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Medical Trivia: Missing Contact Lens and Garlic Burns
MISSING CONTACT LENS FOUND 28-YEARS LATER While playing badminton one spring day in England, a 14-year-old girl discovered the vision in her …
What is Forensic Pathology?
SHERLOCK HOLMES + DR HOUSE = FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST Do you love the idea of being a detective and a doctor? Do you …
How to Study Smarter Not Harder
STUDY HABITS OF SUCCESSFUL MEDICAL STUDENTS Medical student success has sometimes been attributed to simply having a high IQ. In other words, …
Why You Should Specialize in General Surgery
General Surgery: Satisfaction of Immediate Results Surgeons save lives and heal the sick with their own hands. Surgery is the ultimate curative …
You Never Know When Your Skills Will be Needed
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING PREPARED You may have heard the Boy Scout motto, “Always be prepared!” I recently learned the importance of …
Sleep is Critical to Success
Without Enough Sleep, Performance Suffers The story is a famous one, and it involves a third-year medical student falling asleep at a …
Why You Should Specialize in Family Medicine
Family Medicine: Diversity and Opportunity For those who want to do a little bit of everything, from office surgery to delivering babies, …
What Mindset do you Bring to Medical School?
Mindset or Set Shot? Many students dream of becoming a physician. Yet, once students arrive on campus and settle into their classes, …
Mental Hack for Better Memory: Spaced Repetition
Want to study better, not harder? Here’s how with spaced repetition Even in a problem-based learning (PBL) environment, such as that used …