Blueprint Med School Blog (formerly Cram Fighter & Med School Tutors)

The blog for Blueprint Medical, supporting your MedEd journey with our exam study planner, tutoring, residency consulting, and advanced boards.

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Resident vs Attending: What’s the Difference? Role, Responsibility, Salary, & More

While undergoing the long hours of study, clerkships, retracting in the OR, and building a stellar resume for residency applications, it’s sometimes difficult to truly understand what it means to be an “attending physician.” Basically, they’re the “big kahuna” of the medical team who’s completed their training and now teaches, has patients under their direct

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Didn’t Match? Learn All About the 2024 SOAP

​​On Monday, in mid-March, the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) will send out Match emails to eager, awaiting medical students. Most will be overjoyed that they matched, securing a spot in a coveted US residency program. However, some receive a less auspicious email. Although not matching can be disappointing at first, it’s important to keep

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6 Stress Management Tips for Residency Match Week

As we approach Match Week 2024, the stakes are becoming more and more real. Surviving residency interviews was hard enough, but the anticipation of receiving your match results can be agonizing.  Don’t let the pressure eat away at you. Read on for tips to deal with this stress, mentally prepare for Match Week, and know

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What I Wish I Knew About The Match: Doctors Share Their Advice

The journey to becoming a physician is challenging and filled with obstacles, with the Match process standing out as particularly anxiety-inducing. If you’re a med student approaching the Match, you may be wondering what it’s actually like to go through the process and land a residency program. To take some of the guesswork off your plate, we

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What to Consider When Ranking General Surgery Programs

If you’re creating your rank list for general surgery residency programs, congratulations on making it to your final step before Match! In such a competitive specialty, you should be proud of yourself for making it this far in your journey—this path will surely open many doors for you as a medical professional. So, now that

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The Ultimate Med Matchmaker: 6 Steps to the Residency Couples Match

Erin Elbel and Dr. Mike Ren contributed to this post. Ah, medical love: the phenomenon where, from across the lecture hall, your eye is drawn more to someone cute than it is to the acid-base lecture.  This is not an uncommon occurrence—according to a recent AMA survey, 40% of doctors are married to other doctors, probably due to

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What to Consider When Ranking Internal Medicine Programs

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 questions about what to look for in a residency program. To help you find one

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What to Consider When Ranking Emergency Medicine Programs

Why did you choose emergency medicine? In the heart of the hospital, the emergency room stands as a sanctuary of controlled chaos. Bright, fluorescent lights cast an eerie glow over the room, illuminating a symphony of activity. Nurses move with purpose, their steps a rhythm to the urgent cadence of beeping monitors and ringing beepers.

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