Med Student Begins Long, Long Climb Up the Totem Pole
SOMEWHERE AT THE BOTTOM BUT DEFINITELY FAR FROM THE TOP - Realizing that the commonly-used phrase to depict medical hierarchies is not a metaphor, first-year...
Baking Skills Key to Honoring Medical School Courses
Gone are the days where medical students are assessed based on their knowledge or clinical skills. Pre-intern assessments have undergone a major overhaul, abolishing...
Medical Student Almost Makes Rare Diagnosis
ST. LOUIS, MO - National media outlets are abuzz today with the news that Nishant Kumar, a third-year medical student at St. Louis University’s...
PhD Giving Lecture to Med Students Intends to Make Lecture as Convoluted and Clinically...
BOSTON, MA – Bart Mnart, a PhD in comparative political biology, couldn’t help but wring his hands together gleefully during our interview in his...
Ask a 4th-Year Med Student (Who’s Checked Out for the Year)
Our readers get to pose tough questions to our columnist-cum-med student who is only a few months away from graduating.
Dear 4th-Year Med Student Who’s...
Med Student Excited to be First Assist for Turkey Carving This Thanksgiving
ST. LOUIS, MO - While many medical students will be spending Thanksgiving at home with their families, third-year medical student (MS3) Brent Tryhard has...
July Intern Really Excited to Cause His Very First Pneumothorax
ATLANTA, GA - Sometimes getting thrown into the fire is the best way to learn. At least that's what July intern Timothy McDuffy thinks....
Optimistic, Bright-Eyed Med Students Eager to Transform into Jaded, Burned-Out Physicians
ATLANTA, GA - Like a caterpillar ready to mature into a beautiful butterfly, bright-eyed graduating medical students across the nation are eager to begin...
Dedicated Med Student Spends One Hour Listening for Bowel Sounds
AUGUSTA, GA - Indicating to one and all he is dedicated to this internal medicine rotation and a lifelong career in medicine, third-year medical...
Medical Student Disappears in Search of Mysterious Codman Triangle
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Arun Matthews, a 3rd year medical student has been reported missing from his third floor library cubicle since the early hours...