“there's a metaphor that med school is like drinking out of a fire hydrant because it's so much information all at once.” another analogy she hears a lot is that med school is like a stack of pancakes. “if you eat one pancake a day, it's not so bad,” she...
How Hard Is Medical School and What Is the Med School Curriculum? Clinical Rotations If you have identified the specialty you want, it will be critical for you to have close contact with faculty and residents in that specialty. You’ll want to know how much decision po...
COLUMN: How to get into med school and stay saneKrista Marshall
How people wake up and regain alertness in the hours after sleep is related to how they are sleeping, eating, and exercising. Here, in a prospective longitudinal study of 833 twins and genetically unrelated adults, we demonstrate that how effectively an
Carrying too much credit card debt can have ramifications beyond interest rates, however. "Having too much debt among too many cards can lead to a lower credit score, which can itself can lead to a larger required minimum down payment on a home and a higher mortgage rate," says Karen C....
Zambia experienced a major decline in under-five mortality rates (U5MR), with one of the fastest declines in socio-economic disparities in sub-Saharan Africa in the last two decades. We aimed to understand the extent to which, and how, Zambia has reduced
In total, three parent–child dyads were recruited for the project, however during the progression of the training, and due to a change in circumstances since recruitment it became apparent that a parent located in Pakistan no longer met eligibility. This was due to the parent changing employment...
More than one-third of American adults are obese and statistics are similar worldwide. Caloric intake and diet composition have large and lasting effects on cognition and emotion, especially during critical periods in development, but the neural mechanis
Jackson says she's read plenty of essays where applicants included the wrong school name and it cost them. “You may think you can save time by cutting and pasting or taking half of a previously written essay response and making a modification,” Jackson says. “Be careful...
These individuals can help guide you in your career trajectory and provide rare and extremely helpful insight into med school and clinical residencies. Soak up as much knowledge as possible. The more knowledgeable you are of the medical field, the better decisions you can make abo...