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Resident Etiquette On and Off the Wards
Photo credit: © Newphotoservice | Dreamstime Stock Photos & Stock Free Images Professionalism is a big part of medicine; in fact it is defined as “commitment to carrying out professional...
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Running on Empty
Photo credit: © Thorsten | Dreamstime Stock Photos &Stock Free Images “Physician, heal thyself.” -Proverb I love being a physician. I believe, with rare exceptions, that we all approach our careers...
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YAWN? Sleep Deprivation During Medical Training
Photo credit: The Doctr / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND It is no surprise that medical students and resident physicians alike are subjected to varied degrees of sleep deprivation. It is the subject of...
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Sometimes Medicine is Heavy. Tips for Handling Difficult Discussions with...
Photo credit: By Jiri Hodan [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons As doctors, we most commonly see ourselves as healers and think of healing as an active rather than passive thing. We like to do...
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An Unsure Step
Photo credit: By Vikiçizer at the wikipedia project [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons “It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that...
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8 Minutes of Patient Care
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Rounding Third and Heading for Home – Preparing for USMLE Step 3
Can you imagine Tiger Woods showing up for a golf tournament and using a brand new driver without taking any practice swings? Can you imagine the Los Angeles Philharmonic showing up to perform without...
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How Medicine Affects Our Life: A Word from the Sig O
Photo credit: By Dwight Burdette [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons My family is starting a new leg in life. I have a new training position as a fellow in a new part of the country. We have picked up...
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How to Survive Being on the Road to Residency: Tips to Stay Healthy During...
By Agricultural Research Service ([1]) [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsAs many of you are reading this, you may be enjoying a nice warm cup of tea or coffee as you await your...
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Keeping in Perspective During Residency
Photo Credit: By Mjuzikxhankej (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsDespite the fact that many of us fashion ourselves as superhuman or...
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Making Time for Family During Residency
During residency, invest in your health by investing in family. After a 30-hour shift, it can be easy to lose sight of the important things in life. But taking care of critically ill patients is a...
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How to Master the USMLE Step 3
December 9, 2015, marked the day that I was officially done with all of the USMLE Step exams. After more than four years of anxiously prepping for the 4 Steps, I am happy to finally wrap up that part...
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Yawn. Sleep Deprivation in Medical Training
Sleep deprivation during medical training can literally mean life or death. First of all, if you’re reading this after midnight, stop. Go to bed, and finish it in the morning. You probably won’t retain...
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How to Handle Difficult Situations in Residency: Part 1
The hardest part of residency is not what you know, but who you get to know along the way. In residency, you will witness many miracles and help countless patients restore their health and quality of...
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Top 10 Ways to Survive Wards Part 1: Extrinsic Motivators
Learning how to survive the wards will help you thrive in residency. As the seasons change, medical students around the country prepare to enter the next season of their path to residency. Year 4...
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Top 10 Ways to Survive Wards Part 2: Intrinsic Motivators
Learning how to survive the wards will help you thrive in residency. By entering the medical field, you are embarking upon a lifetime of service that will leave a lasting legacy on those around you....
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Challenging Unhealthy Practices in the Medical Field
A healthy medical field leads to healthy physicians; and healthy physicians to healthy patients. The medical field is always evolving, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. It is up to...
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The Realities of Residency
The realities of residency aren’t always pretty, but always worth it. No one ever said residency was easy. We all know what we’re getting ourselves into when we apply for medical school, especially...
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Examining the Personal Lives of Physicians
When physicians take care of their personal lives, their professional careers benefit. Throughout your careers as physicians, you will learn plenty about how to be successful on the job. But you won’t...
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Common Pitfalls and Opportunities Physicians Face
When physicians are prepared for potential issues, they can prevent them altogether. Becoming a physician is no walk in the park, but knowing the different pitfalls and opportunities you’ll come across...
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