Category: Residency & Fellowship
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 [...]
From Residency to Attendingship: Tips for Success
I still remember Match Day like it was yesterday. And just over ten years later, here I am a full-fledged attending, having been in practice for thr [...]
Try Your Hand at these Pediatric Cardiology Board Review Questions
Are you preparing for the Pediatric Cardiology Board Exam? It can be overwhelming to get started. A great way to identify personal weakn [...]
Owning the Residency Training Process – You Get Out What You Put In
Whether you matched your top choice or your #10 choice for residency, you will learn to appreciate several critical points that are vital to your [...]
Part I: Private Practice Versus Academic Medicine
As Benjamin Franklin once said, “Failing to plan is planning to fail.” While potentially cliché, I've seen this statement holds true in medicine. Thro [...]
4 AGPCNP Free Practice Questions for the ANCC Exam
Just started studying for your Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Board Certification Exam? Whether you've been reviewing for mont [...]
Physician Health Part I: Doctors and Sleep, Reality & Consequences
Welcome to our 3-part series on doctors and their well-being - or lack of it. In Part I, we are going to focus on doctors and sleep. Part II will [...]
Tips on Filing Taxes for Medical Students and Residents
It’s tax season and that means medical students and residents are asking many questions about what is, and is not, deductible on their 2018 tax fi [...]
Match Day: The Emotional Rollercoaster
There are Triple Threat Wrestling Matches, keyword matches, and even a book of matches, but if you are reading this chances are the Residency Matc [...]
The Best Match Day Songs Feat. The Who, Rebecca Black, Linkin Park
So you made it through med school. Between the endless studying, countless tests, and sleepless nights, your stress levels have been through the r [...]
Resident Match: What if You Don’t Match?
If everyone is running around celebrating and you got news that you didn't match to any resident programs you applied to, it is not the end of the [...]
Leadership Skills Prepare Med Students for the World
Medical students are trained in the intricacies of patient care, chronic disease, infections, diagnosis skills, and much, much more. Leadership sk [...]
See If You Can Answer These 4 Ophthalmology Board Review Questions
Are you looking at preparing for your Ophthalmology Board Exam? ;) Don't go into it blind, try your hand at these 4 ophthalmology board review que [...]
Work-Life Balance: 5 Ways to Have a Life During Residency
As medical students and residents, we become accustomed to living our lives in year increments. Four years for medical school, three to five years [...]
See the Big Picture: 5 Free COMLEX Sample Questions
The Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX) is known as the "big picture" medical exam; meaning, it's vague in providing [...]