10 Practical USMLE Board Study Tips
Studying for and taking the USMLE can be stressful. Here are 10 tips to help you prepare for the real deal:
1. Train your bladder by drinking a gallon of water and trying to complete...
Getting Things Done: Cough Quite Productive Today
HUNTSVILLE, AL - Checking off its To Do list like it's nobody else's business, patient Reynold Baker's cough is happy to report that it is being incredibly productive today.
"Man, you're not going to believe...
Zuckerberg Survives 10 Hours of Questions from First-Year Medical Student
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg survived 10 hours of questions, this time at the hands of first-year Georgetown medical student Savannah Hilton as she struggled to piece together a complete medical history...
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MIAMI, FL - Today during bedside rounds first-year medical student Eric Smiley was asked what he could tell the team about the CAGE questionnaire. Unsure, Smiley replied, "I don't know, I've never heard of...
Respiratory Therapist with 11 Years Experience Doesn’t Know More Than Medical Student
CHARLOTTE, NC - Local Respiratory Therapist Val Silver has seen it all in her nearly a dozen years working at UNC Hospital. If you don’t believe her, just ask her.
That was until this past week...
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 windowless office last Tuesday.
“You are here right on time,” he...
Ugly Med Student Trying to Match into Plastic Surgery Not Expected To Do Well
SEATTLE, WA - Three months ago, fourth year medical student Trevor Barlock took a deep breath and submitted his applications to integrated plastic surgery programs around the country.
Barlock recalls the feeling. “It was a...
New Infographic Depicts the Mood of Two People Signing Out to One Another
JACKSON HOLE, WY - After observing thousands of signouts over the past 12 months, Gomerblog has constructed a graph depicting the mood of health care professionals depending on their role during the signout process....
Breaking: Medical Student Faints on Rounds, No One Cares
NEW ORLEANS, LA - During vascular surgery rounds this morning, a medical student fainted in a patient’s room, and no one cared.
“On the vascular surgery service, it is the medical student’s job to get...
The American Board of Board Exams Will Adapt Vignettes to Reflect More Realistic Encounters
The American Board of Board Exams (ABBE) announced on their hypoactive Twitter account that the move will modernize the vignettes to better prepare doctors for real-life encounters, while releasing few 'revised' vignettes to the...