Just to be clear, I have a really poor memory. If you and I meet, I’ll likely forget your name. In med school I saw former MCAT students I’ve tutored and not given them a second glance. I’ve forgotten the…
Continuing in our series of recommended reads, the following is a review of “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End” by the acclaimed surgeon and writer, Atul Gawande. Is this really a “must read?” Not necessarily. Cool. So…
Welcome to this, the first of hopefully many installments of MST’s “book club,” where we recommend books for people in the medical field, or review books that have been recommended. We start off with a classic, Samuel Shem’s tale of…
A recent conversation with an old friend of mine made clear the ways in which being a great doctor requires the same attributes required of any professional. My friend, a recent graduate of architecture of mechanical engineering school, now works…
The first test of med school seems to loom so large in the minds of med students and premeds alike. Many see it as a rite of passage, the signpost of truly being a med student. It’s also a reality…
The supreme rush students feel to get into and to move on with their careers is one of the most common (and frustrating) themes I’ve encountered over my years of helping students with the MCAT, AMCAS, and medical school in…
With the new, longer MCAT2015 here, we’re all looking for new ways to practice the skills and memorize the considerable information necessary to excel. As you know, we’ve been doing exhaustive reviews of the materials that are out there. Today,…
Ever ask a medical student what the most difficult aspect of med school is? Chances are you’ve been told that it’s the amount of material you have to master. Perhaps you’ve even heard a graphic metaphor to describe it, such as…
Anxious about your upcoming MCAT, USMLE, COMLEX, Shelf exam, midterm… or any other exam? You’re not alone. Have people already been telling you, “You’ll do fine! You always do fine!”? We know that doesn’t really help… Plus, we all know…
My tendency with patients has always been to want to listen to them, to believe them, or at least their experiences. This led to me realizing during my first year of med school that I would be a psychiatrist. My…