A CAREER IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE = ACTION AND LIFE SAVING PROCEDURES Nearly all medical students have watched emergency room physicians save lives and cure disease on popular television series. They witness the high drama, witty banter, cool procedures, diagnostic coups, and romance. Life (and medicine), though, is usually nothing like the TV show. Does the…
RURAL AND REMOTE COMMUNITIES NEED DOCTORS For those who read my blog, or who have been my student, you know that I am a big proponent of healthcare for rural and remote communities in the United States as well as elsewhere. Having lived and worked in rural and remote communities for the bulk of my…
AMA FREIDA™ CAN HELP YOU ORGANIZE YOUR RESIDENCY SEARCH Many medical students are puzzled over how to find residency programs, let alone information on what these programs offer residents, and require of applicants. Launched in 1991 by the American Medical Association, the Fellowship and Residency Database known as FREIDA is the tool you have been…
YOUR GUIDE TO LOAN REPAYMENT Medical school involves a significant investment of time and money. For many students, their desire to help others is tempered by the need to pay back students loans. Medical students who may be strongly interested in careers in primary care specialties – family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics – often…
FIRST FEMALE PHYSICIAN IN THE UNITED STATES Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) was the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States. This British native was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States and the first woman on the UK Medical Register, a list of all practicing physicians in…
LUNG-SHAPED BLOOD CLOT The New England Journal of Medicine recently published the strange tale of a man who coughed up an exact cast of his lung’s bronchial tree made of blood. The 36-year-old male was being treated for a heart condition with blood thinners which increased his risk of bleeding. During a bout of coughing…