Imaging on the boards can be daunting for many test takers. Many students get scared at first sight of an image and don’t even bother breaking it down. Here I offer a stepwise approach to breaking down radiology images for…
There really is no perfect time. My wife and I have always felt called to have children but the thought of having children during medical school and then into residency did scare us. It took some careful discernment and great…
Professionally, I feel very drawn to radiology, and I can’t picture myself feeling fulfilled in any other specialty. That said, I recognize that diagnostic radiology easily lends itself to depersonalization. The images have no faces: no fear, no joy, no…
Silly title aside, the osteopathic profession has seen some serious growth in the last few decades.
Unfortunately, there aren’t many people who actually choose to go to a DO (osteopathic) school for medical school. There still is a stigma about having a DO after your name. There’s a sense that many, if not most, who end…
In my last post, I laid out my advice for DOs studying for both Step 1 and Level 1 – though it certainly applies to students just studying for one or the other as well. To be honest, much of…
In the past, we’ve recommended that most DO students not only take the COMLEX but the USMLE as well, which begs the question – how am I supposed to do that?? It’s no small feat, but as someone who has been through…
In 2014, the two governing bodies of allopathic and osteopathic graduate medical education the ACGME (Accredidation Council for Graduate Medical Education) and the AOA (American Osteopathic Association) agreed to move toward one single accreditation system (SAS) for all residencies. Though many advances…
One of the major problems I’ve noticed students have when preparing for the COMLEX is that they underestimate the importance of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM). It is absolutely high yield, and shouldn’t be ignored when studying for any part of…