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Doing well in a Cardiothoracic Surgery Rotation

uvamedicine wrote 4 months ago: Many times, third-year medical students will have to spend a portion of their required surgical clin … more →

Tags: Intern, physician shadowing, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Doing Well on Your Cardiothoracic Rotation5 comments

drnjbmd wrote 4 months ago: Many times, third-year medical students will have to spend a portion of their required surgical clin … more →

Tags: Medical School, physician shadowing, Experiences

Getting Through The Semesters (or what if I Fail Something?)5 comments

drnjbmd wrote 1 year ago: “The Thrill of Victory or the Agony of Defeat” The Drama of Human Competition as the ope … more →

Tags: Academics, difficulty in medical school, Study Skills, medical school difficulties

Academic Excellence3 comments

drnjbmd wrote 1 year ago: For many people in both medical school, graduate school and undergraduate school, this is the beginn … more →

Tags: Academics, difficulty in medical school, medical school preparation

Physical Diagnosis (You get to play with your toys!)1 comment

drnjbmd wrote 2 years ago: Most medical students take a Physical Diagnosis class during their second year. This course teaches … more →

Tags: Medicine, Academics

Surgical Clerkship 101 (Part 3)4 comments

drnjbmd wrote 2 years ago: This is the last in my series about surgical clerkship. In this essay, I thought I would address som … more →

Tags: Surgery, Academics, difficulty in medical school, surgical clerkship

Surgical Clerkship 101 (Part 2)

uvamedicine wrote 2 years ago: This is the second of a three-part series to help you get the most out of your third-year surgical c … more →

Tags: Academics, Surgery, success in medical school, surgery clerkship

Surgical Clerkship 101 (Part 2)2 comments

drnjbmd wrote 2 years ago: This is the second of a three-part series to help you get the most out of your third-year surgical c … more →

Tags: surgical clerkship

Mastering Gross Anatomy

uvamedicine wrote 2 years ago: I thought I would write a short essay about my experience with Gross Anatomy class when I was in med … more →

Tags: Academics, Gross Anatomy

Mastering Gross Anatomy10 comments

drnjbmd wrote 2 years ago: I thought I would write a short essay about my experience with Gross Anatomy class when I was in med … more →

Tags: Academics, Gross Anatomy

Study Skills - Part IV3 comments

uvamedicine wrote 2 years ago: On the first day of your class, you will be issued a syllabus that outlines the professor’s gr … more →

Tags: Academics, Study Skills, medical school preparation

Study Skills - Part IV4 comments

drnjbmd wrote 2 years ago: On the first day of your class, you will be issued a syllabus that outlines the professor’s gr … more →

Tags: Academics, Study Skills, medical school preparation

Getting off to a strong start!3 comments

drnjbmd wrote 2 years ago: After the heady experience of orientation, it’s time to get to the business of medical school. … more →

Tags: Medical School, Study Skills

My First Week of Medical School5 comments

drnjbmd wrote 2 years ago: Many people have asked me, “What was medical school actually like?” “What was you … more →

Tags: Medical School, First Year, Study Skills, Organization

Microanatomy or Histology2 comments

drnjbmd wrote 2 years ago: This course was second semester first year at my medical school. It was a combination of Cell Biolog … more →

Tags: Microanatomy, Histology

Microanatomy or Histology2 comments

uvamedicine wrote 2 years ago: This course was second semester first year at my medical school. It was a combination of Cell Biolog … more →

Tags: Histology, Microanatomy

Physiology5 comments

uvamedicine wrote 2 years ago: Physiology is the medical school course that links cell biology, physics and biochemistry with the f … more →

Tags: USMLE, Physiology

Physiology5 comments

drnjbmd wrote 2 years ago: Physiology is the medical school course that links cell biology, physics and biochemistry with the f … more →

Tags: Physiology, USMLE


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