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Choosing an internal medicine residency program marks a significant and impactful step in your career, often driven by a passion for tending to the health and wellness of adults. And yet, while you’ve taken this step, you probably have some…
When it comes to what is internal medicine vs family medicine, it can be tough to know where the line is. Careers in internal medicine (IM) and family medicine (FM) have a lot in common, but as we’ll see, there…
Before medical school, what did being a doctor look like to you? Maybe it was like being JD from Scrubs or Dr. House, or maybe it was being a character on Grey’s Anatomy. For me, it was being an internist.…
As a med student, shelf exams serve as important milestones for you to measure your learning progress and identify areas where you need improvement before Step 2. Shelf exams are often seen as a dry-run for the USMLEs and provide…
So, you wanna be an internist? You’ve come to the right place! Internists work everywhere from the clinic to the ICU, in global health and public policy, with rural and urban communities, as generalists and specialists, and in every other…
The words “primary care” tend to conjure up thoughts of pediatricians and family medicine practitioners. While these physicians certainly do make up a decent chunk of primary care physicians (PCPs), the field is much broader. In fact, in my state…