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Can You Diagnose This Condition? July A 38-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with an eyelid laceration sustained during a bar fight. The laceration is shown above. She has normal visual acuity, no corneal abrasions noted on fluorescein staining,…
Congratulations, med students! You’ve completed and passed Step 1 and now get to prepare for the arguably more important (and graded) exam: USMLE Step 2. In this blog post, I detail a seven-point guide that will provide you with essential…
As a medical student, you need to retain and recall vast amounts of information in order to succeed—so, naturally, you’re always on the lookout for study strategies that can make your life easier. One such strategy is active recall studying.…
As a medical student, you are constantly bombarded with large volumes of information from lectures, textbooks, and clinical rotations. It can be challenging to keep all this information organized and remember everything you need to know for exams and clinical…
As a medical student, staying organized and retaining vast amounts of information is crucial for success in exams and clinical practice. Memorization and improved understanding of so much information can only come through repetition, and doing this in an effective…
If you are in medical school, you know what it means to feel like you are “drinking from a firehose,” a phrase famous among medical trainees for symbolizing the rush of new information that comes with taking the Hippocratic Oath.…
Even for the most stellar students, medical school can feel overwhelming. From figuratively running through Anki flashcards between lectures to literally running through clinical shifts, succeeding in med school often means having to juggle many tasks at once. Fortunately, there…
Stop me if this sounds familiar: to stay on track with your study plan, you’ve got 1000 Anki cards, 100 practice questions, and 10 videos to finish this week. On top of that, you’re required to be present and prepared…
Studying for the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) can be a demanding and time-consuming task. If you have been following along with my previous blogs about how to find the best med school study planner and how to recover…
If you have gotten to the point in your medical training journey to be preparing for your medical licensing exams, the USMLEs, congratulations! You are on a path that many have found immensely rewarding as well as terribly stressful. Being…