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Congratulations, you got into medical school! Now what?

Here are 7 tips for rising first years at the start of their medical school journeys.

  • May 7, 2024
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More bugs are coming, spreading more disease. Are doctors ready to respond?

As the climate changes, vector-borne diseases like dengue, Zika, and Lyme are expanding into more areas. That challenges physicians to recognize the symptoms.

  • May 1, 2024
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Tenure is declining in U.S. medical schools. Could this threaten academic freedom?

As fewer medical faculty are awarded tenure, some suggest there must be new ways to protect those in academia from institutional and political retribution.

  • April 23, 2024
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Shootings, storms, epidemics: In an era of mass casualties, hospitals get better…

Increasing manmade and natural disasters require new thinking about the role of health care staff, effective triaging, community partnerships, and security.

  • April 17, 2024

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How to help a fellow medical student struggling with drugs or alcohol

Medical students were already at risk of substance use disorder. The isolation and stress caused by the pandemic have exacerbated the contributing factors.

  • May 12, 2022
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Eliminating bias from medical school admissions

Less reliance on MCAT and GPA scores, and more focus on the whole student, could drastically increase the number of Black medical students, one dean argues.

  • March 24, 2022
Medical student volunteers from Howard University College of Medicine pose with Dean Hugh Mighty, MD, MBA, at a community vaccination clinic in Washington, DC, on April 3, 2021.
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The Step 1 exam is going pass-fail. Now what?

For years, medical residency programs used Step 1 to help pick candidates. An advisor offers insights on how medical students might deal with the change.

  • Jan. 11, 2022
Katherine Chretien, MD, advises a student through videoconferencing software on her computer
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I am a medical student with significant hearing loss. Here’s what the pandemic has been like for me and others with my disability

Masking, social distancing, and Zoom have made us all safer during the pandemic, but those measures have complicated communication for those with hearing loss.

  • Jan. 6, 2022
Zina Jawadi
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Three-year medical school programs are growing. Here’s why

Student debt and physician shortages are fueling three-year med school options. One leader explains how they work and how to know if you’re a good candidate.

  • Oct. 14, 2021
Joan Cangiarella, MD, director of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s accelerated three-year MD pathway, and John Colavito, MD, a program graduate and NYU resident, examine pathology slides.
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As a non-U.S. citizen, I faced hurdles applying to U.S. medical schools. Now that I’ve made it, I want to help others like me

I started F-1 Doctors to help international students like me find mentorship when applying to U.S. medical schools.

  • July 29, 2021
Azan Zahir Virji, MPH
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Bringing the COVID-19 vaccines to immigrant communities

Our student-run clinic overcame language and cultural barriers to vaccinate thousands who wouldn’t otherwise have gotten the vaccines.

  • July 22, 2021
Justin Lau gets a bandage after his COVID-19 shot from UC Davis medical student Khadija Soufi at Shifa Community Clinic in Sacramento as undergraduate student Dana Hazem looks on.
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I entered medicine after another career. You can too

A nontraditional medical student shares his advice for how to transition from another career into medicine.

  • July 13, 2021
Third-year student Lala Tanmoy “Tom” Das prepares for a day at the hospital.
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Why class of 2021 medical school graduates are poised to become the change agents our health system needs

With their education disrupted by the pandemic, this year’s graduating class developed “grit” through hard-earned lessons that will benefit their careers.

  • May 27, 2021
Students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson pose after their commencement ceremony on May 14, 2021.
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Inequity in vaccinations isn’t always about hesitancy, it’s about access

Many Black and Hispanic people struggle to get access to COVID-19 vaccines. Bringing the vaccines to them can help reduce inequity.

  • April 12, 2021
A volunteer for GOTVax, an organization focused on bringing vaccines to hard-hit communities, administers a vaccine to a resident of a Boston Housing Authority building in an under-resourced neighborhood.