A Medical Holiday Gift Guide / Wish List
on Nov 15, 2009 in gift ideas list guide Ah, the winter season. A time for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, and other holidays I am forgetting. A season of giving. But, alas, what to give?In the past, I've written about practical gifts and must have gifts for medical students and healt...

First Year Medical Student Resource Guide
on Nov 1, 2009 in first year list One of the most difficult parts of the first year medical school is distilling a large volume of information into easily digestible parts. Here are some links to online resources you might find helpful.A Beginner's Guide To Medical SchoolBooks For Fi...

The Basic Science Medical Education Dilemma
on Oct 27, 2009 in guest post basic science This is a guest post by John Wetzel from Wiki PreMedFor medical education, the question is not only what to teach and what to leave out but also how to teach it. Alfred North Whitehead in his famous essay 'Science in the Modern World' described a si...

How To Study First Year Medical School Anatomy
on Oct 24, 2009 in anatomy tips first year Anatomy is a fundamental part of any medical student's education, and usually it starts early on in the first year. The education is usually a mix of didactic lectures as well as time spent in an anatomy lab, dissecting cadavers. Some have suggested...

Tips On Studying And Surviving The First Year Of Medical School
on Sep 27, 2009 in tips first year In my continuing series on posts for first year medical students, I decided to write a post on study tips and strategies for first year students. Of course, some of these tips could apply to any student, but there is a definite adjustment that has to...

What Is The Best Stethoscope To Get For Medical School?
on Sep 20, 2009 in cardiology first year Continuing my beginner's guide to medical school for first year medical students and following up on my post on what books a first year medical student should buy, I address that timeless medical school question: what stethoscope should I get? Many f...

Books For First Year Medical Students
on Sep 13, 2009 in first year books list While I am sure your classes will provide you with curricula and suggested texts to read, there are several textbooks that any first year medical student should consider buying as part of their long-term collection of books. Looking back at some of m...

A Beginner's Guide To Medical School
on Sep 6, 2009 in tips first year Welcome Class of 2013! By now most of you are a few weeks into the medical school experience. Hopefully you have had time to settle into your new surroundings, make some new friends, and perhaps learn a thing or two. You may have also noticed that me...

Books For Internal Medicine Core Clerkship / Rotation And Shelf Exam
on Sep 1, 2009 in internal medicine books list Along with the surgery rotation, the internal medicine rotation is arguably the most important rotation you will take during your clinical training in medical school. Of course, if you choose to specialize or go into another primary care field like p...

How To Work Up Hyponatremia
on Aug 15, 2009 in tips endocrinology Hyponatremia is not an uncommon finding among patients, especially hospitalized ones. There are many etiologies of hyponatremia, so it is important to understand the concepts behind sodium and water balance. Unlike some other lab abnormalities which...