]
Pain Management & Opioid CME Requirements by State
Each state’s medical licensing board has its own set of requirements for medical professionals to maintain their state medical licenses; some stat [...]
Top CME with Gift Card Offers for 2021
As the months fly by in 2021, many clinicians are in a hurry to complete their annual continuing medical education requirements and those with emp [...]
What to Do if You Fail the USMLE® Step 1
While it may be disappointing to fail the USMLE® Step 1, the good news is that you are not alone. Failing the exam does not mean you won’t match i [...]
Can You Answer All 6 of these ANCC FNP Practice Questions?
Our previous Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) sample questions were a hit with prospective FNP's so we've created an interactive practice [...]
See the Big Picture: 5 Free COMLEX Practice Questions
The Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX) Level 1 is a problem- and symptom-based assessment. Participants are tested o [...]
How to Fulfill Your ANCC Pharmacology Requirement Fast & Easily
There are more than 290,000 nurse practitioners (NPs) licensed in the US and all of them have “prescriptive authority” as part of their profession [...]
Audio Digest CME or BoardVitals: Which is right for you?
Many hospital CME deadlines are approaching, and you may be scrambling to satisfy your annual CME requirements. If you don’t complete your CME hours, [...]
Self-Care Tips for Healthcare Workers During COVID-19
A July 2020 Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that 53% of Americans have suffered some mental health issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ho [...]