Category: Residency & Fellowship
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 [...]
Insulin & Managing Diabetes During Medical Training
November 14th is World Diabetes Day! It is a personally relevant day for me as I am not only an endocrinology fellow but have been living with Typ [...]
21 Best Medical Podcasts to Subscribe to in 2021
Whether you are an aspiring physician or experienced in your specialty, we have no doubt that you are passionate about the medical industry. You k [...]
Choose the Right Online Test Banks for Your Goals
We all learn in different ways. Whether you prefer visual aids, or you excel with auditory lessons, it is important to play to your strengths duri [...]
USMLE Step 1 Pass/Fail Reporting Change: Top 5 Concerns from the Medical Community
The January 2022 USMLE Step 1 Pass/Fail score-reporting changes have sparked online debates across social media channels such as Twitter, Reddit, [...]
Medical Training in the Time of Coronavirus
The world has changed. COVID-19 has disrupted every aspect of normalcy worldwide. Medical training during coronavirus has not been spared either. [...]
BoardVitals USMLE® Step 1 Question Bank: New Features and More Questions
The BoardVitals USMLE® Step 1 question bank has been updated with new features and more questions to help you feel confident and prepare [...]
USMLE Step 1 Pass/Fail Reporting Changes
The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and the National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME®), co-sponsors of the United States Medical Licen [...]
Your Guide to Fellowship Interviews
As I wrap up my final year as an internal medicine resident, I’ve looked ahead to the next steps in my career – fellowship. For the past month, I [...]
Calling New Interns: Tips For Surviving Your Intern Year
For a lot of people, July is the start of summer. The start of pool time, barbecues with friends, but for Medical Interns, it's time to get to wor [...]
3 Tips to Boost Your Income When You’re A Resident
Feeling underpaid and overworked? Tired of living up to the Millennial stereotype of being riddled with debt? Welcome to residency in 2019. Over t [...]
Andrea Paul, MD: What I Wish I’d Known Before Starting Medical School
If you’re staring down a path to becoming a doctor, there are many, probably too many, things to consider. I finished medical school and became a [...]
Gift Ideas to Get For Medical Residents
Buying gifts is never as easy as it seems. Whether it’s a Secret Santa party or buying something for the person you work with all day, every day, [...]
What Inspired You to Become a Doctor?
Inspiration is defined as “a sudden brilliant, creative or timely idea”- not things that align with medical school. It’s safe to say that no one lau [...]
Applying Your Past Experiences to Your Medical Training
We all come from different backgrounds. I remember my incoming medical school class at Penn State consisted of a wide range of individuals—some th [...]
Resident Edition: What Inspired You to Become a Doctor?
Inspiration comes in many different forms, but for medical residents, it is usually in the shape of a human being who loomed large somewhere in th [...]
Part II: Private Practice or Academics or Both?
We’ve already discussed the differences regarding private practice and academics, but the ultimate question any medical student and resident asks [...]
Documentation & Coding Concepts While in Residency
First and foremost, clinicians should never purposely upcode/downcode, upcharge/downcharge, or falsely code/document when it comes to the renderin [...]
Should (Orthopedic) Residents Consider Pursuing a Fellowship?
You hear it all the time, “You should do a fellowship. Everyone does a fellowship.” Most reports estimate more than 90% of orthopedic residents en [...]